SCM Ch 14

a Gantt chart is

a graphical tool used to show expected start and end times for project activities and to track actual progress against these time targets

__________ is a performance or time target for each major group of activities in a project.

a milestone

The critical path method (CPM) is

a network-based technique in which there is a single time estimate for each activity

The critical path method (CPM) is __________.

a network-based technique in which there is a single time estimate for each activity

A milestone is

a performance or time target for each major group of activities in a project

According to PMI, __________ is "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

a project

According to PMI, __________ is "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result."

a project

According to PMI, a project is __________.

a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

according to PMI, a project is ____________.

a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

The __________ is the determination of the latest finish and start times for each project activity

backward pass

The __________ is the first of five phases of a project. Here, project planners develop a broad definition of what the project is and what its scope will be.

concept

The __________ is the first of five phases of a project. Here, project planners develop a broad definition of what the project is and what its scope will be

concept phase

__________ is shortening the overall duration of a project by reducing the time it takes to perform certain activities

crashing

a _______ is a network path that has the longest, or is tied for the longest, sequence of activities

critical path

__________ is a network-based technique in which there is a single time estimate for each activity

critical path method (CPM)

A __________ is a logically linked sequence of activities in a network diagram.

network path

The __________ is the third of five phases of a project

planning phase

The __________ is the fifth of five phases of a project. This is the phase in which the project manager or team confirms the final outcome, conducts a postimplementation meeting to critique the project and personnel, and reassigns project personnel

post completion phase

The __________ is the second of five phases in a project. Here, project planners identify how to accomplish the work, how to organize for the project, the key personnel and resources required to support the project, tentative schedules, and tentative budget requirements.

project definition phase

According to PMI, __________ is "the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

project management

The concept phase is when __________.

project planners develop a broad definition of what the project is and what its scope will be

a concept phase is when

project planners develop a broad definition of what the project is and what its scope will be

The project definition phase is when __________

project planners identify how to accomplish the work, how to organize for the project, the key personnel and resources required to support the project, tentative schedules, and tentative budget requirements

Crashing is __________.

shortening the overall duration of a project by reducing the time it takes to perform certain activities

__________ is a network-based technique in which there is a single time estimate for each activity.

the critical path method (CPM)

The forward pass is

the determination of the earliest start and finish times for each project activity

the backward pass is _______

the determination of the latest finish and start times for each project activity

slack time is

the difference between an activity's latest start time and earliest start time

The latest finish time (LF) is ___________.

the latest an activity can be finished and still finish the project on time, as determined by the latest start time for all immediate successors

The performance phase is the fourth of five phases of a project, when __________

the organization actually starts to execute the project plan

The planning phase is the __________ of five phases of a project.

third

a network diagram is

a graphical tool that shows the logical linkages between activities in a project