Microsoft Project
How many baselines does Microsoft Project allow you to save?
11
What is our most popular tool?
The Trace Tool (Driving/Critical Path tool)
How many EVM guidelines are there?
32
What term do we use that means "to clean the schedule out of senitive or non-value added data before we send it to an outside organization"?
Sanitizing the schedule
How long has Gary been doing this for?
30 years
This condition exists when a successor activity has started or finished before the requirements of its predecessor have been met.
Dependency Out of Sequence
What programming language were all SSI Tools originally written in?
What is the main data included in the IPMR format 1?
The BCWS, BCWP, and ACWP of each WBS element
The BAC, ETC, and VAC of each WBS element
The SV and CV of each WBS element.
Which customer has the most seats of SSI Tools?
What company was Gary working at when he first started being a Project Scheduler?
Motorola
What does the "Effort Driven" flag do?
When it's turned on, it keeps the total amount of labor hours on a task constant when new resource assignments are added to the task.
What is the official name of the tool that creates status sheets?
Status Turnaround Workbook Tools
Who brought Earned Value Management to the Federal Government?
Robert McNamera
What is "Driving Slack"?
The amount of slack or float an item has before it begins to drive a focus point.
Who was the first contractor Gary hired to work at SSI?
John Senini
This table will allow you change a resource's rate over time
Cost Rate Table
Name 5 of the tools or features within the "SSI Toolbox"
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Slack Evaporator
What is the new schedule deliverable called in the IPMDAR?
The Schedule Performance Dataset (SPD)
Approximately how many hours of live webinar trainings do we host per month?
10
What did Gary do for work before he worked for the company that became a project scheduler with?
Auto mechanic
What is the difference between Project Server and Project Online?
Project Server = the server is controlled and maintained on premises of the company who is using it.
Project Online = The server is controlled and maintained by Microsoft (in the cloud).
What field is used as the default value for the Trace Log in the Trace Tools?
Text10
What is the difference between a WBS Dictionary and WBS Index?
The WBS dictionary provides a technical write up of the scope of work that will be performed on the WBS element
What was the schedule XML deliverable for the IPMR called
UN/CEFACT XML
What was the original company name of Gary gave to SSI?
Change Point Services of America