Module 7 Schedule Management Flashcards
All of the following strategies can help a project team to develop realistic time estimates for project activities EXCEPT:
A. Verify all time estimates with the people doing the work
B. Add a significant buffer of time to every activity
C. Use a utlization factor, keeping in mind time constraints such as staff learning curves, interruptions, and competing priorities
D. Estimate times of completion of work without initial reference to a calendar or personnel schedules
B. Add a significant buffer of time to every activity
A critical path activity has ________ float during the planning process.
A. Zero
B. Negative
C. Positive
D. The most
A. Zero
Project managers must often face the challenge of compressing the project schedule. All of the following actions can be taken to reduce the duration of the critical path EXCEPT:
A. Reduce the project scope and /or quality.
B. Use the float in critical path activities to reduce the overall timeframe.
C. Partially overlap sequential activities by using time leads.
D. Overlap sequential activities using finish-to-finish, start-to-start, or start-to-finish relationships.
B. Use the float in critical path activities to reduce the overall timeframe.
Critical Path is BEST defined as:
A. None of the above
B. The total number of work periods (not including holidays or other non-work time) required to complete a schedule activity.
C. The sequence of activities that represents the longest path through the project, which determines the shortest possible duration.
D. The process of identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.
C. The sequence of activities that represents the longest path through the project, which determines the shortest possible duration.
A vendor provides the following multi-year, experienced/evidence-based estimates for delivery of a key project component:
Most likely = 20 weeks
Pessimistic = 36 weeks
Optimistic = 10 weeks
Using 3-point estimating (PERT), what is the expected delivery interval?
A. 21 weeks
B. 11 weeks
C. 22 weeks
D. 29 weeks
A. 21 weeks
PERT (beta) = [36+10+4(20)]/6 = 21 weeks
Which of the following statements correctly describes the critical path?
A. It consists only of activities with lag times
B. It consists only of activities with zero float (slack).
C. The sequence of activities that represents the shortest path through the project network.
D. It determines the latest possible end date of the project.
B. It consists only of activities with zero float (slack).
The “Start-to-finish (SF)” precedence relationship is BEST defined as:
A. The logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on completion of work of the predecessor activity.
B. The logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
C. The logical relationship where initiation of the successor schedule activity depends on the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity.
D. The logical relationship where the successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.
D. The logical relationship where the successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started.
The components (principles) of Critical Chain Project Management include which of the following?
A. Estimate activity durations generously
B. Add a comfortable buffer to every project activity
C. Adhere strictly to completion deadlines - rather than finishing early or late.
D. Avoid multi-tasking.
D. Avoid multi-tasking.
Which statement about resource smoothing is true?
A. In resource smoothing the critical path and end date remain unchanged.
B. In resource smoothing, negative float can be reduced by eliminating resources.
C. Resource leveling and resource smoothing are two terms for the same thing.
D. Enough activities with positive float will offset activities with negative float.
A. In resource smoothing the critical path and end date remain unchanged.
Creating a realistic schedule is often an iterative process because several factors can limit how fast a project can be completed. All of the following factors can limit how fast a project can be scheduled and completed EXCEPT:
A. Logical order
B. Resource availability
C. Quality metrics
D. Imposed dates
C. Quality metrics
Which of these DOES NOT provide useful assistance to a project team to assist with the Define Activities process in a project?
A. issue logs
B. schedules from similar, previous projects
C. the major milestones from the Project Charter
D. templates or checklists for projects of the same type
A. issue logs
The total amount of time a schedule activity may be delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date is known as:
A. reserve
B. contingency
C. total float
D. lead
C. total float
A Gantt chart represents project schedule information in an easy-to-read, graphical format. Which of these is NOT a component of a Gantt chart?
A. Start and end dates
B. Budget data
C. Activities
D. Durations
B. Budget data
The Bluestar Creative Agency is developing a new marketing campaign for a client. They have determined that the client’s marketing plan must be completed before the graphic design can begin. This situation describes what type of dependency? A. Finish-to-start (FS) B. Finish-to-finish (FF) C. Start-to-finish (SF) D. Start-to-start (SS)
A. Finish-to-start (FS)
Which of the following remedies may reduce the likelihood of omissions when developing activity duration estimates?
A. Learning curve
B. Resource buffers
C. Lessons learned
D. Staggering project start dates
C. Lessons learned
