Chapter 6: Project Time Management

In project time management, which of the following processes primarily involve identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities?

Sequencing activites

If you want to shorten the length of a project, you must:

Shorten the critical path

....describe where the project stands at a specific point in time

Status reports

(T/F) In a Gantt chart, thick black bars represent milestones achieved in a project.

False

(T/F) In project time management, one should control the schedule before estimating the duration for each activity.

False

True or false. Gantt charts cannot be used to aid project quality management.

false

Gantt Chart

provide a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in calendar form. Sometimes called bar charts

Choices must be made to ensure they select the most viable project. Many firms develop priority systems or guidelines, ______ that permit them to save time & money while maximizing the likelihood of success. 3.1

selection models

7 Main Processes in project time management

1. Planning schedule management 2. Defining activities 3. Sequencing activities 4. Estimating activity resources 5. Estimating activity duration 6. Developing the schedule 7. Controlling the schedule

(T/F)

A Tracking Gantt chart is based on the percentage of work completed for project tasks or the actual start and finish dates.

In project time management, which of the following processes generate the main outputs of an activity list, activity attributes, and a milestone list?

Defining activities

In project time management, which of the following processes involve calculating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities?

Estimating activity duration's

How can the Critical Path in a project be shortened?

Fast tracking or Crashing the project

Using Tracking Gantt Charts to Compare Planned and Actual Dates

The planned schedule dates for activities are called the baseline dates, and the entire approved planned schedule is called the schedule baseline. Is based on the percentage of work completed for project tasks or the actual start and finish dates. It allows the project manager to monitor schedule progress on individual tasks and the whole project

A(n) _____ Gantt chart compares planned and actual project schedule information.

Tracking

Developing the schedule

involves analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule.

Which of the following is an elapsed time task?

Paint is drying

Which of the following shows resource allocation over time?

Resource Gantt chart