Week 4 Chat Project Management Terminology

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What is an activity in project management?

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An activity is an element of the project that requires time. It may or may not require resources.

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What are parallel activities?

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Parallel activities are activities that can take place at the same time, if the manager wishes. However, the manager may choose to have parallel activities not occur simultaneously.

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What is a burst activity?

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A burst activity is an activity that has more than one activity immediately following it (more than one dependency arrow flowing from it).

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What is a merge activity?

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A merge activity is an activity that has more than one activity immediately preceding it (more than one dependency arrow flowing to it).

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What is a path in project management?

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A path is a sequence of connected, dependent activities.

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What is the critical path?

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The critical path is the path(s) with the longest duration through the network; if an activity on the path is delayed, the project is delayed the same amount of time.