Project Management Chapter 9

Procurements

Closing ____________________ involves completion of each procurement.

Stakeholder and Customer

Closing projects involves gaining ____ acceptance of the final products and services, and bringing the project to an orderly end.

Post-mortem

Some people call a close-out meeting a ______________ meeting.

Post Mortem

A __________ is another name for a project close-out meeting.

False

A customer acceptance/project completion form should be completed and signed by the project manager.

Murder

A special case of termination by extinction is called termination by ____________, when there is a sudden end to a project.

Records

A(n) ____ management system provides the ability to easily organize, find, and archive procurement-related documents.

Extinction

An example of closing a project by ______ is when a project is successful and achieves its goals, and there is no need for further work.

Lessons-learned

Answering questions like "Reflect on whether or not you met the project success criteria" and "Describe one example of what went wrong on this project" are found in a _____________ report.

lessons-learned report

Answering questions such as, "What will you do differently on the next project based on your experience working on this project?" is part of a __________.

Close-out

It is good practice to hold a ____________ meeting as part of closing.

Close-out

It is good practice to hold a(n) ____________________ meeting as a project nears completion or termination.

Knowledge Transfer

Many organizations are working hard to improve the ___________ process since human capital is one of their key assets.

False

Most projects produce results that are integrated into new organizational structures.

False

Only the project manager should determine if all work required in each contract was completed correctly and satisfactorily.

True

Organizations should strive to improve all their business processes, including procurement management.

Procurements

Outputs from closing ____ include closed procurements (such as closed contracts) and updates to organizational process assets.

Process

Procedures for administrative and contract closure are examples of organizational ____ assets.

Murder

Termination by ______ is when there is a sudden end to a project.

Contract Itself

The __________ should include requirements for formal acceptance and closure of contracts.

False

The contract itself should exclude requirements for formal acceptance and closure.

True

The final process in project procurement management is closing procurements.

Closing

The last process in project integration management is ____________________ the project.

Integration

The most common approach for closing or terminating a project is through _______.

False

The reason for starving a project is generally to embarrass management.

Procurement

Tools to assist in contract closure are ____ audits, negotiated settlements, and a records management system.

updating organizational process assets

Updating documentation and historical information produced by the project in a useful format is part of __________.

Integration

What is the most common reason for closing or terminating a project?

Transition

When developing a ____ plan, the project team should work with managers in affected operating departments, and the contents of the plan should be tailored to fit the support needs of the project.

False

When developing a transition plan, the project team should exclude managers in affected operating departments.

project integration management

Which knowledge area includes the closing process called close project or phase?

project integration and procurement management

Which knowledge areas include tasks related to closing?

E-procurement system

Which of the following is not a tool to assist in closing procurements?

You don't need to celebrate completing a project, especially if it did not go well

Which of the following is not advice for closing projects or phases?

All but one of the training courses were offered within a year.

Which of the following statements is false concerning the closing of the Just-In-Time Training project?

supplier partnerships were not very effective

Which of the following was not a lesson learned from the Just-In-Time Training project?