Module 3

A scope baseline is composed of an approved scope statement, a WBS, and a ____.

WBS dictionary

____ dependencies are inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project.

finish-to-start

There are ____ basic attributes of dependencies among project activities.

four

What activity would likely be found on the critical path for building Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park?

growing grass

A three-point estimate is an estimate that includes a(n) ____, most likely, and pessimistic estimate, such as three weeks, four weeks, and five weeks, respectively.

optimistic

Which number should be shortest when creating a three-point estimate?

optimistic time

The project team begins to develop a ____ by first clearly defining all the activities it needs to perform.

schedule

After defining project activities, the next step in project time management is activity ____.

sequencing

Project scheduling software uses the ____ format to represent the WBS.

tabular

If you have only two paths through a project network diagram where path 1 has a length of 20 weeks and path 2 has a length of 30 weeks, what is the estimated duration of the project?

30 weeks

Activity ____ provide schedule-related information about each activity, such as predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions related to the activity.

Attributes

Project ____ management includes the processes required to ensure that a project team completes a project within an approved budget.

Cost

____ is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.

Crashing

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

Critical

Slack or ____ is the amount of time an activity may be delayed without delaying a succeeding activity or the project finish date.

Float

In the context of a network diagram, a ____ is simply the starting and ending point of an activity.

Node

There is usually no ________ or duration associated with a milestone.

cost

High level items in a WBS are broken down or _______ into smaller tasks.

decomposed

Duration estimates are provided as a ____ number, such as four weeks; as a range, such as three to five weeks; or as a three-point estimate.

discrete