1. AOA A style of project network diagram in which arrows
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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2. AON A style of project network diagram in which nodes
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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3. backward scheduling or CPM or
forward scheduling?
backward scheduling
Scheduling backward from a project’s deadline to its start time.
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4. Central Limit Theorem The observation that sample values approximate
standard normal distribution or PERT or
Central Limit Theorem?
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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5. CPM Critical Path Method, a project management
PERT or CPM or WBS?
CPM
Critical Path Method,
a project management
methodology developed by DuPont Corporation.
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6. 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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7. critical path The longest path through a project network;
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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8. deterministic Fixed and known in advance, representing a
critical path or deterministic or
expected value?
deterministic
Fixed and known in
advance, representing a
high level of certainty when planning.
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9. expected value The mathematical expectation of a random
expected value or probabilistic or
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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10. 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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11. path or precedence relationship or
Gantt chart?
Gantt chart
A scheduling diagram that illustrates activities across a horizontal time line.
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12. precedence relationship?
immediate predecessor or milestone or
precedence relationship?
immediate predecessor
A task that must be
completed before another task can start.
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13. crashing or incident or AON?
A project with no previously planned timing and a high degree of dependence on its immediate environment
for successful resolution.
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14. iterative planning Adjusting plans at short intervals, to reflect
backward scheduling or PERT or
iterative planning?
iterative planning
Adjusting plans at short
intervals, to reflect
emerging information.
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15. milestone A point of significance in the time line of a project.
milestone or slack or incident?
milestone
A point of significance in
the time line of a project.
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16. path Any sequence of linked
PERT or precedence relationship or path?
path
Any sequence of linked
activities that connect the beginning with the end of a project network.
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17. PERT Program Evaluation and
CPM or PERT or WBS?
PERT
Program Evaluation and
Review Technique, a project management methodology developed by the US Navy.
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18. precedence relationship
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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19. probabilistic Variable or not well
standard normal distribution or incident
or probabilistic?
probabilistic
Variable or not well
known in advance; subject to randomness. This represents uncertainty in planning.
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20. project A unique collection of activities creating a
project or path or PERT?
project
A unique collection of activities creating a
particular outcome.
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21. slack or incident or crashing?
The degree to which a task may be delayed from its early start without delaying the project.
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22. probabilistic or deterministic?
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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23. AON or AOA or WBS?
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure, a document specifying the tasks required to finish a project.
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