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What is the purpose of project schedule development?

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To determine how long each task on the WBS (Work breakdown structure) will take

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True or False

After the project charter is approved, the Project Initiation phase is complete

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True

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True or False

When the Project Planning phase is complete, you are
ready to proceed to Project Implementation

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True

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It is the second major project phase,
and the second of the five process groups identified in
PMBOK.

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Project Planning

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What are the relationships between tasks in project scheduling?

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Types of relationships include:
* Independent
* Direct Precedence
* More complex relationships

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What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

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List of all tasks and subtasks required to achieve the scope

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What is scope planning?

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Determining what is included and excluded in the project scope

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Scope must be _______.

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[Specific, Measurable]

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What are the basic processes of project planning?

SPPRBPRQCS

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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

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What is the purpose of the project planning phase?

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  • Establishing business requirements.
  • Establishing cost, schedule, list of deliverables, and
    delivery dates.
  • Establishing resources plan.
  • Getting management approval and proceeding to the
    next phase.
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What resources are required for each task on the WBS?

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Resources include:
* Human
* Budget
* Specialized equipment

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What is procurement planning?

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Determining if equipment/supplies/software will be purchased from another organization

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What kinds of communication are required throughout the project?

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Types of communication include:
* With the team
* With the sponsor
* With other stakeholders

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What forms of communication will you use?

FIWO

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Forms include:
* Formal
* Informal
* Written
* Oral

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What is Stakeholder Management Planning?

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Making detailed plans about communication with each stakeholder group

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When is the project ready to proceed to implementation?

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When the project plan is approved by the sponsor

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What is the second major project phase in PMBOK?

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Project Planning phase

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What follows the completion of the Project Initiation phase?

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Proceeding to the Project Planning phase

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What can be anticipated in Risk Management?

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Unknowns that might impact the project and ways to mitigate them

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What is the first step in WBS Creation?

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List all the project outputs (deliverables and other direct results)

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What does WBS stand for?

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Work Breakdown Structure

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Fill in the blank: The WBS must identify all the _______ required to deliver the outputs.

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[activities]

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What is a Requirement Traceability Matrix?

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Links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project process

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List the types of requirements mentioned

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  • Functional
  • Non-functional
    -Performance
    -Development
  • Technical
  • Business
  • User
  • Regulatory
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What is the purpose of a scope statement?
To define project deliverables, major objectives, and measurable success criteria
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True or False: The WBS should focus on sequence and dependencies at the initial creation stage.
False
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Scope inputs-techniques IFFGPOQ
* Interviews * Focus groups * Facilitated groups– JAD, QFD * Group creativity techniques such as brainstorming * Prototyping * Observation * Questionnaires and surveys
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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
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Scope Inputs-sources PMSUCCSR
* Project sponsor * Management * Strategic Plan * Users * Customers * Competitors * Suppliers * Regulations
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What does the 100% rule refer to in WBS Creation?
The combination of the boxes on each level represents 100% of the parent box
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What should the lowest level of the WBS consist of?
Work Packages
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What is an essential activity during the planning phase of the project?
Scope planning
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What are some inputs for scope planning?
* Project sponsor * Management * Strategic Plan * Users * Customers * Competitors * Suppliers * Regulations
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Fill in the blank: Requirements should tie to the organization’s strategic plan and _______.
[business objectives]
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Software requirements fundamentals
* Unique challenges * Must be verifiable
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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
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Must be described in a sufficiently low level of details
Deliverables
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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
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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
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What is project scope?
The definition of all the work needed to successfully meet the project objectives
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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.
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The project schedule is created when
* AFTER the scope planning has created the WBS * BEFORE project resource planning
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Types of Task Dependencies
Finish-to-Start Start-to-Start Finish-to-Finish Leads and Lags
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Types of Predecessors EDM
External predecessors Discretionary predecessors Mandatory predecessors
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____________: One task must wait in relation to another task
Lag
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______________: The task must start before the predecessor is done
Lead
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an important checkpoint—usually completion of a major task or a major set of tasks.
Milestone
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In milestones, target dates will be set ______
Later
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is a horizontal bar chart with a list of activities on the left and a timeline on the horizontal axis.
Gantt Chart
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T or F A traditional Gantt chart shows dependencies
F; does not show dependencies
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Network Diagram is also known as
PERT chart or PERT/CPM chart
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it Illustrates task relationships and is Used to determine the critical path
Network Diagram
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A type of network diagram that is More difficult to read and understand
Activity on Arrow
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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
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It is When multiple paths exist through the network diagram, the path with the longest duration is called the _____________
Critical Path
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T or F * If any task on the critical path is delayed, the project is ____________
delayed
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it is the amount of time a task could be delayed without delaying the completion of the project
Slack
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Tasks on the critical path have ____ slack
zero
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How to determine the amount of slack for tasks NOT on the critical path
Work backwards from the project duration
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Types of Slack
Total Slack Free Slack Safety Slack
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Allowable delay of an activity without delaying project completion (usual meaning of “Slack” if not specified)
Total Slack
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Allowable delay of an activity without affecting the earliest start of any dependent (following) activity
Free Slack
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Remaining allowable delay of an activity if all predecessors finish as late as possible
Safety Slack
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It graphically illustrates task progress and whether things are ahead of schedule or behind
Gantt Chart
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It is developed from network diagram for purposes of communicating the plan
Gantt Chart
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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
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It shows when each activity will take place and the dependencies between activities
Project Schedule
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* If a non-critical task is delayed by less than the slack, _______________
project completion will not be delayed.
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* Tasks not on the critical path (have/zero) slack.
have
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Tasks on the critical path (have/no) slack
no
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