PROMA - Mar11 Quiz Flashcards
What is the purpose of project schedule development?
To determine how long each task on the WBS (Work breakdown structure) will take
True or False
After the project charter is approved, the Project Initiation phase is complete
True
True or False
When the Project Planning phase is complete, you are
ready to proceed to Project Implementation
True
It is the second major project phase,
and the second of the five process groups identified in
PMBOK.
Project Planning
What are the relationships between tasks in project scheduling?
Types of relationships include:
* Independent
* Direct Precedence
* More complex relationships
What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
List of all tasks and subtasks required to achieve the scope
What is scope planning?
Determining what is included and excluded in the project scope
Scope must be _______.
[Specific, Measurable]
What are the basic processes of project planning?
SPPRBPRQCS
Includes:
* Scope planning
* Preparing the Work Breakdown Structure
* Project schedule development
* Resource planning
* Budget planning
* Procurement planning
* Risk management
* Quality planning
* Communication planning
* Stakeholder management planning
What is the purpose of the project planning phase?
- Establishing business requirements.
- Establishing cost, schedule, list of deliverables, and
delivery dates. - Establishing resources plan.
- Getting management approval and proceeding to the
next phase.
What resources are required for each task on the WBS?
Resources include:
* Human
* Budget
* Specialized equipment
What is procurement planning?
Determining if equipment/supplies/software will be purchased from another organization
What kinds of communication are required throughout the project?
Types of communication include:
* With the team
* With the sponsor
* With other stakeholders
What forms of communication will you use?
FIWO
Forms include:
* Formal
* Informal
* Written
* Oral
What is Stakeholder Management Planning?
Making detailed plans about communication with each stakeholder group
When is the project ready to proceed to implementation?
When the project plan is approved by the sponsor
What is the second major project phase in PMBOK?
Project Planning phase
What follows the completion of the Project Initiation phase?
Proceeding to the Project Planning phase
What can be anticipated in Risk Management?
Unknowns that might impact the project and ways to mitigate them
What is the first step in WBS Creation?
List all the project outputs (deliverables and other direct results)
What does WBS stand for?
Work Breakdown Structure
Fill in the blank: The WBS must identify all the _______ required to deliver the outputs.
[activities]
What is a Requirement Traceability Matrix?
Links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project process
List the types of requirements mentioned
- Functional
- Non-functional
-Performance
-Development - Technical
- Business
- User
- Regulatory
What is the purpose of a scope statement?
To define project deliverables, major objectives, and measurable success criteria
True or False: The WBS should focus on sequence and dependencies at the initial creation stage.
False
Scope inputs-techniques
IFFGPOQ
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Facilitated groups– JAD, QFD
- Group creativity techniques such as brainstorming
- Prototyping
- Observation
- Questionnaires and surveys
What must be included in the scope statement?
- Project Name
- Project charter
- Owner, sponsor, project manager, stakeholders
- Problem statement
- Project Goals and Objectives
- Project Requirements
- Project Deliverables
- Exclusions
- Milestones
- Cost estimates
Scope Inputs-sources
PMSUCCSR
- Project sponsor
- Management
- Strategic Plan
- Users
- Customers
- Competitors
- Suppliers
- Regulations
What does the 100% rule refer to in WBS Creation?
The combination of the boxes on each level represents 100% of the parent box
What should the lowest level of the WBS consist of?
Work Packages
What is an essential activity during the planning phase of the project?
Scope planning
What are some inputs for scope planning?
- Project sponsor
- Management
- Strategic Plan
- Users
- Customers
- Competitors
- Suppliers
- Regulations
Fill in the blank: Requirements should tie to the organization’s strategic plan and _______.
[business objectives]
Software requirements
fundamentals
- Unique challenges
- Must be verifiable
What is the importance of measurable deliverables in the scope?
To provide relevant details and ensure clarity on whether parts of the scope have been achieved
Must be described in a sufficiently low level of details
Deliverables
What is indicated by user satisfaction in the scope?
User satisfaction will be measured by a standardized set of questions and will measure 5 or higher on a 7-point scale
What are the fields included in the Requirements Traceability Matrix?
URSDTTR
- Unique identifier
- Requirement statement
- Source
- Design specification reference
- Test specification
- Test case numbers
- Remarks
What is project scope?
The definition of all the work needed to successfully meet the project objectives
A project schedule includes:
SDR
- the sequence of activities,
- the duration planned for each activity, and
- relationships or dependencies between the beginnings and
ends of different activities.
The project schedule is created when
- AFTER the scope planning has created the WBS
- BEFORE project resource planning
Types of Task Dependencies
Finish-to-Start
Start-to-Start
Finish-to-Finish
Leads and Lags
Types of Predecessors
EDM
External predecessors
Discretionary predecessors
Mandatory predecessors
____________: One task must wait in relation to another task
Lag
______________: The task must start before the
predecessor is done
Lead
an important checkpoint—usually
completion of a major task or a major set of tasks.
Milestone
In milestones, target dates will be set ______
Later
is a horizontal bar chart with a list of
activities on the left and a timeline on the horizontal
axis.
Gantt Chart
T or F
A traditional Gantt chart shows dependencies
F; does not show dependencies
Network Diagram is also known as
PERT chart or PERT/CPM chart
it Illustrates task relationships and is Used to determine the critical path
Network Diagram
A type of network diagram that is More difficult to read and understand
Activity on Arrow
A network diagram that May require the creation of dummy activities when a
task has multiple predecessors and multiple dependent
tasks and is More “mathematical” in its illustration of activities and events.
Activity on Arrow
It is When multiple paths exist through the network diagram, the path with the longest duration is called the
_____________
Critical Path
T or F
- If any task on the critical path is delayed, the project is ____________
delayed
it is the amount of time a task could be delayed without delaying the completion of the project
Slack
Tasks on the critical path have ____ slack
zero
How to determine the amount of slack for tasks NOT on the critical path
Work backwards
from the project duration
Types of Slack
Total Slack
Free Slack
Safety Slack
Allowable delay of an activity without delaying project
completion (usual meaning of “Slack” if not specified)
Total Slack
Allowable delay of an activity without affecting the earliest
start of any dependent (following) activity
Free Slack
Remaining allowable delay of an activity if all predecessors finish as late as possible
Safety Slack
It graphically illustrates
task progress and whether things are ahead of schedule or behind
Gantt Chart
It is developed from network diagram for purposes of communicating the plan
Gantt Chart
When finalizing the project schedule:
- May have to negotiate with sponsor or adjust customer expectations
- Schedule will be impacted by Project Resource plans
- Monitor the critical path tasks most closely
It shows when each activity will
take place and the dependencies between activities
Project Schedule
- If a non-critical task is delayed by less than the slack, _______________
project
completion will not be delayed.
- Tasks not on the critical path (have/zero) slack.
have
Tasks on the critical path (have/no) slack
no
