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Three essential drivers that must be achieved to generate
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positive characteristics in project teams - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cohesiveness, Trust, Motivation |\ |\
The five stages Dr. Bruce Tuckman (1965) introduced of group
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development - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Forming, Storming, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Norming, Performing, Adjorning |\ |\
Forming - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In this stage, team members
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may be meeting for the first time. Often, no one really knows
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much about anyone else on the team. It may be premature to
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refer to this group of individuals as a team. It is a time of
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introduction and forming relationships and understanding from |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
exchange of information. |\ |\
Storming - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Team members are beginning
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to know about each other, but they do not yet understand how to
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work together. Members may "jockey for position" within the
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team. The dynamics of working together beyond any written
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statement of "roles and responsibilities" are being established.
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Personalities surface, showing the strengths, weaknesses, and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
personal needs of each individual on the team. Integration into a
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team may come with some struggle and conflict.
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,Norming - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Team members have "figured
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out" how they will interact with each other. Working relationships
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are beginning to form. Trust and understanding is beginning to
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form between team members. They are beginning to feel
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comfortable working together and openly and willingly sharing
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information.
Performing - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Team members are fully
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comfortable working together. Trust has been developed. Working
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relationships have jelled. Work is being conducted and project
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progress is occurring. |\ |\
Adjourning - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔This only occurs when all the
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team's work has been completed and the team is no longer
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required. This may occur at any time in the project life cycle.
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Co-located Teams - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involves team |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
members physically working at the same location or holding
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project meetings together in a common setup.
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Virtual Teams - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are teams whose
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members interact primarily through electronic communications.
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Members of a virtual team may be within the same building or
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across continents. |\
Two common situations occur that may prompt a change to the
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baseline scope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The scope may be
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expanded to include additional functionality or the scope may be
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diminished due to changes in the project environment such as
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reduced funding or requirements or changing time/due date.
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,Scope creep - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔occurs when the project
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team integrates enhancements to the scope without proper
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evaluation and approval. |\ |\
work performance data - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔will identify the
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work activities that are completed, partially completed, or not
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started.
risk register - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a list of potential risks,
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how the risks will be monitored, and what action will be taken
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should the risk event occur. |\ |\ |\ |\
corrective action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a document issued
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to identify quality failures and how they will be corrected. The
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deliverable itself may need to be reworked and the project plan
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may need to be revised to ensure that future deliverables do not
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include the same error. |\ |\ |\
The Four Categories of Change - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Contingency plans, improvement changes, external events, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
scope change |\
The change management system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is in
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place to formally identify, evaluate, decide, and communicate
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project changes. |\
Recording - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is the process of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
documenting and archiving project-related information. |\ |\ |\ |\
, Reporting - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a key nonverbal
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communications methodology used to inform and to document |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
project information. |\
Weekly status reports that are often working documents for the
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team to communicate: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Accomplishments, Issues, Schedules, Resource utilization |\ |\ |\ |\
Monthly status reports for senior stakeholders that would include:
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Project overview bragging about
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progress, Issues including red light (critical) problems needing
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immediate resolution, yellow light items that are warning flags,
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and resolved issues, Current accomplishments, Future plans for
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the next month, Resource utilization and plans
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Monthly Financial Report - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔showing
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progress against the budget quantifying monies spent and
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planned to be spent and identifying issues with recommendations
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for resolution
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Change management reporting - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔showing
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changes identified, requiring approval, and resolution.
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Project controls - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are the data gathering,
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management, and analytical processes used to predict, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
understand, and constructively influence the time and cost |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
outcomes of a project or program. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\