ch6 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the main goal of Project Time Management?
To ensure the timely completion of the project.
Name the six processes in Project Time Management.
Plan schedule management, define activities, sequence activities, estimate activity resources, estimate activity durations, and develop schedule.
What is the purpose of the Plan Schedule Management process?
To establish policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule.
Define “Activity” in project time management.
A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project.
What is the output of the Define Activities process?
Activity list, activity attributes, and milestone list.
What does the Sequence Activities process involve?
Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities.
Name one common method used to sequence activities.
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM).
What are the four types of dependencies in PDM?
Finish-to-Start (FS), Finish-to-Finish (FF), Start-to-Start (SS), Start-to-Finish (SF).
What is the purpose of estimating activity resources?
To determine the type and quantities of resources required to perform each activity.
What is an important output of Estimate Activity Resources?
Resource breakdown structure.
What is the goal of Estimate Activity Durations?
To estimate the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities.
What are some tools for estimating activity durations?
Expert judgment, analogous estimating, parametric estimating, three-point estimating, and reserve analysis.
Define “Critical Path”.
The sequence of activities that determines the earliest possible completion date of the project.
What is Float or Slack?
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date.
What are the techniques used in developing the project schedule?
Critical path method, critical chain method, resource optimization, modeling techniques, and schedule compression.
What is Fast Tracking in schedule compression?
Performing activities in parallel that were originally planned in sequence.
What is Crashing in schedule compression?
Adding resources to shorten the duration of activities.
What is a milestone in a project schedule?
A significant point or event in a project.
What is the output of the Develop Schedule process?
Project schedule, schedule baseline, schedule data, and project calendar.
What is the purpose of schedule control?
To monitor the status of the project to update the schedule and manage changes to the schedule baseline.
