Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1378

If, when developing your project schedule, you want to define a distribution of probable results for each schedule activity and use that distribution to calculate another distribution of probable results for the total project, the most common technique to use
is______________


A. PERT
B. Monte Carlo analysis
C. Linear programming
D. Concurrent engineering

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
What-if scenarios (simulation) is a tool and technique for developing schedules by which multiple project durations with different sets of activity assumptions are calculated. Monte Carlo analysis is the most commonly used simulation technique.