RMC Hot Topics 9th Edition Flashcards - Schedule Management - Deck 1
What is the process of schedule management?
Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Control Schedule
What is the key output of Plan Schedule Management process?
Schedule management plan
What are the key outputs of the Define Activities process?
Activity list
Activity attributes
Milestone list
Change requests
What is the key output of the Sequence Activities process?
Project schedule network diagram
What are the key outputs of the Estimate Activity Durations process?
Duration estimates
Basis of estimates
Updates to project documents
Describe the Develop Schedule process.
What are some of its key outputs?
An iterative process that creates a project schedule that his bought into, approved, realistic, and formal.
Project schedule
Schedule baseline
Change requests
Schedule data
What are the key outputs of the Control Schedule process?
Work performance information
Schedule forecasts
Change requests
Updates to the schedule management plan, performance measurement baseline, and project documents.
What is triangular distribution?
What is beta distribution?
Triangular distribution: A simple average giving equal weight to each of the three point estimates when calculating the expected activity duration or cost; it uses the formula (P+O+M)/3
Beta distribution: a weighted average that gives stronger consideration to the most likely estimate; it uses the formula (P+4M+O)/6
What is alternatives analysis?
Alternatives analysis involves evaluating the impact of each option on project constraints, including financial investment versus time saved and level of risk.
This process will result in the determination of the best approach to completing project work within the constraints.
What are the two types of reserves being evaluated in reserve analysis?
Contingency reserves and management reserves
What is rolling waves planning?
Planning at a higher level and developing more detailed plans when the work is to be done.
What do network diagrams show?
The network diagram shows just dependencies (logical relationships)
If estimates and leads and lags are added to the diagram later in the schedule management process, it can show the critical path.
If plotted out against time (or placed against a calendar-based scale), the network diagram is a time-scaled schedule network diagram.
What are the four types of logical relationships between activities in the precedence diagramming method?
Finish-to-start (FS): An activity must finish before the successor can start
Start-to-start (SS): An activity must start before the successor can start
Finish-to-finish (FF): An activity must finish before the successor can finish
Start-to-finish (SF): An activity must start before the successor can finish
What are mandatory dependencies?
What are discretionary dependencies?
Mandatory: The order in which activities must be done, due to inherent nature of the work or as required by a contract; also called “hard logic “
Discretionary: the order in which the organization has chosen to have work performed; also called “preferred,” “preferential,” or “soft logic”
What are external dependencies?
What are internal dependencies?
External: Dependencies based on the needs of a party outside the project
Internal: Dependencies based on the needs of the project; may be under the control of the project team
