CIS-4524

A __________ is a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, or hardware, produced or provided as part of a project.

Deliverable

A new government law requires an organization to report data in a new way. Which of the following categories would include a new information system project to provide this data?

Directive

Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management?

Meeting communication goals

A ________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

Project

A _________ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project's objectives and management.

Project Charter

Which of the four frames of organizations addresses organizational hierarchy and the roles and responsibilities of employees?

Structural

Many people use _________ to have a standard format for preparing various project management documents.

Templates

Project portfolio management addresses _________ goals of an organization, while project management addresses _________ goals.

strategic, tactical

Which of the following is not a potential advantage of using good project management?

Lower capital

Personnel in a __________ organizational structure often report to two or more bosses.

Matrix

A ___________ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.

process

By 2027, employers will need over ________ million individuals working in project management-oriented roles.

87

Which of the following statements is false?

A product life cycle is the same as a project life cycle

What approach to developing a WBS involves identifying specific tasks and grouping them into broader categories?

Bottom-up

Which of the following outputs is often completed before initiating a project?

Business Case

_________ ensures that the descriptions of the project's products are correct and complete.

Configuration Management

Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where all of the following characteristics are important except:

Control

Which of the following is not a best practice that can help in avoiding scope problems?

Don't involve users

Which process group normally requires the most resources?

Executing

___________ processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out project plans and create the products, services, or results of the project or phase.

Executing

What type of organizational structure gives the least amount of authority to project managers?

Functional

Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems management?

Information

Which tool or technique for collecting requirements is often the most expensive and time consuming?

Interviews

What approach to developing a WBS involves writing down or drawing ideas in a nonlinear fashion?

Mind mapping

Which of the following is not a suggestion for performing integrated change control?

Minimize Change

What constitutes requirements for agile projects?

NOT: The sprints NOT: The retrospective

What term describes an organizations acquisition of goods and services from an outside source in another country.

Offshoring

Which of the following is not a suggestion for improving user input?

Only have meetings as needed

Which of the following is not true? a.) Employers are looking for project management skills in new graduates. b.)PMI's talent triangle includes leadership and information technology skills along with project management. c.) You can earn an advanced degree in project management. d.) Most American companies have a project management office

PMI's talent triangle includes leadership and information technology skills along with project management.

A work breakdown structure, project schedule, and cost estimates are outputs of the __________ process.

Planning

Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be managed as part of a _________.

Program

What is the name of one of the popular certifications provided by the Project Management Institute?

Project Management Professional (PMP)

________ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

Project management

Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?

Projects involve no uncertainty

________ refer(s) to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

Scope

___________ is the leading agile development method.

Scrum

Scope ________ is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign-off on key deliverables.

Validation

A ________ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope.

WBS

Project management software helps you develop a ________, which serves as a basis for creating Gantt charts, assigning resources, and allocating costs.

WBS

The nature of IT projects is different from projects in many other industries because they are very __________.

diverse