Cm 2141 Lecture 1 Exam Joe Nelson

Front 1

What are the four types on contractors?

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1. Direct Labor General Contractor
2.Subcontracting General Contractor
3.Crew Subcontractor
4. Client/Large Contractor

Front 2

_______ provide the structure needed to manage multiple project . it is available to all project across the organization and provides the structure necessary for centralized project and rescurce management.

Back 2

Global Data

Front 3

_______ is only available to the project in which it is defined

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Project Data

Front 4

What does EPS stand for?

Back 4

Enterprise Project Structure

Front 5

EPS is like our filing cabinet TRUE/FALSE

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TRUE

Front 6

What is the first step?

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File, close all, file, new

Front 7

Schedule without resources is a ______

Back 7

Limited Value

Front 8

What are the 4 types of relationships?

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Finish to start (FS)
Start to Start (SS)
Finish to finish (FF)
Start to finish (SF)

Front 9

____ specifes an offset or delay between an activity and its successor.

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LAG

Front 10

LAG is always expressed in ___. Scheduled based on the calendar selected in the scheduling advance options. Can be added to any type of _____.

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Days. Relationship.

Front 11

Lag can be _____?

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+/-

Front 12

After you enter in a relationship what is next?

Back 12

Go to tools and schedule.

Front 13

______is a customizable view of activity information. it is a combination of all the visual elements that appear on screen.

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Layout

Front 14

The standards layout should have the _____ band and the new band with the _______

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total
projects name

Front 15

When you start a project you should start in _____

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Standard layout

Front 16

You dont save in P6, you do what?

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import and export

Front 17

Milestone duration is ____ and has no _____

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0
resource

Front 18

Constraints override _____

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Logic

Front 19

What is the formula for DURATION?

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= RR/RA*p

=RESOURCES REUIRED divided by RESOURCES APPLIED for a period of time multiplied by the PRODUCTIVITY

Front 20

What are the duration types?

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1. Fixed duration and Units
2. Fixed duration and Units Per Time
3. Fixed Units
4. Fixed Units/Time

Front 21

_____ in quantity in place

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Physical

Front 22

We use task dependent for everything TRUE/FALSE

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FALSE, Unless its a milestone.

Front 23

____are used to separate selected data out of the total project data.

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Filters

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The determination of what must be done, how it must be performed, and the sequential order in which it will be performed in order to achieve the objective

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PLANNING

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The determination of calendar dates for the start and completion of the project components

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SCHEDULING

Front 26

The schedule is a reflection of the ____

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PLAN

Front 27

_____ involves reviewing the contract documents. _____ show how the project is to be assembled, and the ____ usually establish the project duration

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construction planning.
plans and specs
contract special conditions

Front 28

What is the scheduling system?

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Plan: schedule the work
Do: perform or construct using the schedule
Monitor: monitor the schedule with actual feedback from the field
Control: recognize problems and advantages and follow through with schedule corrections, etc.


PDMC

Front 29

5 Major Resources a PM/Supt. Must Plan for, Manage, & Control

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Labor
Material
Equipment
Time
Money

Front 30

Two Primary P/S Tools used in Construction

Back 30

bar charts and network models

Front 31

Also called Gantt Charts (after developer Henry Gantt)

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Bar charts

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Activities that comprise a project are represented in a network form that clearly shows the relationships among the activities.

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Network Models

Front 33

Two main techniques for network models?

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Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

Front 34

In both cases a _____ for the Network is established.

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Critical Path Method (CPM)

Front 35

Each activity in the project is assigned a specific duration, and calculations through the network provide a single, specific duration for the project as a whole. Often referred to as a CPM.
Commonly used in the construction industry
Deterministic model

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Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

Front 36

Generalized form of CPM
Assumes that an activity’s duration cannot be precisely predetermined but uses statistics to compute the “expected” duration
Probabilistic model
Used in Research & Development and other applications where significant quantities of data are available

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Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

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Basic building blocks of the network
Represent tasks which must be accomplished in order to complete the project
Must consume time and/or resources
Identify the activities by reviewing the project documents and then break the project down into discrete work items

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activities

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– activities that relate directly to the physical effort of creating the project .

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Production/Construction

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– activities involved in the acquisition of materials, money, equipment, and manpower.

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Procurement

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– support or administrative tasks that directly impact the project schedule.

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Management

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Provides a framework for organizing and ordering the activities that make up a project.

Organizes the project work but does not address the sequencing and scheduling of the project activities

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Work Breakdown Structure

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The sequence in which activities must be performed. For each activity, the following must be determined:
Which activities must precede?
Which activities must follow?
Which activities may be concurrent?

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Ordering Activities

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The reason why any two activities must be done in a particular order is termed a constraint

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Constraints

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exist due to the physical process of construction (have to erect forms before concrete can be placed)

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Physical Constraints

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exist due to limited availability of resources (have only one crane available that must be used on two jobs)

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Resource constraints

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exist due to safety requirements. (erection of safety barriers before allowing work in an area)

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Safety constraints

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exist due to monetary issues (may need to stagger high cost activities)

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Financial Constraints

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exist due to environment regulations

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Environmental Constraints

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exist due to terms of contract (may have to finish portion of the project first to allow owner to begin occupying

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Contractual Constraints

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Effects of constraints?

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Reduce scheduling flexibility
Lengthen project duration
Generally increase project cost
Confuse basic scheduling logic
Therefore, only include physical constraints in the initial schedule

Front 51

Reduce scheduling flexibility
Lengthen project duration
Generally increase project cost
Confuse basic scheduling logic
Therefore, only include ______ in the initial schedule

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physical constraints