Chapter 3 - Managing an AV Project

Question 1

Deliverable scope

Answer 1

The features and functions that characterize a product, process, or service to be delivered. It states what will be delivered.

Question 2

Project scope

Answer 2

All of the work that must be accomplished to create and deliver a product or service with the specified features and functions. It states how the product or service should be delivered.

Question 3

A Scope statement should include ______.

Answer 3

Items that are both in and out of scope.

Question 4

The five key elements to a project are:

Answer 4

1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Quality
5. Risk

Question 5

Team members responsible for various aspects of the project must be able to perform a wide range of typical project management tasks, including the following:

Answer 5

• Create a work breakdown structure
• Create a project schedule
• Create a logic network for coordination of resources
• Manage the project budget
• Monitor work at the client site

Question 6

A ____________ presents
deliverables on products or services.

Answer 6

Work breakdown structure

Question 7

A ______________ provides a timeline for all activities that are
scheduled.

Answer 7

Gantt Chart

Question 8

A ____________ shows which tasks have to
be completed before you can begin the next task

Answer 8

logic network diagram

Question 9

Logic network diagram helps organize and finally schedule a project’s activities and
milestones. The uses of a logic network diagram include

Answer 9

• Listing activities and their sequential relationships
• Identifying dependencies and their impacts
• Introducing activities into the network according to their dependencies, not on
  the basis of time constraints
• Identifying successors
• Identifying predecessors

Question 10

Who determines how labor and material resources are expended to ensure that the actual costs do not exceed the amount allocated for completion of the project?

Sometimes, modifications or additions are necessary because of changes in site conditions or client requests, and these changes impact the project budget.

Answer 10

The Project manager

Question 11

Some documents associated with communicating project information include____________________________?

Answer 11

• letters of transmittal
• Requests for information
• Progress reports.

Question 12

RFIs typically address one of three basic subjects:

Answer 12

• design issue,
• a site issue,
• owner change or request

Question 13

A ________is a record of project items that are pending completion or correction.

Answer 13

punch list

Question 14

Although any member of the project team can submit an RFC, in an AV project, the ________ or _______ _______ usually creates it

Answer 14

integrator or design consultant

Question 15

__________________ sometimes called a field order. It is often used to address time-critical conditions or events at the project site and to initiate immediate work related to essential or urgent project contract changes. This document is usually issued by the owner, owner’s rep, or general contractor to sidestep the more formal and slower RFI-RFC-CO process.

Answer 15

The construction change directive (CCD) form

Question 16

5 Key Stages of AV Installation:

Answer 16

1. Pre-installation
2. System Fabrication
3. AV Installation
4. AV Verification
5. System Closeout