Concept Of Management Flashcards
What are exception reports?
Reports on exceptional items
What are progress reports?
What else might happen?
Regular reports
Meetings on progress
What does a post completion review look at?
When does it take place?
What does it aim to achieve?
Lessons learned
After project
Future success
What might team meetings do?(2)
Explain position
Discuss corrective actions
What does change control look at?(3)
Prioritise changes
Record changes
Agree upon changes of budget
What is configuration management?
What does it do this for?(2)
Tracking change
Update plans and manage version control
What does conformance management use?(3)
What must they ensure?
Inspection, quality control, quality assurance
Project meets customer experience
What is completion?
What are the 5 activities of completion?
Project closure-final stage of the project lifestyle
Deliver to users
Make final payments
File Documents
Objectives reached
Team integrated back
What does WBS stand for?
What does this do?(2)
What are the benefits?(6)
Work breakdown structure
Plans activities and costs and breaks them down into manageable parts
Summarise
Interrelationships
Risk
Authority and responsibility
Prioritise
Resources
How does having a basis for controlling the application of resources help in a project?(2)
What is needed?
Allows them to be monitored and controlled
Outstanding tasks more easily identified
Info on tasks and materials needed
What is included in a project quality plan?(9) RROORMDTP
Risk
Requirements
Organisation
Overview
Monitoring
Reporting
Development
Testing
Procurement
What does critical path analysis assist with?
What does it identify?(2)
What questions need to be answered first?(3)
Time planning
Sequential activities and parallel activities
What has to be done for the activity to start, what can be done at the same time and what can be done once finished
What EET and LET?
What do dots represent?
What is on top of the line?
What is under the line?
What are the advantages of critical path analysis?(5)
What are drawbacks?(3)
Earliest event time and latest event time
Nodes/activities
Activity
Duration
All activities
Activities with dependencies and parallel
Critical activities
Activities w/ buffer
Minimum completion
Time Consuming
Uncertain
Complex
Project management software
What does it do?(9) SCSWCBRHR
What are the advantages?(8)
What are the disadvantages?(3)
Could they replace project manager?
Store
Compare
Schedule
WBS
Critical
Build
Recreate
Histogram
Report
Accuracy
Affordability
Ease of use
Complexity
What if
Planning and control
Communication
Quality
Emphasis on plant
Estimates
Personal skills
No
