CNIT 480 Exam 1 2026 Exam
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What are some of the reasons IT project management is studied? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- increase in global IT spending
Why are IT projects different from projects in other industries? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- rapid, unplanned
- many times not known
- often ambiguous
,- low commonality
- high turnover rates
- often chaotic
- difficult to test all options
What are some of the advantages of using formal project management
practices? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- improved customer satisfaction
- better cost performance
- better scheduler performance
- increased quality
- makes everyone happier!
Modern project management began with which historical project? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Manhatten Project
How did the Gantt chart come to be? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1917 Henry Gantt
- tool for scheduling work in job shops
When were PERT charts developed? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1958
- developed by the Navy
,When did the military and the construction industry begin using project
management software? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1970s
True/False: By the 1990s, virtually every industry was using some form of
project management - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
What is a project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- temporary sequence of related
activities that must be completed to create a unique product or service
What are some of the key characteristics of a project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
temporary
- unique
- progressive elaboration
- single unique purpose
What are some of the secondary characteristics of a project? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- each project must have a primary sponsor or champion
- projects usually cut across organizational lines requiring resources from
several different sources
- they must do something, deliver something of value
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, What is project management? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the process of applying
knowledge, tools, and techniques to a project's activities to deliver stated
project requirements within agreed upon scope, time, cost, and quality
constraints
How does a project manager manage projects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- setting
clear and achievable objectives
- making sure requirements are discovered and documented
- adapting the project to the various concerns of the stakeholders
- balancing the demands of the triple constraint
What is the triple constraint? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- scope, time, and cost
objectives which have to be balanced by project managers in order to
deliver successful projects
- can also include quality
What types of skills must a project manager possess to be successful? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- soft skills
- technical skills
Questions and Verified Answers
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What are some of the reasons IT project management is studied? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- increase in global IT spending
Why are IT projects different from projects in other industries? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- rapid, unplanned
- many times not known
- often ambiguous
,- low commonality
- high turnover rates
- often chaotic
- difficult to test all options
What are some of the advantages of using formal project management
practices? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- improved customer satisfaction
- better cost performance
- better scheduler performance
- increased quality
- makes everyone happier!
Modern project management began with which historical project? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Manhatten Project
How did the Gantt chart come to be? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1917 Henry Gantt
- tool for scheduling work in job shops
When were PERT charts developed? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1958
- developed by the Navy
,When did the military and the construction industry begin using project
management software? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 1970s
True/False: By the 1990s, virtually every industry was using some form of
project management - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
What is a project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- temporary sequence of related
activities that must be completed to create a unique product or service
What are some of the key characteristics of a project? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
temporary
- unique
- progressive elaboration
- single unique purpose
What are some of the secondary characteristics of a project? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- each project must have a primary sponsor or champion
- projects usually cut across organizational lines requiring resources from
several different sources
- they must do something, deliver something of value
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, What is project management? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the process of applying
knowledge, tools, and techniques to a project's activities to deliver stated
project requirements within agreed upon scope, time, cost, and quality
constraints
How does a project manager manage projects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- setting
clear and achievable objectives
- making sure requirements are discovered and documented
- adapting the project to the various concerns of the stakeholders
- balancing the demands of the triple constraint
What is the triple constraint? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- scope, time, and cost
objectives which have to be balanced by project managers in order to
deliver successful projects
- can also include quality
What types of skills must a project manager possess to be successful? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- soft skills
- technical skills
