Time Management Flashcards
In this process, the WBS Work Packages are further broken down into _______ or _______.
Activities; Tasks
This Key Output outlines the criteria for developing, monitoring, and controlling the project ________. It can be either _______ or _______ plan, and may be either very detailed or broad.
schedule; formal; informal
The ________ ________ includes ALL the activities that are required for the project in sufficient detail for others to understand what has to be done?
Activity List
The technique used to create the Activity List is called _________?
Decomposition
________ __________ are details associated with activities; these are progressively elaborated throughout project planning.
Activity Attributes
_______ _______ _______ is an iterative planning technique and a form of progressive elaboration where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail and future work is planned at a higher level of the WBS.
Rolling Wave Planning
To break down Work Packages into activities, which technique should be used?
Decomposition
The network diagram can be created based on the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) using the _____ _____ _______format.
Activity on Node (AON)
We can show Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish relationships using which tool?
PDM
Dependencies which involve physical limitations are referred to as ______ ______ (or ______ ______)?
Mandatory Dependencies (or Hard Logic)
Dependencies which are due to the knowledge and past experience of the team and not because of physical limitations are usually referred to as _______ ________ (or _________ _______)?
Discretionary Dependencies (or Soft Logic)
If a dependency is due a factor outside the project, like government approval, it is called ___________ __________?
External Dependency
A delay caused in the next/successor activity because of waiting time required to complete the predecessor activity is called a _____?
Lag
If we can start an activity before the preceding activity is complete, this is an example of a _______?
Lead
If initiation of a successor activity depends on the completion of a predecessor activity, which PDM relationship is this ______ __ ____
Finish-to-Start
The most commonly used type of precedence relationship is _________
Finish-to-Start
The least commonly used type of precedence relationship is ________?
Start-to-Finish
A dependency where there is a relationship between project activities and non-project activities is an _______?
External Dependency
A portion of a schedule network is called a _____ -______ or _________ _________
Sub-Network; Fragment Network
The process which determines the type and quantity of resources required to perform project activities is called?
Estimate Activity Resources
What is the main output of the Estimate Activity Resources process?
Activity Resource Requirements
What technique aggregates quantities of resource at lower levels to come up with resource estimates?
Bottom-up Estimating
To use Bottom-up Estimating, what are the prerequisites for scope?
Scope should be well-defined; WBS is already created
In analogous estimating we use ______ ________ of a previous similar activity or project as the basis for estimating the duration of a future activity/project.
Actual duration
Building one floor takes 2 months; so building 12 floors will take 24 months. This is an example of:
Parametric Estimating
In Reserve Analysis, we consider whether we need _____ reserves for activities?
Contingency
Crashing involves adding more _____ however, this may increase project _______ and risk.
Resources; Cost
Fast Tracking involves doing things in parallel that would normally be done in sequence; however, this may increase _________ and increase the chance of _______.
Risk; Rework
What is a technique that adjusts the activities of a schedule so that resources requirements do not exceed resource limits. Resource limits are defined as activities that may only be delayed by as much as their float durations; so the Critical Path, and in turn the project’s end date is not affected.
Resource Smoothing
Name 2 Modeling Techniques
What-If Scenario Analysis
Simulation
Early start and finish dates, and late start and finish dates, for all schedule activities are calculated using the…
Critical Path Method (CPM)
Early start and early finish dates are calculated in the ______ _____?
Forward Pass
The amount of time that a task can be delayed without delaying the early start of the next task is called?
Total Float
From my calculations the Critical Path is 2 months for my project, but my customer had given me 3 months to complete it, so I have…
Positive Project Float of 1 Month
If the schedule is modified to account for limited critical resources by adding project buffers, we are using the…
Critical Chain Method (CCM)
you need to have a constant level of resources because your company HR policies do not allow for resources fluctuations. The technique used to work within this constraint is referred to as:
Resource Leveling
Which diagram is often used by Senior Management Milestone Chart or Gantt Chart?
Milestone Chart
If a project has more than one Critical Path, what does it indicate about the project risk?
More Risk
Simulation is performed using which analysis?
Monte Carlo
The data gathered about the schedule is referred to as…
Work Performance Data
Any changes to the schedule need to go through which process?
PICC - Perform Integrated Change Control
The main output of the Control Schedule process is called…
Work Performance Information
