PM cards 9th 20

Question 1

In the CPM, what is an early start?

Answer 1

The earliest date an activity can begin

Question 2

In CPM, what is an early finish?

Answer 2

The earliest date an activity can finish.

Question 3

How are early starts and early finishes determined in CPM?

Answer 3

By doing a forward pass on the diagram.

Question 4

How are late finishes and late starts determined in CPM?

Answer 4

By doing a backward pass of the diagram.

Question 5

Float time is also known as?

Answer 5

Slack time.

Question 6

What is float time?

Answer 6

The amount of time the early start of a task may be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project.

Question 7

What is duration compression?

Answer 7

The use of techniques such as fast-tracking or crashing to shorten the planned duration of a project or to resolve schedule slippage.

Question 8

What is crashing?

Answer 8

This is a schedule compression technique that adds resources to the project to reduce the time it takes to complete the project.

Question 9

What is fast tracking?

Answer 9

Performing two tasks in parallel that were previously scheduled to start sequentially.

Question 10

What is the purpose of the project schedule?

Answer 10

to determine the start and finish dates for each of the project activities.

Question 11

What are common ways to display the project schedule?

Answer 11

Network Diagrams, Milestone Charts, Gantt Charts

Question 12

What is the schedule baseline?

Answer 12

The final, approved version of the project schedule that includes the baseline start and finish dates and resource assignments.

Question 13

Once the scope statement and the WBS are developed, your next step in the planning phase is ____________.

Answer 13

Determining the resource requirements for the project.

Question 14

What is Communications Planning?

Answer 14

the process of identifying what people or groups need to receive information regarding your project, what information each group needs, and how the information will be distributed.

Question 15

During what stage does communications planning occur?

Answer 15

Planning Process Group

Question 16

According to PMI, project managers should spend as much as _____ % of their time communicating.

Answer 16

90%

Question 17

What is the basic communication model comprised of?

Answer 17

Sender, message, and receiver

Question 18

What is the Communications Plan?

Answer 18

Defines who needs info on the project, the types of info they need, what format and method should be used to communicate, who is responsible for delivering the communication and when and how often it will occur.

Question 19

What is a stakeholder engagement plan?

Answer 19

It identifies which aspects of the project plan to communicate, lists any known or probable benefits or concerns from the stakeholder and determines the key message to convey to each stakeholder.

Question 20

The stakeholder engagement plan is part of what plan?

Answer 20

The Communications Plan

Question 21

What is resource planning?

Answer 21

the process of determining the resources you’ll need for the project, including human, equipment, and material resources.

Question 22

What are the three types of resources used during projects?

Answer 22

Human Resources, Equipment & Materials.

Question 23

Where do you document your resource requirements?

Answer 23

In a Resource Requirement Form

Question 24

What is a resource pool description?

Answer 24

A listing of all the job titles within a company or department with a brief description of the job. It may also identify the number of people currently employed in each job title.

Question 25

What is a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)?

Answer 25

A resource chart that defines the WBS identifier, the resource type needed for the WBS element, and the quantity of resources needed for the task. A WBS is displayed in chart form.

Question 26

A ______ is a chart that matches WBS elements with the required resources.

Answer 26

Responsibility Assignment Matrix.

Question 27

What is a RACI chart?

Answer 27

Another form of a responsibility assignment matrix which identifies the task to be performed, the individual or organization assigned to the task, and what level of responsibility or involvement they have for this task.

Question 28

What does RACI stand for?

Answer 28

Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform

Question 29

What is a roles and responsibilities document?

Answer 29

lists each group or individual team member on the project and their responsibilities.

Question 30

The roles and responsibilities document is part of what plan?

Answer 30

The resource planning phase of the planning group process.