Predictive Plan-Based Methodologies
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A predictive (waterfall) life cycle is MOST appropriate when which condition is true?
- ARequirements are highly uncertain and expected to change frequently as stakeholders learn from early releases
- BRequirements are well understood and stable, and scope can be defined up front✓
- CThe customer wants to inspect a working product every two weeks and reprioritise the remaining work items
- DThe team has no documented plan and prefers to improvise, agreeing each next step at the daily stand-up meeting
Answer: Predictive life cycles work best when requirements are clear and stable, allowing scope, schedule, and cost to be defined early and changes to be minimised.
What is a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
- AA list of project risks ranked by probability and impact, with an owner and an agreed response named against each entry
- BA bar chart showing activity start and finish dates plotted against a calendar, with bar length set by duration
- CA hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team✓
- DA register listing all of the project's stakeholders
Answer: The WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the total project scope into smaller, more manageable components.
The lowest level of a work breakdown structure is known as a what?
- AMilestone
- BDeliverable phase
- CControl account
- DWork package✓
Answer: A work package is the lowest level of the WBS, for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed.
In schedule network analysis, the critical path is BEST described as which of the following?
- AThe longest path through the network✓
- BThe path with the most activities
- CThe path that costs the most money
- DThe path with the fewest dependencies
Answer: The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent activities and determines the earliest the project can finish; it has zero total float.