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Planning management practices

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What is a DELPHI study   An analysis technique that utilizes surveys & anonymous experts  
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What are the 3 key elements of a DELPHI study   1) structure of information flow (surveys, respondents, & project manager) 2)feedback loop 3) participant anonymity and expertise  
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A DELPHI study can best study what type of problem   Simplistic, not mult-faceted  
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What two project management techniques model a network/sequence of parrell & corresponding tasks?   PERT & CPM  
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What is PERT?   Program Evaluation & Review Technique  
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What is CPM?   Critical Path Method  
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What is the difference between PERT & CPM   PERT: VARIABLE task times. CPM: FIXED task times.  
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Why does the task increment escalate in 10s in PERT   In order that new tasks may be inserted as project progresses  
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What two management principles deal with a hierachy of needs?   Maslow & ERG  
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What does ERG stand for?   Existence, Relatedness, Growth  
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What is the primary differences between Maslow & ERG?   Maslow: a large # multiple steps, each achieved at the completion of the next, all people act same. ERG: only 3 steps, steps may overlap or parrallel, and all people different  
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What is a Gantt chart?   Schematic that shows the steps/tasks of project on a parrelle, horizontal model.  
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What is a WBS   Work Breakdown Stucture. It is a form of a Gantt chart, by which multi tasks are broken down and identifies  
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What role does a WBS play in project planning   Used prior to a CPM or PERT in order to identify the tasks  
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What is ZBB   Zero Based Budgeting. It is a budget process which assumes that the baseline budget each fiscal cycle is zero.  
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Why is ZBB good for government?   Because it helps ensure that projects are still needed & helps prevent spending from spiraling out of control.  
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What is a fiscal impact analysis?   Estimates the impact of a development or a land use change on the costs and revenues of governmental units serving the development.  
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What does a fiscal impact analysis evaluate?   revenues, expenditures, land values—and characteristics of the development or land use change—e.g., type of land use, distance from central facilities.  
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What is the benefit of a fiscal impact analysis   Estimates the difference between the costs of providing services to a new development and the revenues—taxes and user fees, for example—that will be generated by the development.  
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What is a cohort survival or logitudinal study?   A study that evaluates the same group, with the same base trait (ie: birth date) for a long period of time. May be compared to another group representing a larger population universe.  
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What is a shift-share study?   Land use study that evaluates the shift in a given issue's share (ie: population/employment) from one area to another.  
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What is a cost-benefit analysis?   A management study that evaluates the benefits of a solution (including programatic & personnel) costs to the value / benefit of the outcome.  
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Why is a cost-benefit analysis useful   Determine if a project/solution is worth implementing.  
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