KEEP ON GOING - STUDY AND REVIEW

I am continually reviewing. I was taking the MeasureUp exam and came across a question requiring that you know how to determine float in a network diagram. This required knowledge of how to do a FORWARD and BACKWARD Pass, then compute the FLOAT for a particular task.

KNOW THIS!
Calculate Early Start and Early Finish values using Forward pass.
EF = ES + DUR -1 on subseuent activites is greast EF + 1

Calculate Later Finish and Late STart Values using Backward pass
LS = LF - DUR + 1, LF on previous activities is least LS - 1.

I sent an e-mail out to the study group detailing my hours worth of review. Maybe you will benefit from that.

Calculate FLOAT
F = LS - ES (also called SLACK)

The following review is RITA's PROCESS CHART
(recommend strongly that you know this, it will help with your sense of understanding all the KNOWLEDGE areas, integration with the Process areas).

INITIATION

Select PM
Identify Cultures, Existing Systems
Collect Processes, Procedures and lessons Learned
Divide Project into Phases
Select Stakeholders
Document Business Needs
Identify Business Objectives
Document Assumptions and Constraints
Develop Project Charter
Develop Preliminary Project Scope


PLANNING

Develop PM ‘how to plan’ documents
Determine Team
Develop Project Scope
Develop WBS and WBS dictionary
Develop Activity List
Develop Network Diagram
Estimate Resources
Estimate Time and Cost
Develop Critical Path
Develop Schedule
Develop Budget
Determine Quality, Assurance, Monitor and Control (Metrics)
Determine Roles and Responsibilities
Develop Communications Plan
Develop Risk Management plan (Quantitative, Qualitative, monitor and control)
Iterations – GO BACK
Identify what to purchase
Develop Procurement documents
Develop ‘how to execute and control’ plans
Create Process Improvement plans
Develop final PM plan and performance measurement documents
Gain final approval
Hold Kick off Meeting

EXECUTING

Acquire
Work to produce product scope
Recommend changes, defect repair, preventive and corrective action
Send/Receive communications
Implemented approved changes, defect repairs, preventive and corrective action
Continuous process improvement
Follow processes
Team Building
Give recognitions and rewards
Hold Progress meetings
Use Work Authorization
Request Seller responses
Select Seller


MONITORING AND CONTROL

Measure according to PM plans
Measure according to performance baselines
Determine variances
Scope Verification
Configuration Management
Recommend changes, defect, preventative and corrective Actions
Integrated Change Control
Approve Changes, defect, preventative and corrective Actions
Risk audits
Manage Reserves
Issue Logs
Facilitate Conflict Resolution
Measure Performance
Report on Performance
Forecasts
Administer Contracts


CLOSING

Develop Closing Procedures
Complete Contract closures
Confirm Work is done to requirements - Verify product scope requirements
Gain Formal Acceptance
Final Performance reporting
Index and Archive records
Document Lessons Learned
Hand off completed product
Release resources