APS 112 ESP Midterm
1. Gantt Chart a type of bar chart that illus-
trates a project schedule
2. Task Am identifiable, bounded
piece of work to be execut-
ed by an identifiable, de-
fined, bounded set of re-
sources
3. Milestone a point in a project when
an activity or group related
activity is completed
4. work breakdown structure(WBS) a deliverable-oriented
breakdown of a project into
smaller components
5. resources consumables/project ma-
terials, equipment, finan-
cial
6. schedules a plan for work, cost, re-
sources giving lists of in-
tended events and times
7. PERT chart (program evaluation and review a graphic method used to
technique) show dependance of tasks
in a project, usually shows
time to completion of tasks
8. gateways point where evaluation are
made to see if the project is
proceeding enough
9. gated projects project with gateways re-
quired by companies/fi-
nancing institutions
10. trade-offs
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Alternatives that must be
given up when one is cho-
sen rather than another
11. critical path at least one path option
that will take the same or
more time than any other
path (delaying the critical
path will delay the entire
project)
12. scaling estimating how one vari-
able in a project changes in
relation to another
13. start-to-start second task waits on the
start of the first
14. finish-to-finish when you want two tasks to
finish at the same time
15. start-to-finish the second task will start
before the first finishes
16. lag a delay of the start of a task
after its predecessor
17. effort driven the time cam be reduced
by increasing the effort or
man-hours
18. fixed duration tasks that cannot be done
more quickly by adding
available resources
19. audience assessment the assessment consider-
ing the background of the
client and a better under-
standing of their perspec-
tive
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20. monitoring a project predict cost/time and track-
ing progress (depends on
size/nature, team and fre-
quency of reporting)
21. Methods of evaluation milestones/tasks complet-
ed, days along a time-
line, materials consumed,
pieces of finished work,
completed testing + re-
sults, actual expenditures
22. ballpark estimate an answer that is very ap-
proximately correct
23. order of magnitude the estimate is a value that
is within a factor of ten of
the true answer
24. back of the envelope(BOTE) quick approximate an-
swers based on informa-
tion already known or eas-
ily found
25. interpolation determining an intermedi-
ate value based on known
values
26. extrapolation extending the range of a
set of values
27. complexity count count the difficulty/interre-
lated parts of the system
28. reverse engineering the reproduction of anoth-
er manufacturer's product
following detailed examina-
tion of its construction or
composition
1. Gantt Chart a type of bar chart that illus-
trates a project schedule
2. Task Am identifiable, bounded
piece of work to be execut-
ed by an identifiable, de-
fined, bounded set of re-
sources
3. Milestone a point in a project when
an activity or group related
activity is completed
4. work breakdown structure(WBS) a deliverable-oriented
breakdown of a project into
smaller components
5. resources consumables/project ma-
terials, equipment, finan-
cial
6. schedules a plan for work, cost, re-
sources giving lists of in-
tended events and times
7. PERT chart (program evaluation and review a graphic method used to
technique) show dependance of tasks
in a project, usually shows
time to completion of tasks
8. gateways point where evaluation are
made to see if the project is
proceeding enough
9. gated projects project with gateways re-
quired by companies/fi-
nancing institutions
10. trade-offs
, APS 112 ESP Midterm
Alternatives that must be
given up when one is cho-
sen rather than another
11. critical path at least one path option
that will take the same or
more time than any other
path (delaying the critical
path will delay the entire
project)
12. scaling estimating how one vari-
able in a project changes in
relation to another
13. start-to-start second task waits on the
start of the first
14. finish-to-finish when you want two tasks to
finish at the same time
15. start-to-finish the second task will start
before the first finishes
16. lag a delay of the start of a task
after its predecessor
17. effort driven the time cam be reduced
by increasing the effort or
man-hours
18. fixed duration tasks that cannot be done
more quickly by adding
available resources
19. audience assessment the assessment consider-
ing the background of the
client and a better under-
standing of their perspec-
tive
, APS 112 ESP Midterm
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bbkbr5
20. monitoring a project predict cost/time and track-
ing progress (depends on
size/nature, team and fre-
quency of reporting)
21. Methods of evaluation milestones/tasks complet-
ed, days along a time-
line, materials consumed,
pieces of finished work,
completed testing + re-
sults, actual expenditures
22. ballpark estimate an answer that is very ap-
proximately correct
23. order of magnitude the estimate is a value that
is within a factor of ten of
the true answer
24. back of the envelope(BOTE) quick approximate an-
swers based on informa-
tion already known or eas-
ily found
25. interpolation determining an intermedi-
ate value based on known
values
26. extrapolation extending the range of a
set of values
27. complexity count count the difficulty/interre-
lated parts of the system
28. reverse engineering the reproduction of anoth-
er manufacturer's product
following detailed examina-
tion of its construction or
composition
