PMP Schedule Management

A project manager is currently using data analysis techniques to develop work performance information to compare the work performed so far against the project schedule. Which of the following processes is the project manager currently carrying out?

• Control Schedule
• Estimate Activity Durations
• Develop Schedule
• Estimate Activity Resources

You are working with your project team to identify and document the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables. Which of the following do you need before you can start this process?

• Scope baseline
• Issue log
• Risk register
• Activity list

Based on the characteristics of the project, the project manager suggests selecting an agile method that limits the number of tasks being worked on by the team members at any given time. This method will also allow the team to increase the visibility of issues and bottlenecks in their work process. Which of the following methods does the project manager suggest?

• kanban
• scrum
• crystal
• kaizen

Agile team members have determined the upper and lower control limits for the velocity required to meet their product release date. So far, the team performed somewhere around the mean, however, in the previous iteration the team’s velocity went way below the lower control limit. What should the team do next?

• Explain to the product owner that they cannot make their release date
• Try their best to make better than average progress in subsequent iterations
• Decrease the number of story points to which they commit in each iteration
• Increase the amount of work in progress in the next iteration

During a software development project, developers spent two days to repair a defect that was found a day earlier. The<br />deployment team then spent another day to deploy the fix at the customer premises.<br />Which of the following does this four-day period represent?

• Lead time
• actual time
• cycle time
• response time

To create a schedule model for project execution and monitoring and controlling, you analyze activity sequences, durations,<br />resource requirements, and schedule constraints.<br />What would be the most likely outcome of the process you are performing?

• Schedule management plan
• Monte Carlo probability distribution
• Detailed Gantt bar chart
• Schedule forecasts

A development project is behind schedule, and the project manager finds a way to bring the schedule back into alignment with the plan. The testing of the software code is scheduled to start one week after the coding is complete, so the project manager adjusts the timeline to have the software testing begin immediately after the coding is complete. What tool or technique has the project manager used to get the schedule back on track?

• Crashing Fast tracking Leads and lags

• Fast tracking

• Leads and lags

• Earned value management

A junior project manager is struggling with the implementation of the schedule management plan for a project to create a new smartphone application. The product is being developed incrementally, and the project manager decided to use an adaptive approach for this project. What would be the best advice to provide to the project manager?

• An adaptive approach is not appropriate for incrementally developed products<br />
• Maximize work in progress by using a Kanban board
• Use pull-based scheduling by incorporating a Kanban board
• Focus on developing a highly detailed schedule of activities

A scrum master is monitoring work items being processed and completed on an agile project. The scrum master is measuring the project performance for its effectiveness by calculating lead and cycle time. Which Kanban principle is described in this situation?

• Manage flow
• Improve collaboratively
• Visualize the workflow
• Make process policies explicit

After about two months of work, an agile team has just completed their fourth iteration out of eight. The release burndown chart shows that for the last three iterations, the curve representing the actual completed work is approximately 40 points above the straight descending line of the projected work. Given the fact that the team's velocity is 20, which conclusion can be drawn at this stage?

• The team is ahead of schedule.
• The team is behind schedule and work will be finished two weeks later than originally planned.
• The team is behind schedule and work will be finished four weeks later than originally planned.
• The team is behind schedule.