Achieve Success in the PMI PMI-SP Exam: A Detailed PMI Scheduling Professional Guide

The milestone list is needed as an input to the sequence activities process. Milestones are timeless events in the project schedule that are generally created as a result of phase completion. What is a milestone list? A milestone list provides a sequence of indicators about project progress to date and achievements or goals, which are to be achieved. The milestone list is used in project management as an indication of progress through the achievement of a major project accomplishment. It is a project document that is not part of the project management plan. The list contains all the project milestones along with information indicating whether they are mandatory to achieve or not.

Answer option B is incorrect. While the activity list is an input to activity sequencing, it is not a document that shows timeless events or the results of activity phases.

Answer option A is incorrect. Activity attributes describe the work, nature of the activity, and required resources for the activity.

Answer option C is incorrect. The project scope statement is an input to the activity sequence, but it does not define the end result of activity phases.

According to the question, the SPI of Martha's project is 0.835. This figure is less than 1. Hence, it shows that the schedule performance is below expectation. What is SPI? Schedule performance index (SPI) is the measure of schedule efficiency on a project. It is used in trend analysis to predict future performance. SPI is the ratio of earned value to planned value. The SPI is calculated based on the following formula: SPI = Earned Value (EV) / Planned Value (PV) If the SPI value is greater than 1, it indicates better than expected performance, whereas if the value is less than 1, it shows poor performance. The SPI value of 1 indicates that the project is right on target.

Answer options B and A are incorrect. An SPI value of 1 or above indicates that the schedule performance is either right on target or better than expected.

Answer option C is incorrect. SPI has nothing to do with cost performance.

A scheduling tool consists of the schedule components and the rules for connecting and using the components to characterize the process for completing a project. It is used to gather the schedule model and provide the means of adjusting various parameters and components that are typical in a modeling process.

The various group creativity techniques are as follows: Brainstorming: It is a technique used to generate and collect multiple ideas related to the project and product requirements. Nominal group technique: It is a technique used to enhance brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Delphi technique: It is a techniques used to identify potential risk. In this technique, the responses are gathered via a questionnaire from different experts and their inputs are organized according to their contents. Idea/mind mapping: It is a technique used to map the ideas generated by brainstorming to reflect the commonality and differences in understanding and generating new ideas. Affinity diagram: It is a technique used to allow a large number of ideas to be sorted into groups for review and analysis.

Sequence Activities is one of the twenty processes of the Planning Process group. It is the process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities. Inputs Following are the inputs to this activity:

Activity list

Activity attributes

Milestone list

Project scope statement

Organizational process assets

Outputs Following are the outputs of the sequence activities process:

Project schedule network diagrams

Project document updates

A salience model uses three values to classify stakeholders: power, urgency, and legitimacy in the project. The salience model is a technique for categorizing stakeholders according to their importance. The various difficulties faced by the project managers are as follows: How to choose the right stakeholders? How to prioritize competing claims of the stakeholders communication needs? Stakeholder salience is determined by the evaluation of their power, legitimacy and urgency in the organization. Power is defined as the ability of the stakeholder to impose their will. Urgency is the need for immediate action. Legitimacy shows the stakeholders participation is appropriate or not. . The model allows the project manager to decide the relative salience of a particular stakeholder.

Answer option D is incorrect. This is a description of a power/interest grid.

Answer option B is incorrect. This is a description of an influence/impact grid over the project.

Answer option C is incorrect. This is a description of a power/impact over the project.

Work performance measurements are created from the work performance information. WPMs are an output of Control schedule, Control cost, and Control scope processes, which are monitoring and controlling processes. WPMs consist of planned versus actual performance indicators with respect to scope, schedule, and cost. They are documented and communicated to the stakeholders and are used to make project activity metrics, such as the following: Planned vs. Actual Technical performance and Scope performance Planned vs. Actual Schedule performance Planned vs. Actual Cost performance

Answer option A is incorrect. Work performance information is an input to the control schedule process and includes information on project progress and activity start and finish information.

Answer option C is incorrect. The project management plan is an input to the control schedule process.

Answer option B is incorrect. The project schedule is an input to the control schedule process.

By adding lag time to the carpet activity, Joe can move the start time of the carpet activity by 30 hours. A lag time is a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. Sometimes it may be needed to schedule a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. For example, if two coats of paint are required to paint a car, then the final coat should be applied only when the first coat dries. This delay is known as the lag time. The lag time is entered as a positive value. The lag time can be entered as a duration or as a percentage of the predecessor's task duration. It is entered on the Predecessor tab in the Task Information dialog box.

Answer option A is incorrect. A lead time is the time that overlaps between the predecessor and the successor tasks. The successor task can start before the predecessor task finishes.

Answer option C is incorrect. Dummy activities are not the preferred method of project scheduling.

Answer option B is incorrect. Changing the relationship of the activity to finish-to-finish would not prevent the activities from overlapping.

Management is asking Sam to use the judgmental methods to predict how the project will finish on time and cost. The judgmental forecasting method incorporates intuitive judgments, opinions and subjective probability estimates. Some examples of judgmental forecasting are as follows: Composite forecasts Surveys Delphi method Scenario building Technology forecasting Forecast by analogy

Answer option B is incorrect. Time series methods of forecasting use earned value management, moving average, extrapolation, linear prediction, trend estimation, and growth curve.

Answer option D is incorrect. The earned value management method is actually a part of the time series forecasting method.

Answer option C is incorrect. The causal/econometric methods use linear and non-linear regression, autoregressive moving average, and econometrics.

Performance report is an input of monitor and control project work. Reports are prepared by the project team detailing activities, milestones, and problems. A performance report is made by the project team detailing activities, milestones, problems, accomplishments, and identified issues. Performance reports are used to report some key information as follows: Current status Scheduled activities Significant accomplishment for the period Forecasts Issues

Answer option B is incorrect. It is the tool and technique used for monitoring and controlling project work.

Answer options A and D are incorrect. These are the outputs to monitor and control project work.