critical path or deterministic
expected value?
deterministic
Fixed and known in
advance, representing a
high level of certainty
when planning.
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or
crashing
or
incident
or
AON?
incident
A project with no
previously planned timing
and a high degree of
dependence on its
immediate environment
for successful resolution.
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immediate predecessor or milestone or
precedence relationship?
immediate predecessor
A task that must be
completed before
another task can start.
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AON
or
AOA
or
WBS?
WBS
Work Breakdown
Structure, a document
specifying the tasks
required to finish a project.
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milestone
or
slack
or
incident?
milestone
A point of significance in
the time line of a project.
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AOA
or
AON
or
Gantt chart?
AOA
A style of project network
diagram in which arrows
represent tasks and their
connections with nodes
represent precedence
relationships.
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standard normal distribution
or probabilistic?
or
probabilistic
Variable or not well
known in advance;
subject to randomness.
This represents
uncertainty in planning.
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incident
project
or
path
or
PERT?
project
A unique collection of
activities creating a
particular outcome.
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backward scheduling or CPM
forward scheduling?
or
backward scheduling
Scheduling backward
from a project’s deadline
to its start time.
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AOA
or
AON
or
Gantt chart?
AON
A style of project network
diagram in which nodes
represent tasks and the
connecting pathways
represent precedence
relationships.
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forward scheduling or backward scheduling
or critical path?
forward scheduling
Starting an activity as
soon as possible,
regardless of its deadline.
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CPM
or
PERT
or
WBS?
PERT
Program Evaluation and
Review Technique, a
project management
methodology developed
by the US Navy.
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standard normal distribution or
probabilistic or deterministic?
standard normal
distribution
A normal distribution with
a mean of zero and a
variance of 1.
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expected value or probabilistic
Central Limit Theorem?
expected value
The mathematical
expectation of a random
variable, calculated as
the weighted average of
all possible values that
may occur.
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or
critical path
or
milestone
or
expected value?
critical path
The longest path through
a project network;
determines the length of
the entire project.
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backward scheduling or PERT
iterative planning?
iterative planning
Adjusting plans at short
intervals, to reflect
emerging information.
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or
PERT
or
precedence relationship
or
path?
precedence relationship
A dependency between
two tasks, usually
requiring that one task
be completed before the
other task is started.
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PERT
or
CPM
or
WBS?
CPM
Critical Path Method,
a project management
methodology developed
by DuPont Corporation.
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path
or
precedence relationship
or
crashing
Expediting the
completion of a task or
group of tasks, to finish a
project sooner.
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crashing?
path
or
precedence relationship
Gantt chart?
Gantt chart
A scheduling diagram
that illustrates activities
across a horizontal time
line.
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or
PERT
or
precedence relationship
path
Any sequence of linked
activities that connect
the beginning with the
end of a project network.
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or
path?
slack
or
incident
or
crashing?
slack
The degree to which a
task may be delayed from
its early start without
delaying the project.
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standard normal distribution or PERT
Central Limit Theorem?
or
Central Limit Theorem
The observation that
sample values approximate
a normal distribution,
regardless of the
underlying distribution of
the population being
sampled.
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