what is a project management?
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Answer / hardik
Project management is the discipline of planning,
organizing and managing resources to bring about the
successful completion of specific project goals and
objectives.
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Answer / pramod pudur
Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills,
tools and techniques to project the activities to meet the
project requirements.
Project management is accomplished through the appropriate
application and integration of 42 logically grouped project
management processes comprising of 5 process groups
(Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control
and Closing)
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Answer / ganga reddy
Project management is planning & monitoring the task as
per the requriemts and make them complete on time and with
in budget to get desired results.it plays a major role in
organisation build.
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Answer / sanjay
In theory Project Management is all about initiating,
planning, monitoring, tracking and taking the project to
closure with a desired quality, within budget and in pre-
defined timeline.
In reality, it is all about negotiation, controlling scope
creeps, prioritising and ensuring clear communication
across various stake holders, thereby maintaining the
balance among 3 keys: quality, cost and time.
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Answer / harish
Project Management is a set of necessary activities
performed to ensure that all the project objectives are met
within the defined parameters of cost, quality and schedule.
It would include everything from starting to executing to
controlling to winding up of the project requiring the
project manager to take care of other parameters like
resource mix, profitability, stake holder communication,
knowledge build up and retention.
As a project manager you might enter a project at any of the
above mentioned phases and exit it at one of the above
stages, but the activities you would need to perform would
be more or less as defined in the above paras.
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Answer / narayanamurthy
In Simple words it is PDCA(Plan,Do,Check & Act) in the
areas of SSC(Scope,Schedule & Cost Management).
You can find sub-areas for SSC
Which in turn links to
1.Resource Management
2.Communication Management
3.Quality Management
4.Risk Management
5.Change Management
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Answer / nilesh shinde
Project Management can be accomplished by following
oraganisational accepted methodlogy (PMBOK / Prince2) to
deliver project in controlled manner (within set budget
time and quality).
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Answer / jaikumar d
Project management is a methodical approach to planning and
guiding project processes from start to finish. According to
the Project Management Institute, the processes are guided
through five stages: initiation, planning, executing,
controlling, and closing.
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Answer / guest
Project management means to handle a project within that
duration with that estimated amount.
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Your project was just completed. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, the project was delayed causing cost overruns at the end of the project. Which of the following is true? A. You document the circumstances as lessons learned. B. You pay particular attention to archiving the financial records for this project. C. Your project ended due to starvation because of the cost overruns. D. You document the circumstances surrounding the project completion during the Scope Verification process.
Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project. She would like the cost estimate to be as accurate as possible as this might be her one and only chance to secure the budget for this project due to recent cuts in special projects. You decide: A. To use analogous estimating techniques B. To use bottom-up estimating techniques C. To use top-down estimating techniques D. To use expert judgment techniques
You are preparing a cash flow analysis for a project the company is considering undertaking. The project's cost is $525,000, and expected cash inflows are $125,000 the first year and then $75,000 per quarter the second year and $100,000 per quarter after that. What is the payback period? A. 16 months B. 27 months C. 32 months D. 28 months
The tools and techniques of the Source Selection process include all of the following except: A. Contract negotiation B. Correspondence C. Independent estimates D. Screening system
Brainstorming and the Delphi technique are two types of information-gathering techniques found in which process? A. Risk Management Planning B. Risk Response Control C. Risk Identification D. Quantitative Risk Analysis
You are the project manger for Xylophone Phonics. They produce children's software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You're performing cost estimates for your project and don't have a lot of details yet. You will use which of the following techniques? A. Analogous estimating techniques, because this is a form of expert judgment that uses historical information from similar projects B. Bottom-up estimating techniques because this is a form of expert judgment that uses historical information from similar projects C. Monte Carlo Analysis, because this is a modeling technique that uses simulation to determine estimates D. Parametric modeling, because this is a form of simulation used to determine estimates
You are a project manager for Dutch Harbor Consulting. Your latest project involved the upgrade of an organization’s operating system on 236 servers. You performed this project under contract. You are in the Closing process and know that product verification is for what purpose? A. To verify the goals of the project and assure the product of the project is complete B. To evaluate all the work of the project and compare results to project scope C. To verify all the work was completed correctly and satisfactorily D. To evaluate project goals and assure the product of the project meets the requirements
All of the following are characteristics of the project Closing processes except: A. Probability for success is greatest here. B. The project manager's influence is greatest here. C. The stakeholders' influence is least here. D. Risk is greatest here.
What is one of the most important skills a project manager can have? A. Negotiation skills B. Influencing skills C. Communication skills D. Problem-solving skills
As project manager, you know that all of the following are true concerning analogous estimating techniques except: A. It's a qualitatively based estimating technique. B. It's a top-down estimating technique. C. It's a tool and technique of Activity Duration Estimating and Cost Estimating. D. It’s a form of expert judgment.
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