Exam 5: Scheduling the Project

Technical dependencies are generally easier to see on a Gantt chart than on PERT/CPM networks.

Why should we only draw the Gantt chart after we have drawn the network for the project?

The scum master develops estimates for the effort required to complete each product requirement listed in the product backlog.

The actual project duration will be known with certainty after the project is fully planned.

What is the expected time to complete a task with an optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times of 3, 4, and 7 days respectively?

An identifiable state resulting from the completion of one or more activities is called?

An Agile team's velocity is only valid as long as the sprint duration remains constant.

Activities on a project always meet the assumption of statistical independence.

PERT was originally used for what type of project?

The formula for the expected time of an activity in a network assumes that the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely time estimates have a beta distribution.

Technical dependencies on a project plan are easiest to see on a:

An identifiable state resulting from the completion of one or more activities.

A disadvantage of Gantt charts is that they are hard to draw.

To manage a project successfully, the project manager need only pay close attention to tasks on the critical path.

Technical dependencies are often harder to see on a Gantt chart than on a PERT/CPM network.

Anyone interested in the project can read a Gantt chart with little or no training and with little or no technical knowledge of the project.

Gantt charts were developed in the early twentieth century.

Another name for total slack is free slack.

Any activity in a project not on the critical path can be delayed without delaying the project.

The formula for the expected time of an activity in a network assumes that the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely time estimates have a normal distribution.