A project manager is performing activity sequencing. The project manager is only using start to
finish dependencies. Dummy activities are being utilized to define all logical relationships. Which
of the following methods is the project manager demonstrating?
A.
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
B.
Critical Chain Method (CCM)
C.
Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
D.
Critical Path Method (CPM)
The precedence diagram method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes, referred to as nodes, to represent activities and connects them with arrows that show the dependencies.
Critical tasks, noncritical tasks, and slack time
Shows the relationship of the tasks to each other
Allows for what-if, worst-case, best-case and most likely scenario
Key elements include determining predecessors and defining attributes such as
early start date
late start date
early finish date
late finish date
duration
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