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PMI PMI-SP Exam
PMI-SP PMI Scheduling Professional (Page 8 )

Updated On: 12-Feb-2026
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Your project is forty percent complete though it was scheduled to be fifty percent complete as of today. Management has asked that you report on the schedule variance for your project. If your project has a BAC of $650,000 and you've spent $385,000 to date, what is the schedule variance value?

  1. -$75,500
  2. -$390,000
  3. -$487,500
  4. -$65,000

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The schedule variance is found by subtracting the planned value from the earned value. The earned value is the percentage of the project completeness multiplied by the BAC. Planned value is the percentage of where the project should be at this time multiplied by the BAC. In this example, EV = 40% of BAC = 260,000, and PV = 50% of BAC = 325,000 SV = 260,000 - 325,000 = - 65,000 Schedule variance (SV) is a measure of schedule performance on a project. The variance notifies that the schedule is ahead or behind what was planned for this period in time. The schedule variance is calculated based on the following formula: SV = Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) If the resulting schedule is negative, it indicates that the project is behind schedule. A value greater than 0 shows that the project is ahead of the planned schedule. A value of 0 indicates that the project is right on target. Answer options B, C, and A are incorrect. These are not valid calculations of the schedule variance.



Jim is the project manager for his project. He and his project team are creating their duration estimates for the work packages in the WBS. For each activity, Jim is adding a few hours to the duration estimate in case something goes wrong during the completion of the work activity. Sarah, the project sponsor, does not approve of this and warns Jim of Parkinson's Law.
What is Parkinson's Law?

  1. People will behave based on what their behavior brings them.
  2. As employees do repetitive tasks, duration should decrease.
  3. Work expands to fill the amount of time allotted to it.
  4. An exponential increase labor does not correlate to an exponential decrease in duration.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the amount of time allotted to complete the work. If Jim allows 25 hours for a project team member to complete a 20-hour task, it will likely take the team member 25 hours to do the work.
Answer option A is incorrect. This is a description of the Expectancy Theory.
Answer option B is incorrect. This is a description of the learning curve.
Answer option D is incorrect. This is a description of a portion of the Law of Diminishing Returns.



Michelle works as a scheduler in Array Inc. She has to create a schedule for a project assigned to her. Choose and reorder the steps that she should follow while creating the schedule for the project. Select an item from the right pane. Click button to move the selected item to the left pane. Click button to move the item back to the right pane. Click and buttons to sort the list, if required.

  1. See Explanation section for answer.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:




Schedule development is the process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule. Inserting the activities, durations, and resources into the scheduling tool generates a schedule with planned dates for completing the project activities. The goal of the schedule development is to form the processes such that the stakeholders can use it in the creation of the project. Schedule development consists of two main sections:

1.Input and Data: The starting point for any schedule is the input of information developed during the planning process. Define schedule scope Breakdown structure relationships Schedule specification Feedback from stakeholders Cost estimate model 2.Creating Schedule: This process provides basic knowledge in an outline structure for a study of the means, methods, and tools necessary for the project schedule development process.

Types of schedules
Activities
Durations
Relationships
Constraints and calendars
Cost and resource loading
Schedule quality analysis and compliance review
Schedule basis documentation



You work as a project manager for ABC Inc. You are currently overseeing a project on a high-rise building site. Your prime concern is to ensure that cranes are used effectively for moving materials. You also have to ensure that delivery trucks do not have to wait in a queue and that workers on the upper floors are able to get their deliveries on time.
Which type of scheduling would be required in such a scenario?

  1. Critical path scheduling
  2. Time-oriented scheduling
  3. Resource-oriented scheduling
  4. Network scheduling

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Resource-oriented scheduling focuses on using and scheduling particular resources in an effective manner. This type of scheduling should be used whenever there are limited resources available for a project and the struggle for these resources between the project activities is intense. As a result, delays are likely to arise in such cases, as actions must wait until general resources become available. Resource-oriented scheduling is also suitable in cases where unique resources are to be used, such as when there is only one excavator available in an excavation operation.
Answer option B is incorrect. Time-oriented scheduling is a time-scheduling method that focuses on determining the finishing time of a project. It also specifies the crucial precedence relationships among the activities involved in the project. In time-oriented scheduling, the appropriate time is allocated for the whole project through the successive stages of the project life cycle.
Answer option A is incorrect. Critical path scheduling is a technique that calculates the minimum completion time for a project along with the possible start and finish times for the project activities.
Answer option D is incorrect. Network scheduling provides a basis for obtaining facts for decision making.



John works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. He is working on a high-profile project with 80 stakeholders and he needs to express to his project team and to the management the importance of communication in the project. He would like to show the number of stakeholder communication channels in the project. Based on this information how many communication channels exist within this project?

  1. 3000
  2. 79
  3. 80
  4. 3160

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Communication channels are paths of communication with stakeholders in a project. The number of communication channels shows the complexity of a project's communication and can be derived through the formula shown below: Total Number of Communication Channels = n (n-1)/2 where, n is the number of stakeholders. Hence, a project having five stakeholders will have ten communication channels. Putting the number of stakeholders in the formula we can get the required communication channel for the project. It is (80 x 79)/2 for 3,160 communication channels.






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