Project management Flashcards
Taguchi Principle
It focuses on improving product and process quality through the optimization of design and manufacturing parameters.
The key principles of the Taguchi method include:
Robustness
Quality Loss Function
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Parameter Design and Tolerance Design
Loss Function and Target-Oriented Quality
Poka-Yoke
“mistake-proofing” or “error-proofing.” It refers to a technique or approach used to prevent errors or mistakes from occurring in a process or system.
The main objective of poka-yoke is to design processes or systems in a way that makes it nearly impossible for errors to happen or to detect and correct errors before they result in defects or issues. It aims to minimize human error and improve quality by incorporating preventive measures.
Ishikawa
The Ishikawa diagram helps to identify and analyze the potential causes contributing to a problem or an effect.
Reverse Engineering
Reverse engineering refers to the process of analyzing a product, system, or technology to understand its design, structure, functionality, or components. It involves studying the object or system in detail and then creating a representation or documentation that captures its specifications or inner workings.
Kanban
It focuses on visualizing and optimizing the flow of work to improve efficiency, collaboration, and productivity.
Project Characteristics
single unit
many related activities
difficult production planning and inventory control
General purpose equipment
high labor skills
Project organization
Work can be defined with a specific goal and deadline
The job is unique or somewhat unfamiliar to the existing organization
the work contains complex interrelated tasks requiring specialized skills
The project is temporary but critical to the organization.
Management of projects
Planning → goal setting, defining the project, team organization
Scheduling → relates people, money, and supplies to specific activities and activities to each other
Controlling → monitors resources, costs, quality, and budgets
Gantt Chart
A Gantt chart is a popular project management tool that provides a visual representation of a project’s schedule. It shows the start and end dates of individual tasks or activities within the project, as well as their dependencies and the overall timeline. Gantt charts are widely used in various industries to plan, schedule, and track project progress
Critical Path
perform a critical path analysis
Is the longest path through the network
Is the shortest time in which the project can be completed
any delay in critical path is the shortest time in which the project can be completed
Critical path activities have no slack time
Earliest start (ES)
earliest time at which an activity can start, assuming all predecessors have been completed
Earliest finish (EF)
Earliest time at which an activity can be finished
Latest start (LS)
latest time at which an activity can start so as to not delay the completion time of the enture project
Latest finish (LF)
latest time by which an activity has to be finished so as to not delay the completion time of the entire project.
Six Steps of PERT and CPM
1.Define the project and prepare the work breakdown structure
2.Develop relationships among the activities - decide which activities
must precede and which must follow others
3.Draw the network connecting all of the activities
4.Assign time and/or cost estimates to each activity
5.Compute the longest time path through the network – this is called the critical path
- Use the network to help plan, schedule, monitor, and control the project
