Project Management 2nd Edition by Pinto chapter 11

Project Management, 2e (Pinto)
Chapter 11 Critical Chain Project Scheduling

11.1 True/False

1) Once the organization elevates its constraint, its system has no constraint.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.1 The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

2) An organization's budget estimating process routinely misses the actual cost of a project by
25%. For the most recent project, the budget variance was a ridiculous 23%, but this must be
considered common cause variance.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.1 The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

3) In order to estimate completion of a Gaussian distributed activity with a 90% or higher degree
of confidence, the time may be overestimated by as much as 200%.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.2 CCPM and the Causes of Project Delay
Skill: Analytical
AACSB Tag: Reflective

4) If people believe that they built extra time into their initial estimates, they are usually more
likely to begin project work right away.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 11.3 How Project Teams Waste the Extra Safety They Acquire
Skill: Conceptual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

5) Both positive and negative variation are usually passed downstream during a project.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.3 How Project Teams Waste the Extra Safety They Acquire
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective




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, 6) The Central Limit Theorem states that if a number of probability distributions are summed,
the variance of the sum equals the sum of the variances of individual distributions.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Analytical
AACSB Tag: Analytic Skills

7) A feeder buffer is a buffer that is created for a non-critical path activity.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

8) An important element in critical chain scheduling is to change from a late-finish
(procrastination) approach to an early-start approach.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

9) The critical chain is usually the same as the critical path.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

10) The legal department is needed to review all contracts a project organization enters. The legal
department is continually swamped with work and all other departments find themselves waiting
on legal before they can begin their work. Legal is the drum for this organization.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.6 Critical Chain Project Portfolio Management
Skill: Conceptual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

11.2 Fill in the Blank

1) Critical Chain Project Management is based on the __________.
Answer: Theory of Constraints
Diff: 1
Section: 11.1 The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

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