Project Schedule Mgmt.

Question 1

___ planning will help you found out how many iterations (Sprints) you’ll do based on the milestones, based on those releases and how long your iterations are.

Also, it helps determine how long it will take for the whole project to get to a releasable product.

Answer 1

Release

Question 2

___ chart shows the amount of work that has been completed in an epic or sprint, and the total work remaining.

They also used to predict your team’s likelihood of completing their work in the time available.

Answer 2

Burndown

Question 3

___ ___ Plan includes the following:

• Project schedule model development
• Project schedule model maintenance
• Level of accuracy
• Units of measure (hours, days, weeks)
• Organizational procedure links
• Control thresholds
• Rules for performance measurements
• Reporting formats

Answer 3

Schedule Management

Question 4

___ ___ Planning is where the imminent work is planned in detail, then you execute, then plan, then execute.

As we get closer and closer to the work, that’s where we spend our planning time.

The focus is on what’s most important right now in our project.

Answer 4

Rolling Wave

Question 5

These types of dependencies refer to hard logic, which is the order in which things must happen.

Ex. you must plug in PC before pressing power button.

Answer 5

Mandatory Dependencies (hard logic)

Question 6

These types of dependencies happen when you can kind of choose how you want ordering to be.

Answer 6

Discretionary Dependencies (soft logic)

Question 7

These dependencies occur when you are waiting for something outside of the project to allow it to happen.

ex. waiting on a vendor to deliver the resource so you can move forward with the project.

Answer 7

External Dependencies (constraint)

Question 8

These dependencies occur when you are waiting on another project team to supply a resource or you’re waiting on a project team member to become available.

ex. You have to have a specific team member on the project because they are the only ones that can do that type of work.

Answer 8

Internal Dependencies (hard logic)

Question 9

What is the formula for Triangular Distribution / 3-Point Estimates?

Answer 9

(Optimistic + Most Likely + Pessimistic) / 3 = Estimate

ex. (25+45+75) / 3 = 48.33 hours

Question 10

What is the formula for Program Evaluation and Review Technique / Beta Distribution?

Answer 10

PERT Estimates.

(Optimistic+(4Most Likely)+Pessimistic/6=Estimate
(O+(4ML)+P/6=Estimate
(25+(4x45)+75)/6=46.66 hours

Question 11

What is a Management Reserve?

Answer 11

A slice of the project budget that’s only for time overruns; it’s for unforeseen work, not defects.