ITPEC IP April 2024 Question 55
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of a master schedule in a system development project where processes from requirements definition to installation are performed?
Explanation
A schedule that aggregates the main deliverables and activities of the entire project — the master schedule is the top-level plan of the whole project.
Schedules are layered. The master schedule (overall schedule) covers the project from requirements definition to implementation on one page: the phases, their main deliverables and milestones. Below it, detailed schedules break each process down, and weekly and daily schedules assign individual activities, times and people. Each lower schedule must fit the dates of the master schedule.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — a detailed plan of one week's activities is a weekly schedule
- •(b) — one day's activities with start and end times and persons in charge is a daily schedule
- •(c) — detailed activities of the main processes form the detailed schedules that sit below the master schedule
Key rule: The master schedule gives the whole project's phases, milestones and deliverables at a glance; detail is added level by level in the schedules beneath it.
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