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PM Hub now offers you the benefit of daily guidance to help you stay on the road to success with the project management exam or to sharpen and exercise the project management skills you already possess. Each edition of the PM Hub/Crosswind Tip of the Day will give you a question of the day, daily terminology booster, and links to other helpful tools that will prepare you for exam success.
 

Question of the Day

The Project Manager is planning how many people he will need on the construction project. This will more than likely require more than one person with each skill set. He is reviewing the level of effort of each skill set that are needed each month on the project. What will he likely use to visually represent this data?


A) Resource Histogram

B)  Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

C)  PERT chart

D)  Pareto diagram

 

Terminology of the Day

 Project Team Directory

 A list of all project team members, their project roles, and their communication needs as they relate to the project

 

Answer and Explanation to Yesterday's Question

The team is in the process of planning what quality standards are needed on the project and how to achieve those standards. The team members are evaluating what could potentially cause issues in achieving these standards. Which of the following are they most likely to use to accomplish this goal?

A)  Pareto diagram

B)  Quality Audit

C)  Control chart

D)  Fishbone diagram (Correct)

 Explanation: The Fishbone diagram can be used to look for problems that could show up on the project. The Pareto diagram is used to show the frequency of defects. The Control chart shows output over time. A Quality Audit helps ensure that the project will meet the quality needs.

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