Module 9 knowledge check

Module 9 Knowledge Check

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1. Why choose the planning format before asking for a plan?A checklist confirms, a schedule sequences, and criteria choose — they are different jobs.Some formats take the tool longer to produce.The format decides how long the plan will be.Most planning tools only accept one format.

2. What should an effort estimate come with?A confidence percentage.A comparison with how long it took last time.The name of whoever will do the work.The assumptions and dependencies behind it.

3. What makes a checklist actually get used?It is stored with the project files.It is approved by whoever owns the process.It is short enough to survive a busy week.It covers every step of the task.

4. What do generated plans most often leave out?The effort required for each step.People, approvals, dependencies and stop conditions.Deadlines and milestones.The order of the tasks.

5. Why review an AI-generated timeline?It assumes nobody is waiting on anyone, and most real delay is waiting.Timelines are usually too pessimistic.The tool cannot calculate working days.Timelines change once work starts.

6. Which is the difference between effort and elapsed time?Effort is estimated; elapsed time is measured.Effort applies to people; elapsed time applies to systems.They are the same thing described two ways.Effort is how long the work takes; elapsed time includes waiting.

7. A step in your plan only works because one person knows something. What does that indicate?A step that can safely be removed.A step that needs a longer description.A fragile point in the process, and rarely one AI helps with.A step that should be automated first.

8. Sometimes the right response to a mapped step is to delete it. When?When it has no written output.When it exists for a reason that no longer applies.When it takes the longest.When only one person can do it.

9. What should you do with a checklist item you ticked without really checking?Remove it, or rewrite it so it can be answered in seconds.Keep it, since it may matter next time.Move it to the optional group.Add a note explaining when it applies.

10. Why ask specifically for what a plan is missing, rather than for a review?Reviews take longer to read.Missing items are easier for a tool to find.Reviews cannot be checked against the plan.A general review returns comments on what is already there.

What to review

Missed 1: review Unit 0.
Missed 4, 5 or 10: review Unit 4.
Missed 2 or 6: review Unit 2.
Missed 3 or 9: review Unit 3.
Missed 7 or 8: review Unit 1.