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PROJECT PLANNING Questions and Answers with Solutions
UPDATED!!!
Project - ANSWER A temporary endeavor with a clearly defined
beginning and ending undertaken to create a unique product,
service or result
Project plan - ANSWER a critical document for any project; its
developed early in the project
Project phase - ANSWER A collection of logically related project
activities that culminates in the completion of one or more
deliverables; the project phases comprise the project life cycle
Project costs and resource allocation - ANSWER Resources for a
project can be human or material; Project costs are estimated
by adding human resources plus the marked-up costs of
material resources
Project schedule and due dates - ANSWER A schedule that
shows the activities involved with completing a project and the
planned dates; To develop a project schedule, start with the
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end product and due date, as well as any milestone deliverables
and due dates.
Project Deliverable - ANSWER A unique and verifiable product,
result, or capability required to complete a project; pieces of
the project that will be delivered to the client
Project scope - ANSWER It's the work performed to deliver a
product, service, or result with the specified features and
functions; refers to the range, breadth, and parameters of the
work assignment
Scope creep - ANSWER The uncontrolled expansion to product
or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and
resources; Each time a client asks to add a new task to the same
project, evaluate the tasks complexity against your resources.
Method mismatch - ANSWER Mismatch of methods to the
project and/or the client. Sometimes a method or approach
that worked on a previous project won't work for a new one
even when the projects are similar
PROJECT PLANNING Questions and Answers with Solutions
UPDATED!!!
Project - ANSWER A temporary endeavor with a clearly defined
beginning and ending undertaken to create a unique product,
service or result
Project plan - ANSWER a critical document for any project; its
developed early in the project
Project phase - ANSWER A collection of logically related project
activities that culminates in the completion of one or more
deliverables; the project phases comprise the project life cycle
Project costs and resource allocation - ANSWER Resources for a
project can be human or material; Project costs are estimated
by adding human resources plus the marked-up costs of
material resources
Project schedule and due dates - ANSWER A schedule that
shows the activities involved with completing a project and the
planned dates; To develop a project schedule, start with the
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end product and due date, as well as any milestone deliverables
and due dates.
Project Deliverable - ANSWER A unique and verifiable product,
result, or capability required to complete a project; pieces of
the project that will be delivered to the client
Project scope - ANSWER It's the work performed to deliver a
product, service, or result with the specified features and
functions; refers to the range, breadth, and parameters of the
work assignment
Scope creep - ANSWER The uncontrolled expansion to product
or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and
resources; Each time a client asks to add a new task to the same
project, evaluate the tasks complexity against your resources.
Method mismatch - ANSWER Mismatch of methods to the
project and/or the client. Sometimes a method or approach
that worked on a previous project won't work for a new one
even when the projects are similar
