Project Planning & Execution Flashcards

A project team completes a risk register for a large salvage harvest. Which element is MOST essential to include for each identified risk?

Answer: Probability, impact, and planned response strategy

A risk register entry should include each risk's probability of occurrence, potential impact, and the planned response (avoid, transfer, mitigate, or accept).

A forester is selecting between two road alignments for a timber harvest. Alignment A costs $40,000 and causes minimal erosion; Alignment B costs $25,000 but has high erosion potential. Using cost-benefit analysis, which additional factor is critical to the decision?

Answer: Estimated cost of mitigating or repairing erosion damage from Alignment B

A true cost-benefit comparison must include the long-term remediation cost of erosion from Alignment B to determine which option is actually cheaper overall.

Which project closure activity ensures that lessons learned from a completed forestry project are captured and available for future planning?

Answer: Post-project review or after-action report

A post-project review (after-action report) documents what worked, what failed, and recommendations for future projects, serving as institutional knowledge.

A forester managing a forest stewardship project must coordinate with a road crew, a planting crew, and a TSI crew who share one piece of heavy equipment. This situation is best managed by:

Answer: Using resource leveling to schedule equipment use without conflicts

Resource leveling adjusts the project schedule to resolve resource conflicts, ensuring the shared equipment is allocated to each crew without causing schedule delays.

Under OSHA standards, which document must be available to all workers handling chemical herbicides during a site-preparation project?

Answer: Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard requires that Safety Data Sheets (formerly MSDS) be accessible to workers for every hazardous chemical used on the job site.

A forester is developing a monitoring plan for a reforestation project. At what project stage should success criteria (e.g., 80% seedling survival at year 3) be established?

Answer: During the planning phase, before project implementation begins

Success criteria must be defined during planning so that monitoring can objectively measure whether project goals were achieved, not tailored to post-hoc results.

A forester discovers mid-project that a road crossing requires a culvert larger than specified in the original plan due to an overlooked drainage basin. The FIRST step is to:

Answer: Issue a formal project change order documenting scope, cost, and schedule impacts

A formal change order documents the scope change, cost adjustment, and schedule impact, maintaining contract integrity and providing a clear audit trail.