Final Exam Study Flashcards
(42 cards)
Project scheduling is defined as and requires
an output of a schedule model that presents linked activities
with planned dates, durations, milestones, and resources
to follow some carefully laid-out
steps, in order, for the schedule to take shape
Project planning Definition
The identification of the project objectives and the ordered
activity necessary to complete the project including the
identification of resource types and quantities required to
carry out each activity or task.
Define Project Network Diagram
Any schematic display of the logical relationships of project activities
Define Path
A sequence of activities defined by the project network logic
Define Event
A point when an activity is either started or completed
Define Node
One of the defining points of a network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines (paths).
Define Predecessors
Those activities that must be completed prior to initiation of a later activity in the network.
Define Successors
Activities that cannot be started until previous activities have been completed. These activities
follow predecessor tasks
Define Early start (ES) date
The earliest possible date the
uncompleted portions of an activity can start.
Define Late start (LS) date
The latest possible date that an
activity may begin without delaying a specified milestone
Define Forward pass
Network calculations to determine earliest
start/earliest finish for an activity through working forward through each activity in network
Define Backward pass
Network calculations to determine late start/late finish for uncompleted tasks through working backward through each activity in network
Define Merge activity
An activity with two or more immediate predecessors.
Define Burst activity
An activity with two or more immediate successors.
Define Float
The amount of time an activity may be delayed
from its early start without delaying the finish of the
project
Define Critical path
The path through project network with the longest duration
Define Critical Path Method
A network analysis technique used to determine the amount of schedule flexibility on logical
network paths in project schedule network and to determine minimum project duration
Define Resource-limited schedule
Start and finish dates reflect expected resource availability
Define Serial activities
are those that flow from one to the next, in sequence
ID Topic > Research > Paper draft
Define Concurrent Activities
When the nature of the work allows for more than one
activity to be accomplished at the same time, these activities are called concurrent, and parallel project paths are constructed through the network
editing the paper and preparing the presentation can happen at the same time
Define Merge Activity
Activity D can only begin following the completion of
activities A, B, and C
(A,B,C) > D
Define Burst Activity
Activities B, C, and D can only begin following the
completion of activity A
A > (B,C,D)
Review Complete Activity Network from Lec 9, slide 11
What are methods for Constructing the Critical Path (Define them)
- Forward pass—an additive move through the network from start to finish
- Backward pass—a subtractive move through the network from finish to start
- Critical path—the longest path from end to end which determines the shortest project length
