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Questions based on core concepts Flashcards

1
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What is PV?

A

Planned value - planned work cost

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What is EV?

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Earned value - earned work cost

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3
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What is AC?

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Actual cost thus far

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4
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What is BAC?

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Budget at completion

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5
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When is BAC calculated?

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At the beginning of a project

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Was is EAC?

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Estimated cost at completion

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7
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What is ETC

A

Estimated cost to complete

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8
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What is VAC?

A

Variance of cost at completion

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What is the cost variance formula?

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CV = EV - AC

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What is the schedule variance formula?

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SV = EV - PV

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What is the CPI formula?

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CPI = EV / AC

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What is a good CPI?

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CPI > 1 means under budget

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13
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What is the SPI formula?

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SPI = EV / PV

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14
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What is a good SPI?

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SPI > 1 means you are ahead of schedule.

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15
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Assuming the rate of spending will be the same now as it is in the future, what is the EAC formula?

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EAC = BAC / CPI

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Assuming from now on, the spending rate will be as it was planned in the beginning, what is the EAC formula?

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EAC = AC + (BAC - EV)

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17
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Assuming from now on, future spending will be affected by both schedule and cost performances, what is the EAC formula?

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EAC = AC + (BAC-EV)/(SPIxCPI)

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18
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Assuming you re-estimate the future cost from now until completion, what is the EAC formula?

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EAC = AC + new estimation

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19
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If we want to complete the project with the cost equal to the budgeted cost, what formula should we use?

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To complete performance index

TCPI = (BAC-EV) / (BAC - AC)

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20
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What is ETC?

A

Estimate to complete

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21
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What is the formula for ETC?

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ETC = EAC - AC

22
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What is the variance at completion formula?

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VAC = BAC - EAC

23
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What does it mean when an activity in a Gantt has a lead?

A

The work of the successor is accelerated. Example, starting the successor before the predecessor is completed.

24
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What does it mean when an activity in a Gantt has a lag?

A

Successor activity is delayed.

25
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What does it mean when a schedule is crashed?

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Schedule is compressed. TMs are added, OT is added and items are expedited.

26
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What does it mean when a schedule is fast tracked?

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Compression method that involves working activities in parallel.

27
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What is the total float formula?

A

Latest finish - earliest finish

28
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What is the critical path?

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Sequence of activities that take the longest, which determines the shortest duration.

29
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What is float?

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Measures days an activity may slip from and/or extend beyond planned dates, without overrunning the project completion date.

30
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What is MacGregors theory?

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Motivational approach that describes different types of workers, X and Y.

31
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What are the stages of Tuchman’s Ladder?

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Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning

32
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What is Parkinson’s Law

A

Work will expand to fill the time available.

33
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What are the con’s of Parkinson’s Law

A

May cause PM to dip into contingency reserves and lead to late start dates and schedule slippages.

34
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What is the burn rate formula?

35
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What is the EV formula?

A

% of project completed x budget

36
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What is on the top row of the critical path box? What is on the bottom?

A

Early Start - Duration - Early Finish

Late start - float - late finish

37
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What are the steps for creating a schedule?

A
  1. Decompose scope
  2. Sequence activities
  3. Estimate effort
  4. Allocate people
  5. Adjust as needed
38
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What is the PMs role in the procurement process?

A

Ensure project risks are understood.

39
Q

This Agile chart is a tool for empirical and value based measurements of project results

A

Burn down chart

40
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What are the four steps of elicitation?

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Introduction, body, follow up and close.

41
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What is a timebox?

A

Duration for which an agile event must not exceed

42
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What are some examples of scope models?

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Ecosystem map, context diagram, feature model, fishbone diagram, SWOT

43
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What are some examples of process models?

A

Process flow chart, use case and user story

44
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What are some examples of rule models?

A

Business rules catalog, decision tree and decision table

45
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What are some examples of data models?

A

Entity relationship diagram, data flow diagram, data dictionary, state table and state diagram.

46
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What are some examples of interface models?

A

Report model, system interface table, user interface flow, wireframes, display action response

47
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What are some prioritization techniques?

A

Ranking
MoSCoW
Kano Analysis
5 Why’s

48
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Types of prototypes

A

Wireframe
Low and high fidelity
Working
Evolutionary
Feasibility
Storyboard

49
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What are the conflict resolution models?

A

Confronting
Collaborating
Compromising
Smoothing/Accommodate
Forcing
Withdrawal/Avoiding

50
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What is the Hawthorne effect

A

very act of measuring something can influence the results being measured

51
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What are the three things a salience model measures

A

Power, urgency and legitimacy

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