Project Planning & Execution Flashcards
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A lean project is behind schedule. The team proposes adding more people to speed up. According to Brook's Law, what is the likely outcome?
Answer: Adding people to a late project often makes it later due to onboarding and communication overhead
Brook's Law states that adding people to a late software (or complex) project increases communication overhead and ramp-up time, often delaying it further.
In lean project execution, 'big room planning' (or PI Planning) is BEST characterized as:
Answer: A cadenced event where cross-functional teams align on objectives, dependencies, and risks for an upcoming planning interval
Big room planning brings all teams together to align on goals, surface dependencies, and create a coordinated plan for the upcoming interval.
When a lean project team uses 'reliable promising,' what behavior is being encouraged?
Answer: Making only commitments that can be kept, and proactively communicating when a commitment is at risk
Reliable promising means team members only commit to what they are confident they can deliver and immediately flag threats to those commitments.
Which project execution indicator signals that Work in Process (WIP) is too high in a lean project?
Answer: Long average wait times and tasks sitting idle between steps
High WIP causes queuing, so tasks wait idle between steps, extending cycle time and reducing flow efficiency.
A lean leader uses 'set-based concurrent engineering' during the planning phase. This approach involves:
Answer: Exploring multiple design alternatives in parallel and narrowing options as knowledge increases
Set-based concurrent engineering delays point decisions by developing several alternatives simultaneously, eliminating weaker options as learning occurs.
In lean project management, what does 'takt time' translate to in the context of project scheduling?
Answer: The rate at which project deliverables must be completed to meet customer demand or a fixed deadline
Takt time in project scheduling represents the pace at which milestones or deliverables must be completed to satisfy the end customer on time.
During execution, a lean project team holds a 'retrospective.' What distinguishes this from a standard status meeting?
Answer: It reflects on how the team worked together and identifies process improvements for the next cycle
A retrospective is a structured team learning event focused on improving working processes and relationships, not just reporting status.