Project Management Basics - 6.5 Develop Schedule

Question 1

Which of the following represents the best definition for resource leveling?

a. A bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
b. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.
c. The types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package.
d. A resource optimization technique in which adjustments are made to the project schedule to optimize the allocation of resources and which may affect critical path.

Answer 1

d. A resource optimization technique in which adjustments are made to the project schedule to optimize the allocation of resources and which may affect critical path.

Resource leveling. A resource optimization technique in which adjustments are made to the project schedule to optimize the allocation of resources and which may affect critical path.

See also resource optimization technique and resource smoothing.

See resource leveling in the Glossary

Question 2

What is a tool and technique of the Develop Schedule process?

a. Leads and lags
b. Precedence diagramming method.
c. Analogous estimating
d. Rolling Wave planning

Answer 2

a. Leads and lags

Develop Schedule-Tools and Techniques:

• Schedule network analysis, - - critical path method,
• resource optimization,
• data analysis (what-if scenario analysis; simulation),
• Leads and lags,
• schedule compression,
• Project management information system
• agile release planning,

See Figure 6-14

Question 3

An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES = 12 weeks, EF = 22 weeks, and LS = 14 weeks. The duration of the activity is:

a. 10.0 weeks
b. 12.0 weeks
c. 8.0 weeks
d. 14.0 weeks

Answer 3

a. 10.0 weeks?

The critical path method is used to estimate the minimum project duration and determine the amount of schedule flexibility on the logical network paths within the schedule model. In this case EF= ES + DUR: DUR =22 - 12 ; DUR = 10.

See Section 6.5.2.2 Critical Path Method

Question 4

What is the definition of free float?

a. A technique used when a constraint on the late date is violated by duration and logic.
b. A technique that helps to find possible accelerated ways of bringing a delayed schedule back on track.
c. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint.
d. A technique used when backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that was calculated during forward pass calculation.

Answer 4

c. The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint.

Once the total float and the free float have been calculated, the free float is the amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint.

See Section 6.5.2.2 Critical path method.