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The activity resource requirements will need to be addressed because the imposed constraint will cause a need for more resource to complete the activities by July 2. What is resource leveling heuristics? Resource leveling heuristics is a prioritization method that allocates inadequate resources to critical path activities first. It is a schedule network analysis technique useful to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It is used when shared or critical essential resources are only available at certain times, in limited quantities, or to keep resource usage at a constant level. It is a technique that resolves resource conflicts by delaying tasks within their slack allowances. Resource leveling is the process in which project teams come across problems when developing their project schedules. If a company has multiple projects running simultaneously that require the same resources, then problems can arise. It can often cause the critical path method to change.

Answer option C is incorrect. The project scope does not need to be addressed as there has not been a request to reduce or increase the project scope.

Answer option B is incorrect. The project charter will not change. In fact, the charter will rarely, if ever, change once has been approved and signed.

Answer option D is incorrect. The schedule management plan would not be the biggest concern in this instance. The plan defines how the schedule will be created, executed, monitored and controlled.

Fred should add lag time to each painting activity. Since lag time is waiting time, Fred will have to wait twenty-four hours after the priming is finished before he can start painting. What is a lag? A lag directs a delay in the successor activity. Lags require the dependent activity to have added either to the start date or to the finish date of the activity. For example, in a project of making radio-controlled airplanes, after applying glue and pasting stickers, it requires twenty-four hours to dry the glue. Any activity can be started after that only. This period, of twenty-four hours, is a lag.

Answer option C is incorrect. There is no reason to add an intermediary task as waiting. Adding lag time is the most appropriate as there are fewer activities to manage.

Answer option D is incorrect. Priming all of the room first and then painting all of the rooms would cause Fred to readjust the entire sequencing of activities. In addition, we do not know the reason why Fred has scheduled all the rooms to be primed and then painted. There may be successor activities in the project that need to enter each room, such as carpeting, as soon as a room has been painted. If that were the case the additional activities would have to wait for all of the priming to be completed and then the sequential rooms to be painted before they could start.

Answer option A is incorrect. Lead time actually moves activities closer together rather than farther apart. Lead time would cause the painting and priming activities to overlap, something that Fred does not want to happen. What is a lead? A lead allows an acceleration of the successor activity. It works just the opposite of lag. For example, in a software application project, before designing is fully completed for first phase, a program development group can start this phase programming. This overlapping of timing is a lead.

Cost performance index (CPI) is used to calculate performance efficiencies. It is used in trend analysis to predict future performance. CPI is the ratio of earned value to actual cost. The CPI is calculated based on the following formula: CPI = Earned Value (EV) / Actual Cost (AC) If the CPI value is greater than 1, it indicates better than expected performance, whereas if the value is less than 1, it shows poor performance. The CPI value of 1 indicates that the project is right on target. In this instance the earned value is $524,000 and the actual costs are $490,000. In this project Billy has spent less than what the work is worth - a good thing. This could be because of a cost savings, such as travel or shipping, or because a risk event didn't come into play. This causes the positive CPI - something which does not happen very often.

Answer option A is incorrect. .07 is an incorrect calculation for the cost performance index for the project.

Answer option D is incorrect. .89 represents the schedule performance index.

Answer option C is incorrect. $34,000 is the cost variance of the project.

Of all the constraints listed only this is an external dependency, which can directly affect the project manager's control over the project work. If the BGH company is late delivering the software portion of the project, it will likely have an effect on the project's ability to complete the project on time.

Answer option B is incorrect. While regulations may affect the project timing, this is not the best choice.

Answer option D is incorrect. The $1,250,000 is an example of cost constraint.

Answer option A is incorrect. This is only constraint if the project team members are not available, or do not have the required skills to complete the project work.

The critical path is discovered by summing the duration of each activity node in each chain of activities in the project network diagram. In this figure, the critical path is ACFGJ, which is 26 days, the longest chain of activities in the project.

Answer option A is incorrect. This path's duration is 22 days.

Answer option D is incorrect. This path's duration is 23 days.

Answer option C is incorrect. This path's duration is 15 days.

Although this appears to be a simple change the project manager must still follow the rules of the project's change control system. Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and controlling changes to the deliverables and organizational process assets in a project. Perform Integrated Change Control has to do with influencing the things that cause change, determining that the change is required or has happened, and managing the change.

Answer option D is incorrect. Communications management is the execution of the communications management plan.

Answer option A is incorrect. The project change control process not valid as it's the parent of the integrated change control process, which is more accurate for this question.

Answer option C is incorrect. Configuration management is the documentation and control of the product's features and functions.

The float for Activity I is three days. The early start for Activity I is Day 17 and the late start for Activity I is Day 20. Therefore, the difference of the early start and the late start reveals the float as three days. It is possible, and acceptable, to use the difference of the early finish and the late finish to find the float, as the value will be the same amount.

Answer options B, D, and C are incorrect. These are not the valid calculation for the total float.

Schedule activities on the critical path are called critical activities. Critical activity is a specific schedule activity on the critical path that takes place within a project schedule. Critical activities are mainly determined during the execution and deployment of the critical path method. In project management terms, critical activity refers to being on the major critical path, the most important path of life of an activity. Critical activity can also be defined as the work elements that must be carefully monitored, documented, and managed to make the success of an organization, program, or project. An activity that has a total float equal to zero is believed to be a 'critical activity', which means if an interruption in the finish time of an activity occurs, then the entire project will be delayed by the same amount of time. A critical activity generally has free float equal to zero.

Answer options D, C, and B are incorrect. These are not valid answers for this question.

By adding lag time to the carpet activity, Joe can move the start time of the carpet activity by 30 hours. A lag time is a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. Sometimes it may be needed to schedule a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. For example, if two coats of paint are required to paint a car, then the final coat should be applied only when the first coat dries. This delay is known as the lag time. The lag time is entered as a positive value. The lag time can be entered as a duration or as a percentage of the predecessor's task duration. It is entered on the Predecessor tab in the Task Information dialog box.

Answer option A is incorrect. A lead time is the time that overlaps between the predecessor and the successor tasks. The successor task can start before the predecessor task finishes.

Answer option C is incorrect. Dummy activities are not the preferred method of project scheduling.

Answer option B is incorrect. Changing the relationship of the activity to finish-to-finish would not prevent the activities from overlapping.

Andy and his project team are creating the stakeholder management strategy. The goal is to identify a method to gain support through communications for the project. The stakeholder management strategy is an approach to raise the support and decrease negative impacts of stakeholders during the complete project life cycle. It consists of the following essential elements: Key stakeholders who can significantly impact the project Level of participation in the project desired for each identified stakeholder Stakeholder groups and their management

Answer option B is incorrect. The stakeholder register contains the stakeholder's identification information, assessment information, and stakeholder classification, but not the management strategy.

Answer option A is incorrect. Stakeholder assessment information is part of the stakeholder register.

Answer option C is incorrect. The communications management plan defines how and when communication will happen.