Exam 6: Developing a Project Plan

When completing a forward pass you carry the early finish to the next activity where it becomes its early start,unless the next succeeding activity is a merge activity.In this case you select the largest early finish number of all its immediate predecessor activities.Why do you select the largest early finish number?

In developing a project network,neither looping nor conditional statements are permitted.

In a project network,recycling through a set of activities or __________ is not permitted.

On a project network,the activity times are derived from the

If the project has a duration of 13 days,the project should be completed 13 days from the day it starts.

The critical path in a project network is the

The minimum amount of time a dependent activity must be delayed to begin or end is referred to as

What is a hammock activity and give an example?

The assumption that all immediate preceding activities must be 100% complete is too restrictive in some situations.When an activity is broken down into smaller segments in order to start the succeeding activity sooner,this is called

An element in the project that consumes time is a(n)___________.

A(n)_____________ calculates project duration.

If testing cannot be completed any earlier than four days after the prototype has been built,what type of lag exists?

Burst activities have more than one activity immediately following them (more than one dependency arrow flowing from them).

Activities which can take place at the same time are termed

Bill is building a project network that involves testing a prototype.He must design the prototype (activity 1),build the prototype (activity 2),and test the prototype (activity 3).Activity 1 is the predecessor for activity 2 and activity 2 is the predecessor for activity 3.If the prototype fails testing,Bill must redesign the prototype;therefore,activity 3 is a predecessor for activity 1.This is an example of

Experience suggests that when there are multiple starts,a common start node should be used to indicate a clear project beginning on the network.Similarly,a single project end node can be used to indicate a clear ending.

Activities that can occur while an activity is taking place are called ________ activities.

When an activity with a long duration is broken into smaller segments so that the following activities can begin sooner it is called __________.

What is a lag and give an example of when you would need to use one?

The WBS identifies dependencies,the sequencing of activities,and the timing of activities.