MAN 4583 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Stages of Project Team Development - Answers - forming, storming, norming,
performing, adjourning
Forming - Answers - team first come together
Storming - Answers - team figures out how to work together
Norming - Answers - team settles in with each other
Performing - Answers - team is self-managing
Adjourning - Answers - work is done and team is complete and can disband
Operations - Answers - Work that's the same day after day, producing the same results
Ex: Admitting patients into the hospital
What is a project? - Answers - A temporary endeavor that has a specific and unique
goal, and usually a budget
Has an end goal: Product/Service/Outcome/Scheduling System
Has a budget
What is project management? - Answers - Answers several questions:
What problem are you solving?
How are you going to solve it? (solution)
What's your plan for getting the project done?
How can you tell when you are done? (success criteria)
How well did the project go?
Solution - Answers - Gathering requirements, identifying deliverables, defining project
scope
Success criteria - Answers - Quantifiable, measurable results that show that the project
is complete; define what success looks like
Role of project manager - Answers - Skills:
Technical
Business expertise
, Problem-solving
Interpersonal
Leadership
Technical skills - Answers - what goes into project plan, building and fine tuning project
schedule, reading a Gant chart, using the critical path, and measuring performance
Business expertise - Answers - Up to project manager to make sure product delivers
value
Problem solving - Answers - achieve project objectives and meet schedule and budget
while working around problems that arise
Interpersonal skills - Answers - help everyone work as a team to get project done and
done well
Leadership - Answers - Inspire people, help become true team, guide to do right things,
hold accountable, motivate to give best effort
Sphere of Influence - Answers - Are the people in your network with whom your option
holds some weight.
Could be friends, peers, coworkers, or management
Project management's sphere of influence - Answers - closest- to the farthest sphere of
influence
You
Project team- people you share information with
Sponsors/Suppliers/Shareholders- found & make decisions
Traditional (Waterfall) Project Management Approach - Answers - When each process
group occurs one after another, works best when goals are clearly defined
Project is:
Simplicity
Low risk
Familiar technology
Experienced resources
Clear solution of the project
Agile Project Management Approach (Sprints) - Answers - A project where you figure
out as you go
Iterations produce deliverables at regular intervals
Stages of Project Team Development - Answers - forming, storming, norming,
performing, adjourning
Forming - Answers - team first come together
Storming - Answers - team figures out how to work together
Norming - Answers - team settles in with each other
Performing - Answers - team is self-managing
Adjourning - Answers - work is done and team is complete and can disband
Operations - Answers - Work that's the same day after day, producing the same results
Ex: Admitting patients into the hospital
What is a project? - Answers - A temporary endeavor that has a specific and unique
goal, and usually a budget
Has an end goal: Product/Service/Outcome/Scheduling System
Has a budget
What is project management? - Answers - Answers several questions:
What problem are you solving?
How are you going to solve it? (solution)
What's your plan for getting the project done?
How can you tell when you are done? (success criteria)
How well did the project go?
Solution - Answers - Gathering requirements, identifying deliverables, defining project
scope
Success criteria - Answers - Quantifiable, measurable results that show that the project
is complete; define what success looks like
Role of project manager - Answers - Skills:
Technical
Business expertise
, Problem-solving
Interpersonal
Leadership
Technical skills - Answers - what goes into project plan, building and fine tuning project
schedule, reading a Gant chart, using the critical path, and measuring performance
Business expertise - Answers - Up to project manager to make sure product delivers
value
Problem solving - Answers - achieve project objectives and meet schedule and budget
while working around problems that arise
Interpersonal skills - Answers - help everyone work as a team to get project done and
done well
Leadership - Answers - Inspire people, help become true team, guide to do right things,
hold accountable, motivate to give best effort
Sphere of Influence - Answers - Are the people in your network with whom your option
holds some weight.
Could be friends, peers, coworkers, or management
Project management's sphere of influence - Answers - closest- to the farthest sphere of
influence
You
Project team- people you share information with
Sponsors/Suppliers/Shareholders- found & make decisions
Traditional (Waterfall) Project Management Approach - Answers - When each process
group occurs one after another, works best when goals are clearly defined
Project is:
Simplicity
Low risk
Familiar technology
Experienced resources
Clear solution of the project
Agile Project Management Approach (Sprints) - Answers - A project where you figure
out as you go
Iterations produce deliverables at regular intervals
