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Which tasks should a project manager perform in order to manage the project schedule effectively?

The correct answer is B. Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, Control Schedule. The correct and complete sequence of Project Schedule Management processes is: Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, and Control Schedule.

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Question

Which tasks should a project manager perform in order to manage the project schedule effectively?

Options

  • APlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Quality of Activities, Develop Schedule
  • BPlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, Control Schedule
  • CPlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Estimate Cost of Activities, Develop Schedule
  • DDefine Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Quality of Activities, Estimate Cost of Activities, Develop Schedule

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    87% (26)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

The correct and complete sequence of Project Schedule Management processes is: Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, and Control Schedule.

APlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Quality of Activities, Develop Schedule

'Define Quality of Activities' is not a recognized project management process - quality planning belongs to the Quality Management knowledge area, not Schedule Management.

BPlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, Control ScheduleCorrect

Option B lists all six official Project Schedule Management processes in the correct PMBOK order. Each process feeds into the next - planning how to manage the schedule, breaking work into activities, ordering them, estimating how long they take, building the schedule model, and then monitoring and controlling it throughout execution.

CPlan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Estimate Cost of Activities, Develop Schedule

'Estimate Cost of Activities' is not part of Schedule Management - cost estimation belongs to the Cost Management knowledge area under Estimate Costs.

DDefine Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Quality of Activities, Estimate Cost of Activities, Develop Schedule

This option omits Plan Schedule Management (the foundational planning process) and includes two fabricated processes - Define Quality of Activities and Estimate Cost of Activities - that do not exist in Schedule Management.

Concept tested: Project Schedule Management process sequence

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

Topics

#Schedule Management#PMBOK Processes#Project Planning#Project Controlling

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