Which of the following will be required to perform simulation for schedule risk analysis?

Question

Options

• AActivity list and activity attributes
• BSchedule network diagram and duration estimates
• CSchedule data and activity resource requirements
• DMilestone list and resource breakdown structure

• A
  9% (4)
• B
  73% (32)
• C
  14% (6)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Schedule risk analysis simulation (typically Monte Carlo analysis) requires two core inputs: a schedule network diagram (to understand the logical relationships and paths through the project) and duration estimates (with their ranges/uncertainty, so the simulation can vary them across iterations to produce probability distributions of completion dates). Option A is wrong because an activity list and attributes alone lack the sequencing logic needed to model how delays propagate. Option C is wrong because resource requirements don't drive the simulation - duration uncertainty does, and "schedule data" is too vague to be the primary input. Option D is wrong because milestones and a resource breakdown structure are planning artifacts, not the network and probabilistic duration data that feed a simulation engine.

Memory tip: Think of Monte Carlo simulation as needing a map (network diagram - how activities connect) and uncertainty ranges (duration estimates - how long each step might take). Without the map, you can't trace the critical path; without the ranges, there's nothing to simulate.

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