Project Management Foundations
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The boss has asked you to research project management tools that will help with
building and planning tasks on a timeline. Which type of toll would you most likely
consider? - ANS-A Scheduling Program
A project that you manage is behind schedule. You have identified an approach that
would get the project back on track, but it would require you to break one of your
organizations policies. What is the best course of action? - ANS-Determine if the rule is
one that can be broken and come up with an alternative plan of action if your approach
doesn't work
Tiko and Camille's boss has a project in which the solution is a bit unclear. Tiko wants to
use a waterfall approach and Camille wants to use the Agile approach. Which approach
is best and why? - ANS-Agile is best because it delivers partial solutions at regular
intervals.
Your organization runs numerous projects and wants to choose the most appropriate
resources for each project team. Which of the following is the best tool for identifying
project resources? - ANS-enterprise project management software
During which process group does the project manager orient team members to the
project and expectations? - ANS-executing
What are the components that differentiate a project from operational work? - ANS-a
unique goal, a temporary endeavor, and usually a budget
James is managing a project in which he has some authority to make decisions. In
which type of organizational structure is James most likely managing this project? -
ANS-a matrix organization
Ravi took on a system implementation project that he estimated would take six months
to complete, but the work keeps continuing. What is the likely cause? - ANS-The project
is not clearly defined.
Which organizational factor would you use when having to make a difficult decision? -
ANS-the organization's mission
, Rosanne's boss asks her to manage a project. Which question requires understanding
of objectives, requirements, deliverables, and success criteria to answer? - ANS-How
will you know when you are done?
Which of the following skills is not crucial for a project manager to possess? - ANS-
accounting
You are hiring a new project manager to take over a project with several teams that
often disagree on what they are supposed to do. Which competency would you feel is
most important in a candidate for this situation? - ANS-strong leadership skills
Your project seems to be going off track, so you take action to resolve the problem. In
which project management process group are you working? - ANS-Monitoring and
Controlling
Rudolph, the project manager, is trying to obtain customer approval of project
deliverables. It is taking longer than he anticipated because the customer wants to
discuss the results. What is the most likely reason for these delays? - ANS-The success
criteria aren't clear and quantifiable
Banton is defining his project deliverables. Which statement describes what a project
deliverable is? - ANS-Deliverables are the results that the project delivers and help
define the project scope
The sponsor of Project T5 assigned you as the project manager, and the project has
already been approved. What is the first thing you need to do as the project manager? -
ANS-Review what has been done and complete any tasks not addressed
As part of the project definition, Bisa identifies risks for the project. What is the purpose
of doing this during project initiation? - ANS-so management can decide whether the
risks are serious enough to warrant denying the project
After the plan is approved and project work begins, Tara's boss is not happy about a
project delay for an upgrade. The vendor thought Tara's team would do the upgrade,
and Tara thought the vendor would do it. What was missed in this situation? - ANS-An
assumption was not identified
You are managing a project that is implementing a new financial system. You need to
include some of the finance department's resources on the team. Which stakeholder
should you approach? - ANS-a functional or line manager
Why is it important to document the project scope? - ANS-to remind stakeholders what
they agreed to and to prevent scope creep
Sakait has done some extra work to appease a client. Now the client is asking her to do
one more task, which is significant and not part of project scope. What should Sakait
Study Guide Latest Updated
The boss has asked you to research project management tools that will help with
building and planning tasks on a timeline. Which type of toll would you most likely
consider? - ANS-A Scheduling Program
A project that you manage is behind schedule. You have identified an approach that
would get the project back on track, but it would require you to break one of your
organizations policies. What is the best course of action? - ANS-Determine if the rule is
one that can be broken and come up with an alternative plan of action if your approach
doesn't work
Tiko and Camille's boss has a project in which the solution is a bit unclear. Tiko wants to
use a waterfall approach and Camille wants to use the Agile approach. Which approach
is best and why? - ANS-Agile is best because it delivers partial solutions at regular
intervals.
Your organization runs numerous projects and wants to choose the most appropriate
resources for each project team. Which of the following is the best tool for identifying
project resources? - ANS-enterprise project management software
During which process group does the project manager orient team members to the
project and expectations? - ANS-executing
What are the components that differentiate a project from operational work? - ANS-a
unique goal, a temporary endeavor, and usually a budget
James is managing a project in which he has some authority to make decisions. In
which type of organizational structure is James most likely managing this project? -
ANS-a matrix organization
Ravi took on a system implementation project that he estimated would take six months
to complete, but the work keeps continuing. What is the likely cause? - ANS-The project
is not clearly defined.
Which organizational factor would you use when having to make a difficult decision? -
ANS-the organization's mission
, Rosanne's boss asks her to manage a project. Which question requires understanding
of objectives, requirements, deliverables, and success criteria to answer? - ANS-How
will you know when you are done?
Which of the following skills is not crucial for a project manager to possess? - ANS-
accounting
You are hiring a new project manager to take over a project with several teams that
often disagree on what they are supposed to do. Which competency would you feel is
most important in a candidate for this situation? - ANS-strong leadership skills
Your project seems to be going off track, so you take action to resolve the problem. In
which project management process group are you working? - ANS-Monitoring and
Controlling
Rudolph, the project manager, is trying to obtain customer approval of project
deliverables. It is taking longer than he anticipated because the customer wants to
discuss the results. What is the most likely reason for these delays? - ANS-The success
criteria aren't clear and quantifiable
Banton is defining his project deliverables. Which statement describes what a project
deliverable is? - ANS-Deliverables are the results that the project delivers and help
define the project scope
The sponsor of Project T5 assigned you as the project manager, and the project has
already been approved. What is the first thing you need to do as the project manager? -
ANS-Review what has been done and complete any tasks not addressed
As part of the project definition, Bisa identifies risks for the project. What is the purpose
of doing this during project initiation? - ANS-so management can decide whether the
risks are serious enough to warrant denying the project
After the plan is approved and project work begins, Tara's boss is not happy about a
project delay for an upgrade. The vendor thought Tara's team would do the upgrade,
and Tara thought the vendor would do it. What was missed in this situation? - ANS-An
assumption was not identified
You are managing a project that is implementing a new financial system. You need to
include some of the finance department's resources on the team. Which stakeholder
should you approach? - ANS-a functional or line manager
Why is it important to document the project scope? - ANS-to remind stakeholders what
they agreed to and to prevent scope creep
Sakait has done some extra work to appease a client. Now the client is asking her to do
one more task, which is significant and not part of project scope. What should Sakait
