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Project managers have the highest level of authority and the most power in which type of organizational structure? A. Projectized B. Strong matrix C. Functional D. Balanced matrix
All of the following are true regarding the tools and techniques of Activity Sequencing except: A. GERT uses analogous methods. B. GERT allows for loops. C. GERT is a conditional diagramming method. D. GERT allows for conditional branches.
Describe the risk in software engineering.
The grouping of project elements by deliverables is known as what? A. The code of accounts B. The work package C. The work breakdown structure D. The work breakdown dictionary
The tools and techniques of Source Selection include all of the following except: A. Contract negotiation B. Work authorization system C. Weighting systems D. Independent estimates
You are the project manager for a top-secret software project for an agency of the United States Government. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete the project using internal resources. The reason is because getting top secret clearances for contractors takes quite a bit of time and waiting for clearances would jeopardize the implementation date. Your programmers are 80 percent of the way through the programming and testing work when your agency appoints a new executive director. Your programmer’s are siphoned off this project to work on the executive director's hot new project. Which of the following addresses the purpose of Scope Verification in this case? A. It determines the correctness and completion of all the work B. It documents the level and degree of completion C. It determines if the project results comply with quality standards D. It documents the correctness of the work according to stakeholders' expectations
Your project selection committee used a weighted scoring model and found that Project B, with a score of 54, should be chosen over the other competing projects. Which of the following is true? A. Weighted scoring models are a benefit measurement method, which is a tool and technique in the Initiation process. B. Weighted scoring models are a constrained optimization method, which is an output of the Initiation process. C. Weighted scoring models are a constrained optimization method, which is a tool and technique in the Initiation process. D. Weighted scoring models are a benefit measurement method, which is an output of the Initiation process.
You are the project manager working on a research project for a new drug treatment. Your preliminary project schedule runs past the due date for a federal grant application. You adjust the schedule and find that two activities previously scheduled to start sequentially can be started at the same time. This is an example of: A. Crashing B. Fast tracking C. Resource leveling D. Adjusting the resource calendar
You’ve just accepted a new project management assignment. The project is for a customer in a foreign country. You've requested a business analyst and two other project team members from the country the customer resides in to participate on your team. The remaining team members are from your country. You know that the best way to ensure the project team doesn’t get bogged down in cultural differences and hold up project progress is to: A. Perform team-building exercises using videoconferencing to allow team members to get to know each other and get to the performing stage of team development as soon as possible. B. Provide diversity training for all the team members to make them aware of cultural differences and teach them to function effectively as a team despite these differences. C. Establish your role as project manager as the first order of business and require compliance to company policies. D. Require project team members to read and sign the organization’s diversity policy.
All of the following are true regarding the ADM method except: A. It's a tool and technique of Activity Sequencing. B. It uses one time estimate to determine durations. C. It's also called AOA. D. It's rarely used today.
Your project team is a close group all busily working on project activities. They're close to approaching the performing stage of Team Development. All six members must communicate frequently with each other. How many lines of communication are there? A. 12 B. 15 C. 18 D. 14
Write about organising and staffing in management.
How do you set goals for your team? And how do you track these goals?
What change would you like to bring in the management of your previous organization ?
All of the following are types of project closures or endings except: A. Addition B. Integration C. Verification D. Extinction