Project management final
A principal idea in agile is that the length of the daily standup meeting should be
15 minutes or less
A common tool project teams use is a responsibilityAssignment matrix. Typically this chart will depict
All the work packages and resources assigned for various responsibilities regarding each work package
Which of the following serves as a precondition that must be met in order For a project kick off meeting to be successful
An atmosphere of trust and relationship building should be set by all
All of the following factors must be in place in order to develop an analogous Estimate effectively except
And organization must know details behind the time value of money
It is helpful to list requirements in supporting information in the requirements traceability matrix. When requirements are complete they should be all of these criteria except
Assigned to a team member who will be over the requirement owner
The components of critical chain project management including which of the following
Avoid multitasking
A _____ is the approved project plan mainly consisting of scope schedule and cost That is normally not altered unless a formal change control request is approved for modifying these plans
Baseline
In addition to technical skills a project manager must have _____ Skills in order to successfully resource a project
Behavioral
One useful method of process improvement involves consideration of how another organization performs a process, identifying and analyzing best practices for the improvement ideas. This method is known as
Benchmarki
All the following describe the appropriate application of perform qualitative risk analysis in the project management except
Brainstorming techniques are used by team and other stakeholders to identify as mini project risk as possible
This agile project reporting tool is useful to scrum Masters as it projects how close to the plan the team is within a given time box, by providing a graphical representation of work remaining in an iteration versus the days left in an iteration
Burn down chart
Which of the following charter elements to find the project purpose and justifies the necessity of the project
Business case
Some Organizations rely upon a formal group authorized in responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting any changes to any aspect of the project plan by following a formal communication method of documenting the decision process. This group is typically known as a
Change control board
_____ is a written request or formal proposal to propose changes to any project planning components such as a document project deliverable or baseline
Change request
All of the following reasons might lead to a contract termination for default except
Changing customer priorities
Which of the following styles of handling conflict is most appropriate whenever there is enough time trust can be established and the issue is important to both sides in by in is needed
Collaborating and problem-solving
Once the project is underway the project manager and team need to manage communications by doing all of the following activities except
Communicate thoroughly copying all stakeholders on all emails and team status reports
Milestones are important points in a project schedule that conserve as checkpoints for project managers and sponsors. Which of the following could be a reason to identify a mile stone during a project schedule planning
Completion of a major deliverable
Which of the following activities illustrates a risk response strategy design to research a threat or an opportunity
Construct a prototype to learn more about candidate solution
Which of the following rules and attributes do not describe the court team members on a project
Core team members join the project on a temporary basis to perform a specific project activities as necessary
_____ Is the approved budget usually in a time distribution format that is used to estimate monitor and control the overall cost performance of the project
Cost baseline
The project charter grants the project team the right to
Create a detail project plan
The method of dividing the project scope into many parts that when combined with constitute the project deliverable is called
Decomposition
The decision process for developing relevant quality standards on a project includes all of the following activities except
Design work systems
This term is defined as a total number of work. Required to complete a schedule activity usually expressed as workdays or work
Duration
Who should be involved in identifying potential projects
Employees at all levels
During which of the following project schedule management process does the team estimate the number of work. That will be required to complete a schedule activity usually expressed as workday is or work weeks
Estimate activity
Projects often include indirect costs that are necessary to keep the organization running but are not associated with one specific project. Which of the following items are most typically considered to be indirect cost
Executive salaries utilities and insurance
A high-level view of processes and stakeholders, that starts with suppliers and ends upwith customers, is sometimes referred to as a plan do check act
False
All project teams progress uniformly through five stages of team development
False
An issue log is a document that identifies the specific issues that must be resolved before particular project management meeting adjourned
False
Analogous Estimating is the most detailed time consuming and accurate way to estimate
False
Contemporary project communications typically include both push methods such as blogs and pull methods such as email
False
Control quality is the forward-looking process of using in improving the quality plan and policy to perform task that will most likely lead to creating project outputs to customer satisfaction
False
If necessary, the quality policy on a specific project me violate either the quality policies of the parent organization or of a major customer
False
On value is the approved value of the work to be completed in a given time
False
The communications management plan is finalized during project planning It should only be changed through a formal change control process
False
The cost per risk for risks discovered early in the project is often more than the cost per risk for risks discovered late because there is more opportunity for the risk to impact several dimensions of the project
False
The cost variance is a cost performance measure expressed as a ratio of earned value to actual cost
False
The project charter serves as a formal legal contract between the project team and the project sponsor
False
The purpose of a check she is too quickly understand the primary causes of a particular problem using the 80/20 rule
False
The purpose of risk management is to eliminate all project risk
False
The vision statement should Present a positive inspiring in vivid description of the organization as it currently exist
False
W. Edwards Deming asserted that all managers need to understand both serial variation and sequential variation and then work to reduce both
False
When determining resource availability project managers need only consider full-time internal resources
False
When the impact of an event is negative, it is considered a risk. When the impact is positive the event is considered an opportunity.
False
In agile projects overall planning is at a high-level in only the near term work is playing in detail. The project work is conducted in iterations that are normally
Fixed length of two or four weeks
There is scheduling cost control when comparing performance to the schedule and cost baseline, if scheduling budget has changed these changes should be
Formally recommended and managed through the integrated change control process
It is argued that project teams progress through five stages of teen development. Which of the following sequences best represents the progression
Forming storming norming performing adjourning
The milestones schedule in the project charter
Is a high-level plan that indicates a few significant accomplishments anticipated over the life of the project
All the following our benefits I can be at your head to the effective use of risk management plan except
It enables the project manager to identify and eliminate all risks
All of the following accurately described earned value management except
It is good for performance reporting but not for forcasting
All the following statements accurately described special cars variation except
It is inherent in the system and is predictable
After completing detailed planning for a project is helpful for the project manager Intime to apply a sanity test to the project plan. Which of the following accurately describes the application of a sanity test
It should include questions to ensure budgets, schedules and resource plans are reasonable and achievable
On agile projects the first iteration is planned as a mile stone with acceptance criteria. However subsequent milestones and the acceptance criteria are determined on a
Just in time basis
On Adderall projects the scope definition begins with
Large chunks of work or features
All of the following items described in aspect of life cycle costing except
Lifecycle cost only includes the project cost from initiating through closing
_____ Is the process of the project team communicating and working with stakeholders to satisfy their needs handle issues quickly and encourage active stakeholder participation throughout
Manage stakeholder engagement
The documentation of a project cost estimate generally require substantial supporting detail to all of these except
Management reserve needs
Which of the following organizational structures runs contrary to the unity of command principle that each employee works for a single supervisor
Matrix organization
Which of the following statements accurately describes the responsibilities typically associated with the development of the project charter
More often than not the project manager writes the draft project charter
All of the following elements should be included in a project scope statement except
Names of the project team members
The most widely excepted financial model for selecting projects is
Net present value
The overall project is considered to be a first level of the WBS. All the following methods can be used to organize the second level of the WBS except
Organized by activities and tasks
What does the talent triangle refer to
PMI's research findings that project managers need skills and knowledge in three areas technical behavioral and strategic
Which estimating technique uses Statistical relationship between historical and other variables to calculate an estimate for scope cost and duration
Parametric estimating
Stakeholders are defined as
People and groups who can impact the project or might be impacted by the work of or results of the project
This is the process of reviewing all change proposals, estimating their impact on project goes wherever appropriate, approving or declining changes, and managing changes to deliverables, schedules, graduates and the project management plan
Perform integrated change control
Which of the following documents describes how the project team will implement the performing organizations quality policy
Quality management plan
In a project scoring model each decision criterion is given a
Relative weight
Cause that repeat as a project work continues such as the cost of writing code or laying bricks or appropriately classified as
Reoccurring cost
Which of the following is not a format that is typically used to represent a work breakdown structure
Requirements traceability matrix
Which of the following terms best describe extra money in the project budget to be used if necessary usually if a risk event occurs
Reserve
All of the following describe an appropriate application Of plan risks responses in project management except
Responses should be created for every identified project risk regardless of risk score
A project sponsor is wise not to sign a project charter authorizing work until the project manager in the team show that they have
Review lessons learned from recently completed projects in order to avoid similar mistakes
_____ presents a hierarchal organization of risk based on Categories such as operational strategic finance external and project management
Risk breakdown structure
This technique is an iterative process that identifies in the find the work to be completely Accomplished in the near term implants the future work at a higher level
Rolling wave planning
Which of the following measures is best suited for determining whether the project is on, behind or ahead of schedule
Schedule variance
Which of the 10 knowledge areas to find in project management body of knowledge includes the process is required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
Scope management
In agile projects the individual who leads in a collaborative manner by guiding teams in removing obstacles to progress is called the
Scrum master
Which of the following quantitative risk analysis techniques is used to determine which risks have been the most powerful impact on the project, With results displayed in the form of a tornado diagram
Sensitivity analysis
All the following are among classic risk responses except
Share a threat
DMAIC is a discipline process that includes five phases: define, measure, analyze, improve, and control. DMAIC Is most typically associated with which of the following quality improvement approaches
Six sigma
Normal or random variations that are considered part of operating the system at its current capability are
Special cause variations
During which Stage of team development do the team members attempt to jockey for power as many questions in establish dubious goals
Storming
All of the following items are among the key areas covered by the Malcolm Baldridge national quality award except
Team learning
Which of the following describes activities appropriately performed by the project team during perform qualitative risk analysis
Team members assess the probability of occurrence and severity of impact for identified risks
Which of the following describes how the team uses a cause-and-effect diagram to support project risk analysis
The team list the risk as the effect in a box at the head of the fish in names the big bones
The budget at completion is the Some of all budgets establish for the work to be performed on a project. As such it is equivalent to
The total planned value of the project
Stakeholders include all of the following people except
Those who will not be impacted by the project
In organizations vision often includes reference to his social environmental and economic health collectively referred to as the
Triple bottom line
Which of these is not a disadvantage of using the financial model for project evaluation and selection
Use of financial models ensures that selected projects makes sense from a cost and return on investment perspective
There are many causes A variation in project cost. Which of the following accurately describes the nature of this variation
Variation occurs in all work processes in the novelty associated with most projects creates many opportunities for variation
In the plus Delta method of evaluating project meetings the Delta column is used for team members to offer their opinion about one aspect of a meeting that _____
Was poor and could be avoided in future meetings
All of the following criteria can be used to categorize project risks except
What are the risk is a known known
The stakeholder register information can be used to evaluate the interest of different stakeholder groups by performing a _____ analyst to identify where there may be common areas of interest between groups
What's in it for them (wiift)
Face with significant schedule challenges the project manager has an ethical responsibility to do all of the following except
Willingly except in days dictated by customers or sponsors
The work component at the lowest level of the WBS For which cost in duration can be as needed and manage is called the
Work package
With respect to performance reporting, which of these are the actual in rock observations in measurements gather during execution of project activities
Work performance data
Which of the following responses identifies a common type of logical dependency used to sequence project activities
finish-to-start