If you are estimating costs based upon historical data from experience with a comparable project, you
are using:
PERT estimating
Analogous estimating
Rough estimating
Parametric estimating - Answers analogous
To find the_____
activities with zero slack, you must calculate the forward and backward pass
through your network.
Predecessor
Milestone
Successor
Critical path - Answers critical path
In your network diagram, A is a predecessor for B, C, and D. Therefore, A is a _____ activity.
Parallel
Burst
Milestone
Merge - Answers burst
To find the free slack (float) for each activity in your network diagram, you should calculate:
Early start-late start
Late start - early start
Early finish - late finish
Late finish - early start - Answers late start- early start
Your network diagram includes all the following EXCEPT:
Early start and early finish days
Calendar dates
Arrows showing precedence and flow.
Late tart and late finish days - Answers calendar dates
Scaling with a unit of measure, such as square feet or lines of code, is estimating.
Analogous
Parametric
Top down
Three-point - Answers parametric
The
_ in your budget is set aside for "unknown unknown" risks.
Activity cost estimate
Cost-baseline
Contingency reserve
Management reserve - Answers management reserve
The
helps cash flow planning and is the basis of controlling project costs &
schedule once work commences.
Work breakdown structure
Gantt chart schedule
Time phased budget
Network diagram - Answers time phased budget
, An agile approach would work best in all the following situations except:
Highly defines scope & requirements.
High level of uncertainty in the market
Developing iterations of the deliverable is ideal for the customer.
High degree of risk - Answers highly defined scope and requirements
Monitoring scrum project progress can be accomplished by using:
Backlog grooming
Burndown charts
EVM performance reports
Sprint iterations - Answers burndown charts
The impediments in scrum supports the team by facilitating daily standups and removing
Product owner
Scrum master
Developer
Quality assurance - Answers scrum master
Which of the following closing tasks occurs first?
Close contracts
Send invoice to customer.
Obtain customer acceptance.
Create closeout report. - Answers obtain customer acceptance
Ideally, lessons learned should be collected:
At the end of the execution phase
At the end of the project only
Following completion of every deliverable
Throughout the project - Answers throughout the project
In a bidding process, giving information to one vendor but not others are an ethical issue related to
this pillar:
Honesty
Responsibility
Fairness
Respect - Answers fairness
At the end of Week 2, AP "A" is 50% complete and its actual cost is 5. What is the cost variance of this
activity?
Ac: 5
a. 3
b -1
C. 1
d.-3 - Answers -3 ( EV- AC)
The development team has encountered a problem with a software feature. They need to handle this
problem quickly, but they can't make a face-to-face brainstorming session because they aren't local.
Which alternative solution is best?
videoconferencing
conference call
online chat session
email - Answers videoconferencing
One risk to your schedule is that a hard drive with customized software fails and you lose the work
that was done. Resources on the project team regularly back up their work so they can resume work
quickly after a hard drive failure. What type of risk management strategy do backups represent?