Week 9 (Project Schedule Management)

Question 1

Project Time Management (Scheduling)

Answer 1

The process used to determine the overall project duration and when activities and events are planned to happen.
This includes identification of activities and their logical dependencies, and estimating of activity durations, taking into account requirements and availability of resources.

Question 2

Activity List

Answer 2

shows how the WBS work packages can be subdivided into a list of activities. these are an input into the network diagram, gantt chart and CPM.

Question 3

Activity Box

Answer 3

diagramming method which uses boxes to denote schedule activities

Question 4

Calendar

Answer 4

• Work Days
• Rest days
• Holidays
• Training
• Number of Calendars

Question 5

Milestones

Answer 5

• Unique Number
• Description
• Zero Duration= a point in time
• Start or Finish= an activity, a work package, a project phase or the project itself.
• Checkpoint
• Interface= between trades or contractors as one hands over to the other.
• Data Capture
• Stage Payment
• Project Handover
• Decision-Making
• Procurement = placement of an order and the receiving of goods
• Risk
• Quality
• Documents= business case, project charter, build-method, execution strategy, closeout report

Question 6

Event Gantt Chart

Answer 6

shows events at the start and finish of all the activities

Question 7

Trade Off between certain elements

Answer 7

• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Execution Management
• Procurement Management
• Resource Management
• Communication Management
• Risk Management
• Project Control

Question 8

Activity

Answer 8

An activity has a unique activity code or number.

Question 9

Description

Answer 9

An activity has a description. The description should be as informative and clear as possible to distinguish the activity from any other activity.

Question 10

Objectives

Answer 10

An activity should have an objective, which usually expressed as a deliverable that relates to the scope of work and the project charter.

Question 11

Responsibility

Answer 11

The responsibility for the completion of an activity should be assigned. The responsibility hierarchy starts with the project sponsor assigning responsibility to the completion of the project to the project manager.

Question 12

Project Plan

Answer 12

An activity will be a small part of the project plan. It is important to appreciate how all the individual activities roll up to form a number of deliverables and eventually the complete project.

Question 13

Assumptions

Answer 13

An activity is carried out within defined boundaries which are defined as assumptions and constraints.

Question 14

Constraints

Answer 14

Might be imposed by the client
(project sponsor)

Question 15

Stakeholders

Answer 15

An activity will have a number of stakeholders and interested parties who might be impacted upon by the activity and could, in turn, have an impact on the project.

Question 16

Logic Relationships

Answer 16

An activity has a logical relationship with other activities. This is usually expressed as activities in series or activities in parallel.

Question 17

Lag

Answer 17

An activity could have a lead or lag to represent the relative start of finish between one activity state and the next.

Question 18

Duration

Answer 18

An activity has a time duration for completing the task, which is from the start to finish of the activity. This is often on a sliding scale depending on the number of available resources.

Question 19

Milestones

Answer 19

An activity with zero duration is called a milestone.

Question 20

Calendar

Answer 20

An activity has a calendar or work pattern to indicate when the work can be scheduled.

Question 21

Target Date

Answer 21

An activity can have a target date. This could be a target start date or a target finish date.

Question 22

Procurement

Answer 22

An activity might need to procure materials and services. The resource requirement can be linked to the activity’s schedule to produce a procurement schedule and identify long lead items.

Question 23

Resource Requirements

Answer 23

As activity might need resources to perform the work. The resource requirement can be linked to the activity’s schedule to produce a procurement schedule and identify resource overloads.

Question 24

Budget

Answer 24

An activity has a budget to fund the work. This can be linked to the schedule to produce a cashflow.

Question 25

S Curve

Answer 25

Any parameter can be linked to the activities schedule to produce the S-curve. This helps to model and profile the project and is used in the Earned Value presentation.

Question 26

Quality

Answer 26

An activity usually has to be produced to a specific quality.

Question 27

Risk

Answer 27

An activity will be subjected to risks that will prevent the activity from the achieving its objectives. These need to be identified and managed.

Question 28

Estimating Data Base

Answer 28

A company’s estimating database of tariffs or rates outlines how much the company charges and the man-hours allocated for its list of goods and services.

Question 28

Control

Answer 28

An activity need to be expedited, monitored and controlled to guide the activity to achieve its objectives as outlined in the project plan.

Question 29

Activity List

Answer 29

Outlines the jobs to be performed to complete the project’s scope of work and achieve the project’s objectives.

Question 30

Scope of Work

Answer 30

A measure of the amount of work each activity has to perform to complete the activity.

Question 31

Level of Effort

Answer 31

Once an activity’s scope of work has been quantified, this can now be converted into a level of effort (man hours).

Question 32

Level of Resources

Answer 32

The level of resources quantifies the number of resources available to perform the work.