Exam 6: Project Time Management

Which of the following techniques involve doing activities in parallel that one would normally do in sequence?

A drawback of the precedence diagramming method is that it cannot be used unless dummy activities are employed.

In a critical path analysis, the shortest path is what drives the completion date for the project.

Which of the following is a difference between an activity list and an activity attribute?

After defining project activities, the next step in project time management is developing the schedule.

A(n) _____ for a project is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which the project can be completed.

In an AOA network diagram, _____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node.

What are milestones? Describe.

In project time management, the process of_____ primarily involves checking and managing changes to the project schedule.

A drawback of the project management software is that it does not have the capacity to calculate the critical path(s) for a project.

The activity list should include the _____, an activity identifier, and a brief description of the activity.

_____ is the number of workdays or work hours required to complete a task.

An activity is an element of work that has an expected duration, cost, and resource requirements.

A schedule management plan includes information which describes the format and frequency of schedule reports required for the project.

In project time management, the next step after sequencing activities is to define these activities.

AOA network diagrams use only _____ dependencies.

Network diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity sequencing.

_____ is the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date.

Critical chain scheduling assumes that resources multitask and maximizes multitasking.

In a network diagram, a(n) _____ is the starting and ending point of an activity.