Project Planning & Scheduling Flashcards
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A project activity has an Early Start (ES) of Day 5, Early Finish (EF) of Day 12, Late Start (LS) of Day 9, and Late Finish (LF) of Day 16. What is the total float?
Answer: 4 days
Total float = LS - ES = 9 - 5 = 4 days (or equivalently, LF - EF = 16 - 12 = 4 days).
Which document defines how the project schedule will be developed, monitored, and controlled, including the scheduling methodology and tools to be used?
Answer: Schedule management plan
The schedule management plan establishes the criteria and activities for developing, monitoring, and controlling the project schedule, including the chosen scheduling tool and method.
When using analogous estimating for activity duration, the primary advantage over other methods is:
Answer: It is faster and less costly, using historical data from similar projects
Analogous estimating leverages historical data from similar past projects to quickly generate duration estimates, making it faster and less expensive than parametric or bottom-up approaches.
In schedule compression, crashing differs from fast-tracking because crashing:
Answer: Adds resources to critical path activities to shorten their duration, usually increasing cost
Crashing shortens schedule duration by adding resources (people, equipment, overtime) to critical path activities, which typically increases project costs.
Which of the following best describes a Gantt chart in project scheduling?
Answer: A bar chart that displays activities against a calendar timeline showing start and end dates
A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that maps project activities along a time axis, visually showing planned start dates, durations, and finish dates.
Mandatory dependencies in project scheduling are BEST described as:
Answer: Legally or contractually required, or inherent in the nature of the work itself
Mandatory dependencies (hard logic) are inherent in the nature of the work or legally required, such as the physical constraint that a foundation must be poured before walls are erected.
A project manager is using parametric estimating to estimate activity durations. Which scenario best illustrates this technique?
Answer: Calculating that installing 200 units will take 400 hours based on a known rate of 2 hours per unit
Parametric estimating uses a statistical relationship between historical data and project variables (e.g., units × rate) to calculate activity durations.