Project management Flashcards
What is a milestone?
A significant event or point in time within a project represents the completion of major phase or an occurance of a crucial event
What is scope?
Setting the boundaries and defining exactly what needs to be done in a project
What is a gnatt chart
A tool that provides a visual of projects schecule, that displays tasks or activities along a timeline
Programn evaluation and review techniqe (PERT)?
Technique that was developped to analyse the tasks involved in completing a given project
-useful in projects where the activities ar uncertain
What is a fishbone diagram?
Visual representation that helps identify and explore causes of a specific problem or effect
(Head represents the problem)
(bones represent the causes)
Project risk management
What is a proactive risk response?
-Implimented before the risk occurs
-Aims to prevent or reduce impact
(Examples of proactive responses: Avoidance, Mitigation, Transfer)
what is a reactive response
-Implimented after risk event occurs or during its occurance
-Goal of minimizing the consequenses after occurance
(example of a passive response, Accaptance)
Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
A method for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might fail.
And how to prioritize different problems based on how much impact they have
Pareto princible
Also known as the 80/20 rule
-suggests that roughly 80% if the effects come from 20% of the causes
Demings PDCA cycle
-constists of 4 stages:
Plan-DO-Check-act
- used to identify, impliment and sustain improvements in processes and products
Name 7 stages that differs between agile and traditional project management
Projects approach
Flexibility and adaptablity
Customer involvement
Project control
Delivery of a final product
Risk management
Documentation
Testing
What is predictable planning?
-Emphazises detailed planning at the beginning of the project
-Aims to define and predict the entire project scope and requirements upfront
-Holds on cloesely to the plan throughout the project life cycle
what is Iterative planning?
-Breaks the project into iterations or cycles
- Each iteration involves planning, execution and evaluation
-Allows for adjustments and refinements after each iteration (replication)
Incremental planning
-Focuses on delivering in increments or stages
-Each increment adds new features or capabilities to the existing project
-planning is done for each increment seperatly
What is adaptive planning?
-Embraces change and unceranity a natural part of the project
-Plans are adjusted and refined continously throughout the project
-Prioritizes responsing to change over sticking to a predetermines plan