Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Define work breakdown structure. How is it used?

Define work breakdown structure. How is it used?

Q: What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (

What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (AOA) network and an activity-on-node (AON) network? Which is primarily used in this chapter?

Q: What is the significance of the critical path?

What is the significance of the critical path?

Q: What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity

What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity?

Q: Students are sometimes confused by the concept of critical path, and

Students are sometimes confused by the concept of critical path, and want to believe that it is the shortest path through a network. Convincingly explain why this is not so.

Q: Would a project manager ever consider crashing a noncritical activity in a

Would a project manager ever consider crashing a noncritical activity in a project network? Explain convincingly.

Q: How the variance of the total project is computed in PERT?

How the variance of the total project is computed in PERT?

Q: Assume that the activities in Problem 3.11 have the following

Assume that the activities in Problem 3.11 have the following costs to shorten: A, $300/week; B, $100/week; C, $200/ week; E, $100/week; and F, $400/week. Assume also that you can crash an activity do...

Q: Name some of the widely used project management software programs.

Name some of the widely used project management software programs.

Q: What is the difference between the waterfall approach and agile project management

What is the difference between the waterfall approach and agile project management?