Chapter 6

Question 1

What is project schedule management

Answer 1

involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project

Question 2

what are the six main processes of project schedule management

Answer 2

• planning schedule management
• defining activities
• sequencing activities
• estimating activity durations
• developing the schedule
• controlling the schedule

Question 3

explain planning schedule managament?

Answer 3

Determining policies, procedures and documentation that will be used for planning, executing and controlling the project schedule

Question 4

explain defining activities

Answer 4

the goal of defining activities is to ensure that the project team completely understands all the work it must do as part of the project scope so they can start scheduling the work

Question 5

explain sequencing activities

Answer 5

does a certain activity have to be finished before another can start? can the project team do several activities parallel

Question 6

explain estimate activity duration

Answer 6

• duration: includes the actual amount of time worked on a activity
• effort: number of workdays or hours required to complete a task
• Three-point estimate: optimistic, most likely and pessimistic case

Question 7

explain developing the schedule

Answer 7

• The main output of this process is a project schedule

Question 8

explain controlling

Answer 8

controlling and managing changes within the project