Project Plans Flashcards
What is a work breakdown structure?
Groups project elements that organize and define total scope of the project
Levels - each lower level is more detailed by breaking down into more tasks
What is the basis for development of the WBS for a project?
The scope of the project
What happens to the WBS if the scope of the project changes?
The wbs has to change to fit the new scope
What is “scope change control” or “configuration management”?
Procedures by which the project scope may be changed
When can scope creep occur?
No clearly defined requirements
No defined scope change control
Constituent elements of a WBS should be described in terms of ___________
Why?
Tangible, verifiable results
To define when a task is complete
To introduce measures and performance analysis
The lower level elements of a WBS should be both necessary and sufficient for __________
completion of the decomposed upper level item
Why can future elements often not be decomposed in WBS?
Impossible to estimate things about the future accurately
Is it better to have lots of small milestones or few large milestones?
Lots of small
What is the optimum number of people to assign to each small task?
Why?
1
More likely to get done
What is the ETDVX model?
A generic compliance model
What does ETDVX stand for?
Entry - pre conditions to be met before the task
Task - what is to be done, by who, where etc.
Deliverable
Validation - assurance of the quality of the task
Exit - post conditions
What is a dependency/precedence table?
Table that shows tasks, durations and predecessors of tasks
What is an activity network?
A visual diagram of the precedence table
Nodes represent activities
Connections show dependencies
What does a node in an activity network look like?
A = task
5 = duration
A : 5 |
What is the end prodct of the task decomposition process?
Activity network diagram
What should the activity network diagram be accompanied by?
Narrative to explain dependencies
What is effort?
The total time spent by all resources on a specific task
What is activity duration?
How long it will take to complete the activity (elapsed time)
What is a path in CPA?
Sequence of activites that starts with a beginning activity, travels through series of intermediate successors, and ends with an ending activity
What is a critical path?
Any path whose length is equal to the maximum possible length in a network
How is the length of a path defined?
The total time it takes to go through the complete path