Lean Tools
Lean is designed to eliminate this.
Waste
What is the definition of a project?
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
A work breakdown structure breaks these down into tasks.
milestones
The original schedule data broken out by work packages is what
Project baseline
What is the number one reason a project fails?
Poor planning
Name the 5 S's
Sort
Shine
Straighten
Standardize
Sustain
Predictive (traditional, waterfall)
The formula for weighted calculated time is
(Probable time x 4 + Optimistic Time + Pessimistic Time)/6
Name two tools used to find root cause of a variance
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
5 w's 2h's
5 whys
Which stage of Tuckman's ladder is completed during a project closing phase?
Adjourning
What are the 3 types of waste
Muda
Muri
Mura
Name three roles that make up project stakeholders.
Sponsor
Customers
Functional Managers
Project Manager
Project Team Members
Name the four types of dependencies used to identify the logical sequence of activities.
Finish-to-Start
Finish-to-Finish
Start-to-Start
Start-to-Finish
Which of the three types of waste requires heijunka to resolve
Mura (unevenness)
Who on the project team assesses the project in terms of goals met and costs incurred.
Project sponsor
Which lean tool would be most effective for defining a system and breaking down its parts before trying to improve it?
SIPOC
How does a project charter differ from a statement of work?
Project charter is an official statement that the project is backed by and funded by the organization. It names the project manager and their level of authority.
The SOW is the formal project definition document.
A network diagram is used to determine this in a project timeline.
Critical path
What are the two most important jobs of the project manager during the execution phase of a project?
Getting everyone the tools they need to succeed and monitoring project progress.
What happens to project team members after the project is closed
reassigned to pre-project work or new projects
Which level of Kaizen would be used to address cross department process change.
Kaizen Blitz (Point Kaizen)
Name the eight project categories
Scope
Time
Money
Quality
Human resources
Contracts
Risk
If a project has a planned value of $300, an earned value of $500, and an actual cost of $1,000 on day 3 of a ten-day project, what is the Schedule Performance Index?
EV/PV = 500/300 = 1.6
What are the four basic approaches to managing risk?
Avoid it
Accept it
Transfer it
Mitigate it
What are the three ways to end a project?
fulfillment
partial fulfillment
premature termination