PMBOK 4th Edition PMI-CCVC Time managment PMP Prep 6/18/2011

1 Define Activities aProgressive elaboration where near term work is planned in detail and

future work is planned at a higher level of the WBS.

2 Sequence Activities bThe process of estimating the type and quantities of material, people,

equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity.

3Estimate Activity

Resourcesc

The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project

progress and managing changes to the schedule baseline.

4Estimate Activity

Durationsd

Specify when and how long identified project resources are available.

This includes resource skill level and geographical locations of orgin.

5 Develop Schedule eThe process of identifying and documenting relationships among the

project activities.

6 Control Schedule fPreferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic. When fast tracking

techniques are used, these should be reviewed and considered for

modification or removal.

7Finalized and Approved

Scheduleg

A project schedule developed from the schedule network analysis. It is

accepted and approved by the project management team as the

schedule with start and finish dates. It is a component of the project

management plan.

8 Decomposition hUses Most likely, Optimistic and Pessimistic values for Three-Point

Estimates.

9 Rolling Wave Planning iResource need is estimated and the quantities are totaled for each

activitiy's resources.

10 Activity Attributes jUses parameters such as duration, budget, size, weight and complexity

from a previous project as the basis for estimating the same parameter

for a future project.

11

Precedence

Diagramming Method

(PDM)

kUsed for schedule development and for selecting, ordering, and sorting

the planned activities in reports.

12Discretionary

dependenciesl The baseline that is used in the Control Schedule process.

13 Resource Calendars mSubdividing the project work packages into smaller, more manageable

compoents called activities.

14 Bottom-Up Estimating nUses boxes, referred to as nodes, to represent activities, and connects

them with arrows that show the logical relationships that exist

between them. This technique is also called Activity-On-Node (AON).

15Resource Breakdown

Structureo

A structure of identified resources by resource category and resource

type.

16 Analogous Estimating pA schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has

been analysised by critical path method. Can be used when shared

resources are only available at certain times or limited quantities.

17

Program Evaluation and

Review Technique

(PERT)

qSchedule performance measurements (SV, SPI) are used to assess the

changes from the original schedule baseline.

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PMBOK 4th Edition PMI-CCVC Time managment PMP Prep 6/18/2011

18Schedule Network

Analysisr

Uses analytical techniques such as critical path method, critical chain

method and resource leveling for generating a project schedule.

19 Resource Leveling sThe process of approximating the number of work periods needed to

complete individual activities with estimated resources.

20 Schedule Baseline tThe process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource

requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule.

21 Variance Analysis vThe process of identifying the specific actions to be performed to

produce the project deliverables.

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