Operations Management
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 19, Problem 10PA
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To determine: The effect on project when you increase the number of working people from three to six?
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What happens as you increase the number of people working on a project from three to six?a. The project will get done twice as quickly.b. The communication requirements for the project double.c. The project might or might not be accelerated.d. The communication requirements for the project increase by far more than 2x.e. The project will get done twice as quickly and the communication requirements for theproject double.f. The project might or might not be accelerated and the communication requirementsfor the project increase by far more than 2x.
Which of the following best explains the reason for planning processes and activities in project
management?
O a. Demonstrate your knowledge and skills as a project manager
O b. Adhere to the project management processes forwarded by the Project Management
Institute (PMI).
O c. Provide a roadmap for project execution, and monitoring and reporting of project
progress.
O d. Satisfy the sponsor's and key stakeholders' requirements
What is project?
O a. Have defined start and end dates
O b. All of these
O c. Have funding limits (if applicable)
O d. Consume human and nonhuman resources
Project management is designed to manage or control company resources on
O a. All of these
O b. Within cost
O c. within performance
O d. Within time
O e. Given activity
Chapter 19 Solutions
Operations Management
Ch. 19 - A project has four activities that take 4, 3, 6,...Ch. 19 - Consider the simple dependency matrix shown in...Ch. 19 - Consider a project with two activities that are...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CQCh. 19 - Prob. 5CQCh. 19 - Prob. 6CQCh. 19 - Prob. 7CQCh. 19 - Prob. 8CQCh. 19 - Prob. 9CQCh. 19 - Prob. 10CQ
Ch. 19 - Consider two projects that have the same...Ch. 19 - Prob. 12CQCh. 19 - Prob. 13CQCh. 19 - Prob. 14CQCh. 19 - The key objectives of a project are given by a....Ch. 19 - Which of the following descriptions best captures...Ch. 19 - Prob. 1PACh. 19 - Prob. 2PACh. 19 - Prob. 3PACh. 19 - Prob. 4PACh. 19 - A project activity has an earliest completion time...Ch. 19 - What is the definition of the latest completion...Ch. 19 - Which of the following statements is correct with...Ch. 19 - A project consists of three tasks: A, B, and C....Ch. 19 - Prob. 9PACh. 19 - Prob. 10PACh. 19 - You manage a project with 10 activities....Ch. 19 - Which of the following activities is not part of...Ch. 19 - You have been asked by the CEO of your company to...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...
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