PMP Exam Study Group - Chapter 6 Schedule

A project manager is in the middle of executing a project when they discover the project is behind schedule. The project deadline cannot be extended, and the project sponsor will not approve any scope or budget changes. Which of the following is the best course of action for the project manager to take to complete the project faster?

• Hire additional resources and work overtime

• Tell the sponsor that the deadline cannot be met

• Look at options for fast tracking the critical path

• Level the resources

To create the project schedule, a project manager needs to break down the project scope and develop a comprehensive list of activities, which are needed to complete the deliverable. What tool or technique should project manager use in this situation?

• Work breakdown structure

• Decomposition

• Progressive elaboration

• Gold plating

An agile team is using a Kanban board to track their work. There is still quite a bit of work to be done, which was why a new tester was added to the team. The new tester overheard comments from others about too much work in process (WIP) on their Kanban board. Which of the following is considered an example of WIP?

• User stories that contain code that is waiting for customer feedback

• User stories that have yet to be prioritized by the product owner

• User stories that are awaiting selection by the team

• Deployed user stories that contain code that has already been integrated

Following are the activities and durations on a project schedule. The project is in planning. If activities C, D and F are on the critical path, what is the total float for activity D?

• 4 days

• 7 days

• 0 Days

• Cannot be determined

According to the industry's generally accepted best practices, the electrical work on the appliances assembly line should be completed prior to installing the doors.

What does this sequence of activities represent?

• Activity attributes

• Discretionary dependencies

• Activity list

• Mandatory dependencies

You have just completed the Develop Schedule process and you are now preparing information for the project sponsor to highlight the activities that may create a delay in the overall project schedule. Which of the following would be most useful in this situation?

• Activity attributes

• Project network diagrams

• Duration estimates

• Project calendars

A project manager had originally planned to use two industrial 3D printers simultaneously for a project but has just learned that one of them will be unavailable. The project manager adjusts the schedule so that the components are created sequentially using one printer. Unfortunately, this action affects the critical path and delays the planned finish date of the project. What tool or technique has the project manager used in this situation?

• Fast tracking

• Resource smoothing

• Crashing

• Resource leveling

The project is supposed to roll out a new service to thousands of existing users. The project team wants to consider and prepare for various possibilities and situations that may occur during rollout. What technique can the project manager facilitate to help the team with their preparations?

• What-if scenario analysis

• Critical path method

• Fast tracking technique

• Statistical sampling

The following table contains information about activities and their durations (in days) and predecessors on a project schedule. Following an approved change request, you have increased the duration of activity C from 1 to 5 and decreased the duration of activity D from 5 to 2. You have adjusted the baselines accordingly. What would be the most likely result of your actions?

• The duration of the project will not change.

• The project risk will increase.

• The quality of the deliverables will degrade.

• Customer satisfaction will improve.

At the iteration retrospective meeting, the team reviews the various metrics from the last iteration. The metrics include velocity, throughput, and work in progress (WIP). The team members analyze the data and conclude that their cycle time is very high and should be reduced. The team approaches the project manager for advice. Which of the following options is the best for the project manager to recommend?

• Decrease WIP and throughput

• Increase WIP, velocity, and throughout

• Increase WIP and throughput

• Decrease WIP and increase throughput