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3 years 3 months ago #25335

Amit Kumar

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Thank Brandon...was searching for this.
3 years 3 months ago #24876

Anonymous

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in the question it state +/- 3 sigma
3 years 6 months ago #23540

Anonymous

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I couldn't let it go either. Thank you.
3 years 6 months ago #23294

Anonymous

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Thank you! It seems like the PERT weighted values in the table are included to throw us off!
5 years 8 months ago #14679

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Thanks for clarifying
5 years 8 months ago #14677

Brandon A

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Me again,

I found a similar problem and explanation which helped me figure out this one.

You must first calculate the standard deviations of each sequence activity, A through E, using (P-O)/6. Square each standard deviation to yield the variance (Variance = SD^2). Add all the sequence activity variances together then take the square root of the sum. This will yield 5.19... which rounds to 5.2. You could then express the schedule as 83.1 +/- 5.2 days.

I just passed the PMP today but couldn't let this question go.

Thanks

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