GRADED.
Before you can start duration estimation for any part of the restaurant project, you need to
complete your _____________.
a. WBS
b. resource responsibility
c. risk register correct answers a. WBS
The WBS needs to be complete before you can begin duration estimating.
You need to begin your activity duration estimation for the restaurant kitchen rebuild. The first
activity is demolition. Who should have primary input into the duration estimates for this?
a. Caesar, the chef
b. The stakeholders who have a financial stake in the project
c. You (the project manager)
d. Serge, the general contractor correct answers d. Serge, the general contractor
Serge is the person who will be doing the work, and he will have the most reliable idea of how
long the activity should take.
Serge (your contractor) has given you a time estimate for getting the demolition work on the
kitchen done. When you asked him how he came up with the estimate, he tells you, "I have been
doing this forever. Based on my experience, this estimate should be fine."
What type of estimation method is he using?
, a. Beta
b. One-point
c. Triangular correct answers b. one-point
The contractor is doing a one-point estimate based on his past experience.
What, if any, problems are there with using the estimation method Serge used to give you the
duration estimate?
a. It is harder to calculate accurately than other methods.
b. With one-point estimates, whoever provides the estimate can be too optimistic or too
pessimistic.
c. There are no issues with this estimate. correct answers b. with one-point estimates, whoever
provides the estimate can be too optimistic or too pessimistic
One-point estimating is dependent on the expertise of the person providing the estimate and that
person may be either too pessimistic or optimistic, which results in unreliable duration estimates.
Your contractors have given you the following duration estimates for the demolition work that
needs to be done:
Optimistic Estimate = 4 days
Most Likely Estimate = 9 days
Pessimistic Estimate = 17 days
What is the simple average (rounded to the nearest day)?