Questions from General Project Management

Q: 1. Estimate the final construction budget. 2. What

1. Estimate the final construction budget. 2. What should they do about the work slowdown? 3. Create a Gantt chart with the revisions to the duration of the interiors step. When will the project be c...

Q: Which of the linkages in precedence diagramming do you think is most

Which of the linkages in precedence diagramming do you think is most commonly used? Why?

Q: In the calculation of variance for optimistic and pessimistic activity duration estimates

In the calculation of variance for optimistic and pessimistic activity duration estimates made at the 95 or 90 percent level, the denominator of the fraction that approximated the standard deviation o...

Q: Given all the estimating done to determine the duration of project activities

Given all the estimating done to determine the duration of project activities, what does it mean to say that “only after the fact do we know which path was actually the critical path”?

Q: It was noted that “the PM must manage the project team

It was noted that “the PM must manage the project team as well as the project.” Explain why.

Q: Describe the fundamental trade-offs when deciding whether or not to

Describe the fundamental trade-offs when deciding whether or not to crash a project.

Q: Discuss the advantages of “labor pools” in a project –

Discuss the advantages of “labor pools” in a project – oriented company. Are there any potential disadvantages with the use of pools?

Q: What purpose(s) might be served by using each of

What purpose(s) might be served by using each of the following priority rules for allocating scarce resources? a. As late as possible. b. Shortest task duration time first. c. Minimum slack first.

Q: Linking a group of projects together with pseudoactivities creates a sort of

Linking a group of projects together with pseudoactivities creates a sort of superproject. What does this mean, and why would anyone want to do it?

Q: Projects A and B are both nearing completion. You are managing

Projects A and B are both nearing completion. You are managing a super important project C that requires an immediate input of resource being used by both projects A and B, but is otherwise unavailabl...