Chapter 11

Project Management, 2e (Pinto)
Chapter 11 Critical Chain Project Scheduling

11.1 True/False

1) Once the organization elevates its constraint, its system has no constraint.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.1 The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

2) An organization's budget estimating process routinely misses the actual cost of a project by 25%. For the most recent project, the budget variance was a ridiculous 23%, but this must be considered common cause variance.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.1 The Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

3) In order to estimate completion of a Gaussian distributed activity with a 90% or higher degree of confidence, the time may be overestimated by as much as 200%.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.2 CCPM and the Causes of Project Delay
Skill: Analytical
AACSB Tag: Reflective

4) If people believe that they built extra time into their initial estimates, they are usually more likely to begin project work right away.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 11.3 How Project Teams Waste the Extra Safety They Acquire
Skill: Conceptual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

5) Both positive and negative variation are usually passed downstream during a project.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.3 How Project Teams Waste the Extra Safety They Acquire
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective

6) The Central Limit Theorem states that if a number of probability distributions are summed, the variance of the sum equals the sum of the variances of individual distributions.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Analytical
AACSB Tag: Analytic Skills
7) A feeder buffer is a buffer that is created for a non-critical path activity.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 11.4 The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective

8) An