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What is the purpose of the project schedule management?

The correct answer is C. Represents how and when the project will deliver the results defined in the project scope. Project schedule management defines the processes that determine how and when the project will produce the deliverables defined in its scope, integrating time, activities, and sequencing into a delivery roadmap.

Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts

Question

What is the purpose of the project schedule management?

Options

  • AEstimates specific time and the deadline when the products, services and results will be delivered.
  • BDetermines in details the resources and time that each task will require to be done
  • CRepresents how and when the project will deliver the results defined in the project scope.
  • DIt provides the relationships among the project activities and their risks.

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    87% (27)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

Project schedule management defines the processes that determine how and when the project will produce the deliverables defined in its scope, integrating time, activities, and sequencing into a delivery roadmap.

AEstimates specific time and the deadline when the products, services and results will be delivered.

Estimating specific delivery deadlines is one component of schedule management, but that narrow description does not capture the full purpose of the knowledge area, which encompasses planning and control processes.

BDetermines in details the resources and time that each task will require to be done

Detailing resources and time per task describes activity resource and duration estimating processes, which are inputs to schedule development, not the overarching purpose of schedule management.

CRepresents how and when the project will deliver the results defined in the project scope.Correct

Project schedule management establishes a structured approach for planning, developing, managing, and controlling the project schedule so that the project delivers its scope on time. It connects scope, activities, dependencies, and resources into a coherent timeline that shows when results will be produced.

DIt provides the relationships among the project activities and their risks.

Activity relationships and risks are addressed by the precedence diagramming method and the risk management knowledge area, respectively, not by the purpose of schedule management as a whole.

Concept tested: Purpose and scope of project schedule management

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

Topics

#Project Schedule Management#Project Planning#Project Delivery#Knowledge Area Purpose

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