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70 Cards in this Set
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Communication planning is part of which lifecycle phase? |
Executing |
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Controlling is the what phase of the lifecycle? |
Fourth |
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In a WBS, deliverables are |
nouns and activities are verbs |
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Controlling is sometimes referred to as |
Monitoring |
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Ensuring that the project deliverables are met by monitoring and measuring progress and taking corrective action when needed- is what phase? |
Controlling |
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Measure outcomes and compare to scope document to verify the deliverables and final product is acceptable happens during- what phase? |
Closing |
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What are the columns used in a communication plan |
stakeholder, information, frequency, method, format |
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Triple constraint |
-scope -time -cost (quality in the middle) |
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what is a resource |
People, money, Material or MPT (money, people, time) |
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Project management started in |
The 50s |
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project planning processes include all but |
Status reporting |
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performance, cost and time are constraints for |
both projects and operational work |
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Crawford slip |
used with pieces of paper, used to identify many of the risks in a short period of time |
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Cause and effect diagram |
uses a fishbone diagram |
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functional is one of the ____ categories for project requirements |
6 |
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the purpose of operational work is to attain its objective and then terminate |
false |
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Non functional requirements describe |
restrictions to be places on a deliverable |
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PMI |
project management institute |
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A group of closely related tasks that encompass a major section of a project is an |
phase |
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Milestone |
can be imposed on a project or developed and used by the project team to track progress |
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A work task plus a resource equals |
an assignment |
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A task whose start or end date determines the start or finish of another task is a |
finish to finish |
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Resource Calender |
scheduling tool that determines the standard working time and non-working time for the project, resources and tasks |
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Reports |
Predefined format intended for printing Microsoft project data |
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Effort driven scheduling |
a scheduling method in which the duration of a task increases or decreases as you remove resources or assign resourses to a task- the amount of work needed to complete a task does not change |
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If you want to print a list of tasks showing start dates, finish dates, and assigned resources, which view might you use? |
Task sheet |
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If you assign a resource to more tasks than it can accomplish at its maximum units, the resource is |
Overallocated |
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The Custom Reports dialog box contains |
All predefined reports plus any custom reports that have been added to Microsoft Project |
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Tasks that are indented below a summary task are called successors |
false |
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Once you have entered all of the tasks and durations for a project, the project duration does not change |
false |
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People or organizations that might be affected by project activities are called |
stakeholders |
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fixed units |
A task type in which the units value does not change |
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split |
an interruption in a task, represented in by a dotted line between the two segments of the Gantt bar representing the task. |
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slack |
amount of time a task can be delayed without causing a delay to another task or to the project end date.
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max units |
the maximum capacity of a resource to accomplish tasks
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Material resource |
consumable items used up as the tasks in a project are accomplished
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Cost resource |
Financial obligations to your project |
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project calender |
the base calendar that provides default working times for an entire project |
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Base Calender |
specifies default working and nonworking times for a resource, project, or task
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Availability |
when and how much of a resource's time can be assigned to work on tasks |
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Communication Planning is part of which project lifecycle phase |
Planning |
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Measure outcomes and compare to scope document to verify the deliverables and final product is acceptable happens during the ___________ phase |
Closing |
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What is not a common scheduling technique |
Communication plan |
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A closeout part is best accomplished by adding the activity to the WBS |
true |
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Brainstorming is highly creative, encourages team work and will always be in disorder |
False |
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Identify what is not an input during the Initiating Project Phase |
Proposals |
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Executing efforts are |
Participating, observing and analyzing |
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Non functional requirements describe |
-criteria -restrictions |
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A common activity for project managers is to _______________ information from the project schedule to share with stakeholders |
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A resource calendar does not apply to |
Material resources |
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Predecessor |
A task whose start or end date determines the start or finish of another task or tasks |
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Assignment |
is the matching of a specific resource to a particular task to do work |
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Link |
logical connection between tasks that controls sequenece and dependency |
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Exception |
is added to the project calendar to denote something different fromt he standard working times |
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Task |
represents the actual individual work activities that must be done to accomplish the final goal |
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Project schedule |
is a model of a real project - including what you want to happen or what you think will happe |
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20 hours task duration _200% assignment units -- ___________ hours work. |
40 |
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Three weeks for a task is shown as |
3ew |
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Assigning a(n) ___________or ___________ resource to a task will not affect the duration of the task |
Material or cost |
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Resources that is he standard rate listed per consumption |
Material |
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when you assign a human or equipment resource to a task, the result is |
work |
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Duration units is known as the |
scheduling formula |
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It is helpful to assign a base calendar to a group of resources when they all |
work night shift |
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The task note field can contain only words and not pictures |
False |
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Custom reports dialog box |
To adapt a report to present the exact information you need |
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Page setup dialog box |
To add your company name so that it prints at the top of every page |
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To assign more than one resource to a task using the Assign Resources dialog box |
click ctrl |
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When you initially enter tasks into Project, they are linked in a finish-to-start relationship that can be changed later (true or false) |
False |
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Elapsed duration |
total length of working and nonworking time you expect will be needed to complete a task |
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Duration |
number of work periods you expect a task to take to complete. |