SOP - Time Management Flashcards
What is the most prevalent CPM network process used today?
- AOA
- ADM
- PDM
- PERT
PDM
(Precedence Diagram Method)
What are the objectives of CPM scheduling?
- Manage time, safety, and cost; integrate multiple parties; eliminate change orders; resolve disputes
- Manage time, resources, and cost; integrate multiple parties; evaluate options; resolve disputes
Manage time, resources, and cost; integrate multiple parties; evaluate options; resolve disputes
What are the four essential ingredients of the CPM schedule?
- Critical Path, Float, Constraints, Actions
- Activities, Early Start, Late Start, Float
- Logic Relationships, Activities, Constraints, Float
- Activities, Durations, Logic Relationships, Constraints
Activities, Durations, Logic Relationships, Constraints
CPM schedule includes the four main ingredients:
Activities
Durations
Logic Relationships
Constraints
Which of these is not a type of constraint?
- Date
- Cost
- Duration
- Float
Cost
Constraint types include date, duration and ________.
Float
What does the forward pass calculate?
- Early start/finish dates
- Start/finish dates
- Float
- Late start/finish dates
Early start/finish dates
Total Float =
- Early start – Late finish
- Late finish – Early finish
- Early finish – Late start
- Late finish – Early start
Late finish – Early finish
Late finish – Early finish = ___________
Total Float
Define the critical path.
- The critical path is the shortest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
- The critical path is the longest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
- The critical path is the most efficient path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
- The critical path is the most cost-effective path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
The critical path is the longest continuous path of activities that controls the completion of the project.
The critical path is the ________________________ that controls the completion of the project
longest continuous path of activities
What specifications are needed related to schedule requirements?
- Software, acceptance of contractor’s schedule
- Requirements for time-impact analysis, early completion
- Who owns float, weather delays, liquidated damages
What are the characteristics of a good schedule?
- Realistic, sufficient time, specialty work
- Open ended activities included, inflated durations as needed
- CPM activities indicate an early completion
- Schedule includes open ended activities
Realistic, sufficient time, specialty work
Who typically gets the benefit of the float?
- The owner
- The contractor
- The CM
- Whoever uses it first
Whoever uses it first
What type of delay is caused by unusually severe weather?
- Non-excusable delay
- Non-compensable delay
- Excusable delay
- Compensable delay
Non-compensable delay
The ___________ is the longest sequence of activities that controls the completion of the project.
Critical Path
During the _______________ phase, it is important to develop language for the construction specifications related to the schedule requirements.
Procurement
Which term means the number of days that an activity can be delayed without delaying the end date of the project?
A. Forward pass
B. Total Float
C. Free Float
D. Late Finish
Total Float
A concept schedule should be developed in the ___________ phase.
Pre-Design
During the Pre-Design phase a ________ schedule should be developed.
concept schedule
The CPM schedule can be used as a tool to resolve _________.
disputes
An activity’s duration can be based on:
- Rate of work
- Professional judgment
- Experience
What CPM Scheduling graphical format is most often used with today’s computer software?
A. Precedence Diagram Method (PDM)
B. Performance Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
C. Activity-on-Arrow Diagram Method (AOA)
Precedence Diagram Method (PDM)
A project schedule shows that a sub-contractor can start painting the exterior of a building after the stucco has been finished. What type of activity relationship is this an example of?
A. Finish to Start
B. Start to Start
C. Finish to Finish
D. Start to Finish
Finish to Start
A good construction schedule is __________________________; and has consideration for specialty work and sufficient time to complete work.
detailed, complete, realistic, reasonable and manageable
A good construction schedule is detailed, complete, realistic, reasonable, and manageable; and has consideration for _______________.
specialty work and sufficient time to complete work
The overuse of ______________ in a CPM schedule can diminish its overall value.
constraints
An activity that must be completed by a certain date will have this type of date constraint in the schedule.
A. Start no earlier than
B. Start no later than
C. Finish no earlier than
D. Finish no later than
Finish no later than
During Post-Construction, a(n) ________ schedule should be developed that contains all actual start and finish dates.
A. As-Built
B. Concept
C. Master-Level
D. Time Impact
As-Built
The stucco needs to dry for a week before the painter can start painting the exterior. What type of activity relationship is this an example of?
A. Finish to Finish with Lag
B. Finish to Finish with Negative Lag
C. Finish to Start with Lag
D. Finish to Start with Negative Lag
Finish to Start with Lag
Having an accurate schedule at the beginning of a project and ongoing schedule maintenance helps to:
- Avoid claims
- Deliver the project on time
- Provide a solid basis for quantifying time impact
Having an accurate schedule at the beginning of a project and ongoing schedule maintenance helps to avoid claims, deliver the project on time and ____________.
Provide a solid basis for quantifying time impact
The essential elements of a CPM schedule are:
A. Activities, durations, logical relationships, and cost
B. Activities, durations, logical relationships, and constraints
C. Activities, durations, and cost
D. Activities, durations, and constraints
Activities, durations, logical relationships, and constraints
Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to:
A. Determine the logical relationship between activities
B. Substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms
C. Document unplanned delays that were not the GC’s responsibility
D. B and C above
E. All of the above
- Substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms
- Document unplanned delays that were not the GC’s responsibility
Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to substantiate ______________ of contractual terms and document ______________ that were not the GC’s responsibility
equitable time adjustment,
unplanned delays
Time Impact Analysis is a procedure that helps to substantiate equitable time adjustment of contractual terms and document unplanned delays that were _________ the GC’s responsibility
not the GC’s responsibility
Which term means the amount of time an activity can slip without impacting the early start of its successor?
A. Forward pass
B. Total Float
C. Free Float
D. Late Finish
Free Float
Factors that should be considered when developing a concept schedule include:
owner’s objectives,
funding sources,
contract type,
site location,
government regulations
Factors that should be considered when developing a ___________ include the owner’s objectives, funding sources, contract type, site location, and government regulations.
concept schedule
How is a CPM schedule different from the traditional bar or Gantt chart?
A. The CPM schedule shows project activity graphically
B. The CPM schedule shows activity durations
C. The CPM schedule shows logical relationships between activities
The CPM schedule shows logical relationships between activities
T/F
The contractor is automatically entitled to additional compensation if it is determined he/she is awarded an equitable time extension
False
(the Contractor submits a claim)
