g to Drucker (2006), which of the following describes a BAD action plan?It provides a system for checking against expectations, adjusting the course of action as the plan is executed.It should be a basis for executive time management, anticipating a likely scenario for time spend in the project.It should have the best estimate for all tasks to anticipate what needs to be done, but it should be flexible as the plan is executed and new pieces of information arise.It should provide a straight commitment from the management, both for the tasks to be executed and target of the plan, leaving no room for change or adaptation.2. A Work Breakdown Structure is used to visualize and break a project into:Organizational hierarchyTime unitsWork packagesA critical path3. When planning a festival, the program cannot be printed before the key artists are committed. Which precedence relationship best describes the relationship between “gets artists’ commitment” and “print program”?Start-to-Start.Start-to-Finish.Finish-to-Finish.Finish-to-Start.4. According to the pictured Design/Dependency Structure Matrix, Task 4 is dependent on which tasks?
Task 2 onlyTasks 2 and 3Task 5 onlyTasks 5 and 65. What are the tasks along this project’s critical path?
Creative, Sales, and FinanceCreative, Fundraising, and HRStrategy, Sales, and HRStrategy, Marketing, and Finance6. From Figure 2, which tasks will be critical if the Finance task takes 2 weeks instead of 3?Strategy, Sales, and HRStrategy, Marketing, and HRCreative, Sales, Finance, and HRCreative, Fundraising, and HR7. From Figure 2, if the IT task takes 6 weeks instead of 5, what will be the earliest possible completion time for this project?14 weeksweeks15 weeks16 weeks17 weeks8. Which of the following is NOT likely to occur after crashing a project activity?Less risk associated with the project.More risk associated with the project.9. In managing noncritical tasks, the advantage of “as soon as possible” strategy is that:It delays the project.It avoids delays.It provides time cushion and reduces risk.It reduces costs.10. The backward pass is used to determine the Latest Start Time (LST) and Latest Finish Time (LFT) of tasks. The LFT of a task is the _____ of the LST of all succeeding tasks.AverageMinimumMaximumSumPart two: short answer.For any of the projects that you have used in quiz 1, identify some items that you believe either are or should be out of scope for the project?What are the four types of dependencies? Give one example for each.

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