Vocabulary
What is Schedule compression
compressing a project schedule to make the project duration shorter.
The Work Breakdown Structure can BEST be thought of as an effective aid for __________ communications.
Stakeholder
What is one reason you would compress a project schedule.
A client wants you to complete the project early.
What is the work breakdown structure
The work to be executed by the project team to accomplish project objectives and create the required deliverables.
What is the lowest level of WBS components known as?
Work Package.
What is one way to crash a project time schedule
Add more employees to a project.
What is Project management software
Software Used to help plan, organize, and manage resource pools and develop resource elements
During project executing, a team member comes to project manager because he is not sure of what work needs to be accomplished on the project. Which of the following documents contains the detailed description of work packages?
WBS dictionary
How is Crashing different from fast tracking.
Crashing adds more people to the project to make it go faster.
What is Bottom up Estimating
Method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the WBS
Completion of a product scope is measured against
WBS and WBS dictionary
What are the Two types of Schedule compression
Fast Tracking and Crashing
What is verify scope
the process of comparing the actual deliverables against what was documented within the scope baseline
Decomposition is an important tool used to
Create your WBS
What is the benefit to fast tracking
You can work on two things at once.