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activity - Answers An element of work normally found on the WBS that has an expected duration, cost, and resource requirements; also called a task
activity attributes - Answers information about each activity, su...
activity - Answers An element of work normally found on the WBS that has an expected duration, cost,
and resource requirements; also called a task
activity attributes - Answers information about each activity, such as predecessors, successors, logical
relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions
related to the activity
activity list - Answers a tabulation of activities to be included on a project schedule
activity-on-arrow - Answers a network diagramming technique in which activities are represented by
arrows and connected at points called nodes to illustrate the sequence of activities; also called arrow
diagramming method
arrow diagramming method - Answers a network diagramming technique in which activities are
represented by arrows and connected at points called nodes to illustrate the sequence of activities; also
called activity-on-arrow
backward pass - Answers a project network diagramming technique that determines the late start and
late finish dates for each activity in a similar fashion
baseline dates - Answers the planned schedule dates for activities in a Tracking Gantt chart
buffer - Answers additional time to complete a task
burst - Answers a single node followed by two or more activities on a network diagram
crashing - Answers a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of
scheduling compression for the least incremental cost
critical chain scheduling - Answers a method of scheduling that takes limited resources into account
when creating a project schedule and includes buffers to protect the project completion date
critical path - Answers Generally, but not always, the sequence of schedule activities that determines
the duration of project. It is the longest path through the project. (see also CPM)
critical path method - Answers a project network diagramming technique used to predict total project
duration
dependency - Answers the sequencing of project activities or tasks; also called a relationship
discretionary dependencies - Answers sequencing of project activities or tasks defined by the project
team and used with care since they may limit later scheduling options
dummy activities - Answers activities with no duration and no resources used to show a logical
relationship between two activities in the arrow diagramming method of project network diagrams
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