- Why do you think schedule issues often cause the most conflict on project?
- Why is defining activities a process of project time management instead of project scope management?
- Why is it important to determine activity sequencing on project? Discuss diagrams you have seen that are similar to network diagrams. Describe their is similarities and differences.
- Explain the following schedule development tools and concepts: Gantt chart, method, PERT, critical scheduling, and sprints.
- What do you think about adding slack to individual task estimates(sometimes called padding estimates)?what do you think about adding a project buffer for the entire project, as critical chain scheduling suggests? what are some considerations when using slack and buffers?
- How can you minimize and control changes to project schedules?
- Explain some of the basic principle of cost management, such as profit, life cycle costs, tangible and intangible costs and benefits, direct and indirect costs, and reserves.
- What is meant by a sunk cost? Give example of typical sunk costs for an IT project as well as example from your personal life.
- Give examples of when you would prepare rough order of magnitude(ROM),budgetary, and definitive cost estimates for an IT project.
- Explain how earned value management(EVM) can used to control costs and measure project performance.
- What is project portfolio management? Can project manager use it with earned value management?
- Describe several types of software that project managers can use to support project cost management.
- What are the main processes in project quality management?
- Why is quality assurance becoming more important? what does it mean to use lean in ?
- How do functionality, system outputs, performance, reliability, and maintainability requirements affect quality planning?
- What are the three main categories of output for quality control?
- Provide examples of when you would use at least three of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality on an IT project.
- Discuss three suggestions for improving IT project quality.
- Describe three types of software that assist in project .
Why do you think schedule issues often cause the most conflict on project?
October 26th, 2022
