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Theoretically construct a summary activity for activities 6001 through 6003. Identify the governing predecessor and successor activities for the hammock:
Assuming a total of 30 lifts per crane per day, what is the maximum number of lifts that could be accomplished using 3 small tower cranes over a 5-day period?
Using the crashed schedule, if you start Activity 2002 on 12 August 2021. what is the finish date for Activity 2002?
What method would be the best way to determine the most likely as-built critical path of a project that is underway, and the schedule of which has been partially progressed?
Activity durations are normally estimated in an intuitive and subjective way. All of the following will improve duration accuracy EXCEPT
Project schedules help control all of the following EXCEPT for_____________________.
Schedules are periodically updated to reflect progress. What step should NOT occur before the update is considered complete?
Which of the following options is NOT a feasible method to reduce the overall completion time of the toll road program?
Determine the correct formula and date for the late start for the Activity 11001:
What project cost elements would NOT normally be reflected in the Activity 1000?
Which of the following documents is most likely to be of the LEAST value to a planner/scheduler when planning a contractor's baseline critical path schedule for the construction of a large high-clearance bridge located very near an airport? The contractor has been awarded the contract.
In a graphical earned value analysis, what time-scaled value determines the reporting intervals for both schedule and cost performance?
Midway through the project you received an executed change order for this project, adding thirty-three days to the contract for weather delays. In its simplest form, how would your next project update display the changed condition?
If Activity A was delayed 5 days from starting, which of the following adjustments will NOT maintain the completion date of Activity C at Day 40?
Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique used to perform scope planning?
You are providing construction management services for a small office building project. Your duties include reviewing and approving the contractor's baseline schedule. The contractor has submitted the first baseline schedule for the project.
The contractor has included codes for each activity that identify {1) the category of work and (2) the trade/subcontract performing the work. What can this code information be used for?
Which is NOT an industry-recognized methodology for quantifying critical delay?
In a "crashed" schedule, which is a chain of activities that precede activity 2004?
The expected remaining cost needed to complete an activity, group of activities or the project is the____________.
Using the "normal" schedule, given Activity 3001 and the relationship with Activity 4001, what is indicated?
In order for a claimant to be entitled to an extension of contract time for a delay event (and further to be considered compensable):
Background
Your name is Evan Marshal. You are the corporate scheduler for Happy Insurance Corporation (HIC), a general health insurance company located in Ridgemond, Illinois. HIC is very busy with 49 unique software development projects. The organization structure at HIC gives the project scheduling responsibility to the Project Manager assigned to each project. You are charged with coordination of the project schedules into a Master Schedule and quality control for scheduling on the individual development projects. You report directly to the Director of Information Services (DIS), Desmond Rayburn.
It has come to your attention Project JP-114 has fallen behind schedule and Rita Belateau, the Project Manager, wants to accelerate the project in order to reclaim lost time. Rita is a strong supporter of Total Quality Management and strives for zero failures; therefore she is assessing the need for overtime for resources assigned to an activity that is not projecting a completion prior to the early finish depicted in the current schedule.
You and Rita review the current schedule to identify which activities are on the critical path and which activities have plenty of float. The review reveals several activities have suffered less than planned productivity and have contributed to falling behind. In the process of this review, you and Rita also review the budget for Project JP-114 and notice not only the schedule has fallen behind but the cost to date is more than she had expected. To total budget is $150,000, planned to date is $30,000; expended to date is $37,000.
With nine months remaining until baseline contract completion, Rita needs to bring Project JP-114 back on track; knowing overtime for an extended period of time is not always the right answer, especially with the cost to date already over planned.
In order to truly understand the options available to help remedy the current situation, you and Rita brainstorm on several potential courses of action. All the potential courses of action will require an evaluation of budget impact versus schedule correction.
1. Pull the project team together and ensure everyone understands which activities are on the critical path. Rita would like to use the existing project team and focus them on these critical path activities, laying out a plan for periodic overtime when needed to crunch through a deliverable. This approach could add approximately 20% to the budget.
2. Outsource various modules of activities to qualified and known consultants. This could drive up the costs and must be evaluated before implemented. Having an outside source working in parallel with the project team could also accelerate the schedule to mitigate some of the delays, as well as keep overtime down to a minimum for the project team. Potentially this could add as much as 40% to the budget, but could also be very productive schedule wise.
3. Mandatory overtime for the project team - entire project goes on a 50-hour work week. If the entire project team works overtime for an extended period of time, the budget could see an additional 60% increase.
4. The project continues as is completes the project late and accepts the penalties imposed. Penalties imposed for late delivery could add as much as 50% to the budget.
Assignment
Draft a proper memorandum to Desmond Raybum, IS Director, explaining in your own words:
a. the current problem and potential impact(s);
b. each course of action, stating advantages and disadvantages as appropriate;
c. your recommendations, properly supported.
Please be sure to include the rationale for your recommendations. Be sure to summarize your thoughts and address (To, From, Date, and Subject/Project Name) and close the memo appropriately. If you are uncomfortable with the courses of action noted, provide your own with appropriate substantiation for your position. Limit your answer to one, full typewritten page (roughly three handwritten pages).
While your email can be a detailed as you like, be sure to write sufficiently to address each element of the assignment, yet not so long that you go beyond the scope of the exercise.
Take time to read the problem and consider what you want Evan to say. Good luck!
Using the normal schedule, theoretically construct a hammock for activities 6001-6003. What is the duration of the hammock?
Prior to the beginning work on Activity 6001, the scope is changed by executed change order to increase the activity duration by thirty days and rock fill by 100.000 cubic meters If the project has progressed as scheduled up to the point of the executed change order, what activities would be changed on the next project update?
If a detailed estimate is NOT available to assist in the formulation of activity durations but unit quantities have been identified, what information can be utilized to estimate work package/activity durations?
When project risk is reflected in scheduled activities, what is the most significant characteristic of those activities?
The schedule or budget at completion less the estimate at completion is___________.
If all other work proceeds according to the Baseline plan, how many times will the critical path change?
In an earned value-based system, a schedule performance index of less than one for the project indicates the project is:
Considering the information provided for the project, what is the factor that most influences the successful crashing of the schedule?
Scenario: You are providing construction management services for a small office building project. Your duties include reviewing and approving the contractor's baseline schedule. The contractor has submitted the first baseline schedule for the project.
The contractor subsequently submits a CPM schedule for its baseline schedule submittal. As part of your review, you look at the durations for each activity in the schedule. How do you determine if a duration of 10 work days for drywall installation is accurate?
Using one crane capable of 30 lifts per day. for 3 column pours requiring 28 lifts each, plus assorted work in the area requiring an additional 150 lifts, what are the lowest planned workdays for this work?
Select the most appropriate explanation for use of a winter/wet weather seasonal calendar for use in this project?
Which of the following parties is NOT a stakeholder of the Spring Highway project?
Using the "crashed" schedule, if you start Activity 2002 on August 12, 2001, what is the finish date for Activity 2002?
Crane operators require 1 hour prep and 1 hour clean-up and inspection per day. There is only 1 crane operator allocated per crane. Crane operators are not allowed to work more than 8 hours a day. Lunchtime break lasts 1 hour. Assuming a 10 minute cycle time, how many lifts per day can be expected?
Using the normal schedule, what is the early finish date and total float of Activity 10002?
TESTED 18 Nov 2025
