UCF MAN 4583 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What is a project?
Answer:
A temporary endeavor that has a specific and unique goal, and usually a budget
Has an end goal: Product/Service/Outcome/Scheduling System
Has a budget
Question:
Operations
Answer:
Work that's the same day after day, producing the same results
Ex: Admitting patients into the hospital
Question:
What is project management?
Answer:
Answers several questions:
What problem are you solving?
How are you going to solve it?
What's your plan for getting the project done?
How can you tell when you are done?
How well did the project go?
Question:
Role of project manager
Answer:
Skills
Technical
Business expertise
Problem-solving
Interpersonal
Leadership
Question:
Sphere of Influence
Answer:
Are the people in your network with whom your option holds some weight.
Could be friends, peers, coworkers, or management
Question:
Project management's sphere of influence
Answer:
, closes- to the farthest sphere of influence
You
Project team- people you share information with
Sponsors/Suppliers/Shareholders- found & make decisions
Question:
When each process group occurs one after another, works best when goals are
clearly defined
Project is:
Simplicity
Low risk
Familiar technology
Experienced resources
Clear solution of the project
Answer:
Waterfall Project Management
Question:
A project where you figure out as you go
Iterations produce deliverables at regular intervals
Value delivered sooner
more customer involvement
Small independent team
Developt a detailed plan for each iteration
Monitoring/controlling more closely
Nonclear soluton of the project
Answer:
Agile Project Management
Question:
Triple constraint concept
Answer:
Cost/Schedule/Scope/ (Triangle)
Quality (Middle)
If you increase the need or importance of one, the others get stressed and need
attention too
Question:
Program
Answer:
Related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities that are managed in
a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them
individually
Question:
Portfolio
Answer:
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
What is a project?
Answer:
A temporary endeavor that has a specific and unique goal, and usually a budget
Has an end goal: Product/Service/Outcome/Scheduling System
Has a budget
Question:
Operations
Answer:
Work that's the same day after day, producing the same results
Ex: Admitting patients into the hospital
Question:
What is project management?
Answer:
Answers several questions:
What problem are you solving?
How are you going to solve it?
What's your plan for getting the project done?
How can you tell when you are done?
How well did the project go?
Question:
Role of project manager
Answer:
Skills
Technical
Business expertise
Problem-solving
Interpersonal
Leadership
Question:
Sphere of Influence
Answer:
Are the people in your network with whom your option holds some weight.
Could be friends, peers, coworkers, or management
Question:
Project management's sphere of influence
Answer:
, closes- to the farthest sphere of influence
You
Project team- people you share information with
Sponsors/Suppliers/Shareholders- found & make decisions
Question:
When each process group occurs one after another, works best when goals are
clearly defined
Project is:
Simplicity
Low risk
Familiar technology
Experienced resources
Clear solution of the project
Answer:
Waterfall Project Management
Question:
A project where you figure out as you go
Iterations produce deliverables at regular intervals
Value delivered sooner
more customer involvement
Small independent team
Developt a detailed plan for each iteration
Monitoring/controlling more closely
Nonclear soluton of the project
Answer:
Agile Project Management
Question:
Triple constraint concept
Answer:
Cost/Schedule/Scope/ (Triangle)
Quality (Middle)
If you increase the need or importance of one, the others get stressed and need
attention too
Question:
Program
Answer:
Related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities that are managed in
a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them
individually
Question:
Portfolio
Answer:
