Project Management: The Managerial Process (7 Ed.) - Chapter 8

Sam, the project engineer, has been scheduled to run the product system test at the same time he is to build a marketing prototype. This is an example of what type of resource constraint?

People

What is created when project costs are placed in a time schedule depicting when they are to occur?

Project Cost Baseline

What project management tool/method is suggested to determine the customer's opinion of a project being time or resource constrained?

Project Priority Matrix

What do resource allocation methods seek to improve for a time constrained project?

Utilization of resources

what tool allows project management software to handle a multiproject environment by prioritizing resource allocation to specific projects?

project priority number rankings

Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of failing to identify limited resources before project implementation?

Scope creep

Splitting an activity can result in all of the following EXCEPT

More people working on the same activity.

Gene is trying to order the concrete needed to continue his project. However, the supplier will not be able to deliver it until next week. This is an example of what kind of resource constraint?

Materials

If resources are not adequate to meet peak demands, the resulting reschedule is termed

Resource-constrained scheduling.

All resource leveling techniques involve

Delaying noncritical activities.

Project budgets are developed by time-phasing which of the following?

Work packages

These are all guidelines a project manager should consider when assigning project work EXCEPT

Always assign the best people to the most difficult tasks.

Regina's boss has told her that her project is very important. If the critical path is delayed, she will be given whatever she needs to get it back on schedule. Her project is classified as ________ constrained.

Time

Resource leveling or smoothing can have all the following results on a project EXCEPT

A longer project duration.

When developing a new software package, logically, the software must be designed before the code is written, and the code must be written before it is tested. These activities are dependent on each other by _________ constraints.

Technical

Rachel is working on a project that technically allows three activities to be done at the same time. If they were to be implemented at the same time, she would need 5 contractors in order for the activities to be completed on time. There are only 3 available for her to use. This is an example of what type of constraint?

People

In a resource-constrained project, the second priority in assigning resources is usually given to activities with the

Smallest duration.

A project budget report is showing our project as spending $35,000 against a budgeted amount of $40,000. Which of the following is true?

We can’t be sure how the project is going

All of the following are types of resource constraints EXCEPT

Information.

Why is it necessary to have a time-phased budget baseline?

It shows how much work was accomplished for the money spent

Which of the following is NOT one of the more common problems associated with scheduling multiproject resources?

Decline in project quality

In a resource-constrained project the third priority in assigning resources is usually given to activities with the

Lowest identification number.

All of the following are benefits of scheduling resources before project implementation EXCEPT

It ensures low network sensitivity.

Most of the scheduling methods available today require the project manager to classify the project as either _______ constrained or ______ constrained.

Time, resource

Technical constraints have been carefully considered when developing a project network. Which of the following is true at this point?

Technical dependencies between activities are known

Susan is to conduct environmental testing but the chamber cannot hold all the equipment that she wants to test. This is an example of a constraint that could impact the sequence and timing of activities in a project network. What type of constraint is it?

Physical

When considering the sequence and timing of activities, which of the following is NOT one of the types of project network constraints?

Time

Jan is trying to reallocate resources in a time-constrained project to create smoother resource utilization. She should first identify activities with the

Most slack

Tony has realized that two activities in his project cannot be done at the same time because not enough resources are available. Activity 3 is critical and has a duration of 5 days. Activity 4 has 2 days of slack and a duration of 2 days. How will he decide which activity should be scheduled first?

The activity with the least slack

When a company will reduce the number of projects they have to manage internally to only core projects and send noncritical projects to contractors and consulting firms this is called

Outsourcing

A special truck that George needs on his project has been scheduled on another project. This is an example of what type of resource constraint?

Equipment

In a resource-constrained project, the first priority in assigning resources is usually given to activities with the

Least slack

In a resource-constrained project, which of the following is most likely to be changed?

The completion date

In reviewing the status of her project with top management, Shirley was told that there are only two programmers that she can use for her project. Her project is classified as __________ constrained.

Resource

Resources are adequate, but demand varies widely over the life of the project. Delaying noncritical activities to lower peak demand on resources is known as resource

Smoothing.