HA 3341 MIDTERM PROJECT MGMT MID-TERM
ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS
needs Assessment Process - Answers - 1. Identify the Problem or need
2. Determine the needs assessment design
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze the data
5. Provide feedback
Qualitative data - Answers - Compares answers, observes trends, take time. (Non-
numerical)
Quantative data - Answers - Numerical data
Pedagogical Model - Answers - Teacher/Student model.
- Passive Student
- Expert Teacher
Andrological Model - Answers - Learners are self-directed and learn for themselves.
Millennials - Answers - - Social Causes
- Quick - Straight to the point
- Proficient w/ Tech
Gen Z - Answers - - Self - starters
- Self Motivators
- Social Causes
Project - Answers - is a work effort made of a finite period of time with a start and finish
to create a unique proudct.
Project Stakeholder - Answers - Individual or organization that can affect or to be
affected by the project execution.
Tailoring - Answers - Don't apply all the project management knowledge to a project.
Phase Gate - Answers - Review at the end of each phase leading to the decision to
continue to the next phase.
Operation - Answers - Set of tasks that does not qualify to be a project.
organization leaders that can influence projects - Answers - - Business/Legal
requirement
,-Stakeholder/Requests or needs
- Business or technological strategies
- Products, processes, and service
Understanding Project management - Answers - Is the application of knowledge, skills,
tools, and techniques to meet the project requirements.
Input - Answers - Process consists of raw data - the data or information that is needed
to start the process and that will be processed into output.
Planning the project - Answers - 1. Project mgmt
2. Develop the scope
3. Refine the project objectives
4. Develop activities to meet the objectives
Project Scope MGMT - Answers - Ensures that all required work and only the required
work is performed to complete the project.
Program - Answers - A set of interrelated projects all working toward the same set of
objectives
Baseline - Answers - The approved plan for certain aspects of the project, such as the
cost, schedule, and the scope.
Enterprise Environment Factors (EEF) - Answers - Factors related to the environment
either internal or external to the performing organization and that can potentially
influence the impact of the project.
Organizational Project Assets - Answers - Processes or process-related assets of the
project performing organization that can be used to help the project proceeded.
Knowledge based Repository - Answers - 1. Retrieve information for use of project
2. store information from your project as it proceeds for this and the future projects to
use
Project management style - Answers - Project manager should adapt the management
style for the organizational culture.
Project-Friendly Organizations - Answers - Are project-oriented organization with PMO
have high project resource availability and employ full time project managers with
almost full authority.
,Non-project friendly organizations - Answers - Centralized - Organizations that have no
project resources or little to no authority.
Why projects fail - Answers - - Not understanding what your client wants
- Prioritizing tasks incorrectly
- Scope Creek, (changing your project over and over again hurts the project.)
Hybrid Organization - Answers - Contains elements of multiple other organization
structures, such as functional, matrix, and projectized.
Multidivisional organizations - Answers - Work groups, or divisions organized by
product, production processes, portfolio program, or geographic organization.
Organic organizations - Answers - a flexible organization, also called simple or flat, they
have minimal boundaries.
Virtual organizations - Answers - organizations Via web
Three skills needed with stakeholders - Answers - Negotiating, influencing, problem
solving.
Negotiation - Answers - Give and take communication where both companies win for
what they need.
Influencing - Answers - Getting individual or group to do what you want them to do,
without necessarily having formal authority to mandate the outcome.
Problem Solving - Answers - Identify the problem early enough and solve it, among
stakeholders; approach with quantitively and logical approaches.
Project Success Measures - Answers - - Return on Investment (ROI)
- Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR)
- Present Value(PV)
- Net Value (NV)
Payback Period - Answers - is defined as the duration of the time required to recoup the
original amount of investment.
Internal Return Rate(IRR) - Answers - This just another way of of interpreting the benefit
from the project.
Internal Return Rate (IRR) - Answers - This just another way of interpreting the benefit
from the project.
, Data Flow - Answers - 1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop project MGMT plan
3. Manage project knowledge
4. Monitor and Control Project work
5. Perform integrated change control
6. Direct and manage project work
7. Close Project
Environmental Enterprise Factors (examples) - Answers - - Government and Injury
Standards
- Regulatory and Legal requirements
- Marketplace Conditions
- Organizational framework and governance
- Stakeholders Expectations
Government and Injury Standards: - Answers - Legal requirements, product standards,
and quality standards for the project.
Regulatory and Legal requirements - Answers - Can influence the products
Organizations culture and political climate - Answers - Can influence how to process
and channel the project charter and get resources pre-approval
Marketplace conditions - Answers - May influence schedule
Organizational framework and governance - Answers - States Who will have the
authority within the project.
Stakeholders Expectations - Answers - Expectations, schedule, risk, objectives, and
criteria.
Tools and Techniques - Answers - - Expert judgement
- Data Gathering
- Meetings
- Interpersonal and Team skills
Three main function of directing and Managing project work - Answers - 1. Execute the
planned project activities to produce deliverables in order to meet project objectives
2. Produce work performance and related change requests
3. Implement the approved changes, defect repairs, and other actions
Defect repairs - Answers - Action to modify a nonconforming product component
Corrective Actions - Answers - Deliberate action to bring the performance of the project
work back on track and in line with project management plan
ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS
needs Assessment Process - Answers - 1. Identify the Problem or need
2. Determine the needs assessment design
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze the data
5. Provide feedback
Qualitative data - Answers - Compares answers, observes trends, take time. (Non-
numerical)
Quantative data - Answers - Numerical data
Pedagogical Model - Answers - Teacher/Student model.
- Passive Student
- Expert Teacher
Andrological Model - Answers - Learners are self-directed and learn for themselves.
Millennials - Answers - - Social Causes
- Quick - Straight to the point
- Proficient w/ Tech
Gen Z - Answers - - Self - starters
- Self Motivators
- Social Causes
Project - Answers - is a work effort made of a finite period of time with a start and finish
to create a unique proudct.
Project Stakeholder - Answers - Individual or organization that can affect or to be
affected by the project execution.
Tailoring - Answers - Don't apply all the project management knowledge to a project.
Phase Gate - Answers - Review at the end of each phase leading to the decision to
continue to the next phase.
Operation - Answers - Set of tasks that does not qualify to be a project.
organization leaders that can influence projects - Answers - - Business/Legal
requirement
,-Stakeholder/Requests or needs
- Business or technological strategies
- Products, processes, and service
Understanding Project management - Answers - Is the application of knowledge, skills,
tools, and techniques to meet the project requirements.
Input - Answers - Process consists of raw data - the data or information that is needed
to start the process and that will be processed into output.
Planning the project - Answers - 1. Project mgmt
2. Develop the scope
3. Refine the project objectives
4. Develop activities to meet the objectives
Project Scope MGMT - Answers - Ensures that all required work and only the required
work is performed to complete the project.
Program - Answers - A set of interrelated projects all working toward the same set of
objectives
Baseline - Answers - The approved plan for certain aspects of the project, such as the
cost, schedule, and the scope.
Enterprise Environment Factors (EEF) - Answers - Factors related to the environment
either internal or external to the performing organization and that can potentially
influence the impact of the project.
Organizational Project Assets - Answers - Processes or process-related assets of the
project performing organization that can be used to help the project proceeded.
Knowledge based Repository - Answers - 1. Retrieve information for use of project
2. store information from your project as it proceeds for this and the future projects to
use
Project management style - Answers - Project manager should adapt the management
style for the organizational culture.
Project-Friendly Organizations - Answers - Are project-oriented organization with PMO
have high project resource availability and employ full time project managers with
almost full authority.
,Non-project friendly organizations - Answers - Centralized - Organizations that have no
project resources or little to no authority.
Why projects fail - Answers - - Not understanding what your client wants
- Prioritizing tasks incorrectly
- Scope Creek, (changing your project over and over again hurts the project.)
Hybrid Organization - Answers - Contains elements of multiple other organization
structures, such as functional, matrix, and projectized.
Multidivisional organizations - Answers - Work groups, or divisions organized by
product, production processes, portfolio program, or geographic organization.
Organic organizations - Answers - a flexible organization, also called simple or flat, they
have minimal boundaries.
Virtual organizations - Answers - organizations Via web
Three skills needed with stakeholders - Answers - Negotiating, influencing, problem
solving.
Negotiation - Answers - Give and take communication where both companies win for
what they need.
Influencing - Answers - Getting individual or group to do what you want them to do,
without necessarily having formal authority to mandate the outcome.
Problem Solving - Answers - Identify the problem early enough and solve it, among
stakeholders; approach with quantitively and logical approaches.
Project Success Measures - Answers - - Return on Investment (ROI)
- Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR)
- Present Value(PV)
- Net Value (NV)
Payback Period - Answers - is defined as the duration of the time required to recoup the
original amount of investment.
Internal Return Rate(IRR) - Answers - This just another way of of interpreting the benefit
from the project.
Internal Return Rate (IRR) - Answers - This just another way of interpreting the benefit
from the project.
, Data Flow - Answers - 1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop project MGMT plan
3. Manage project knowledge
4. Monitor and Control Project work
5. Perform integrated change control
6. Direct and manage project work
7. Close Project
Environmental Enterprise Factors (examples) - Answers - - Government and Injury
Standards
- Regulatory and Legal requirements
- Marketplace Conditions
- Organizational framework and governance
- Stakeholders Expectations
Government and Injury Standards: - Answers - Legal requirements, product standards,
and quality standards for the project.
Regulatory and Legal requirements - Answers - Can influence the products
Organizations culture and political climate - Answers - Can influence how to process
and channel the project charter and get resources pre-approval
Marketplace conditions - Answers - May influence schedule
Organizational framework and governance - Answers - States Who will have the
authority within the project.
Stakeholders Expectations - Answers - Expectations, schedule, risk, objectives, and
criteria.
Tools and Techniques - Answers - - Expert judgement
- Data Gathering
- Meetings
- Interpersonal and Team skills
Three main function of directing and Managing project work - Answers - 1. Execute the
planned project activities to produce deliverables in order to meet project objectives
2. Produce work performance and related change requests
3. Implement the approved changes, defect repairs, and other actions
Defect repairs - Answers - Action to modify a nonconforming product component
Corrective Actions - Answers - Deliberate action to bring the performance of the project
work back on track and in line with project management plan
