Exam 6: Project Schedule Management

 What is the Theory of Constraints? Describe critical chain scheduling, an application of the Theory of Constraints.

 Duration estimates can be provided as a discrete number, a range, or as a(n) _____.

 During which relationship is the "from" activity unable start until the "to" activity is started?

 Where would a draft schedule for a project most likely be found?

 Which technique is used for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost?

 SMART criteria are guidelines suggesting that milestones should be _____.

 A white diamond on a Tracking Gantt chart represents a(n) _____.

 Milestones are easy to achieve and are always achieved through one main activity.

 In project schedule management, the primary output of defining activities is a schedule management plan.

 Which document is most likely to include planned project start and end dates which serve as the starting points for a detailed schedule?

 In project schedule management, the ultimate goal of which process is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project?

 In a network diagram, it is mandatory for every item on the WBS to be shown instead of only those activities with dependencies.

 To define activities, the project team should start with reviewing the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational processes.

 A merge occurs when one node precedes multiple nodes.

 Critical chain scheduling assumes that resources multitask and maximizes multitasking.

 _____ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.

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

 Which is true of dummy activities?

 Which statement best describes the difference between an activity list and an activity attribute?

 Project schedules grow out of basic documents such as the project charter.