Project Management Mid-Term
A Gantt chart is the same as a project management plan
FALSE
The only responsibility of a project manager is to meet the specific scope, time, and cost goals of a project.
FALSE
The project's size, complexity, importance, and other factors do not affect how much effort is spent on collecting requirements for scope planning
FALSE
The scope baseline in a WBS consists of the requirements documentation and enterprise environmental factors
FALSE
The scope of a project is clear and specific from the start
FALSE
The tasks in a WBS must be developed as a sequential list of steps
FALSE
The team members of a virtual team are all of the same nationality
FALSE
To be a successful manager, the only skills an IT project manager needs to possess are excellent technical skills
FALSE
Start-to-finish relationships are the most frequently used dependencies between activities.
False
Leadership style has no impact on the success o virtual teams
FALSE
Program managers are change agents
TRUE
A dependency pertains to the sequencing of project activities or tasks
TRUE
A project's stakeholders include its customers, users, and suppliers
TRUE
A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS
TRUE
According to the symbolic frame, the most important
TRUE
As projects progress, the organization must reevaluate the need, funding, and will for each project to determine if the project should be continued, redefined, or terminated.
TRUE
Identifying the project sponsor is a pre-initiation task
TRUE
Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project
TRUE
Kick-off meeting agendas are usually recorded in a word document
TRUE
Mind mapping allows people to write and even draw pictures of ideas in a nonlinear format
TRUE
Most colleges and universities have very strong functional organizations
TRUE
Network diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity sequencing
TRUE
Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects
TRUE
Project resource management is concerned with making effective use of the people involved with a project
TRUE
Project schedules grow out of basic documents such as the project charter
TRUE
Projects have a unique purpose
TRUE
Projects that arise as a result of problems and directives must be resolved quickly to avoid hurting an organization's business
TRUE
Some organizations initiate projects using a contract in place of a project charter
TRUE
THE DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) methodology of the Six Sigma projects, is used to improve an existing business process
TRUE
The executing process group generally requires the most resources
TRUE
The introduction of new software makes basic tools, such as Gantt charts and network diagrams, inexpensive and easy to create
TRUE
The level of activity and length of each process group varies for every project
TRUE
The same organization can have different subcultures
TRUE
The scope management plan can be informal and broad or formal and detailed based on the needs of the project
TRUE
To define activities, the project team should start with reviewing the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational processes.
TRUE
Using a systems approach is critical to successful project management
TRUE
Projects that address broad organizational needs are likely to fail
FALSE
The ROI is always positive
FALSE
The arrows in a network diagram represent missed milestones in a project
FALSE
The best way to sustain a project is to withhold the required money, human resources, and visibility for the project
FALSE
The format of the WBS dictionary is essentially the same for all projects
FALSE
The last phase of the traditional project life cycle is the implementation phase
FALSE
The main disadvantage of crashing is that it lengthens the time needed to finish a project
FALSE
A SWOT analysis, being a linear process, cannot be performed using the nonlinear mind mapping technique
FALSE
A merge occurs when one node precedes multiple nodes
FALSE
A work package must always represent less than 80 hours of work
FALSE
Agile methods are used when deliverable have a low degree of change
FALSE
An organization should consider only projects with a negative NPV if financial value is a key criterion for project selection
FALSE
Deliverables are only product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software.
FALSE
Earned value management is a tool primarily used in resource management
FALSE
In a network diagram, it is mandatory for every item on the WBS to be shown instead of only those activities with dependencies
FALSE
In project schedule management, the next step after sequencing activities is to define these activities
FALSE
Initiating processes are not required to end a project
FALSE
Internal stakeholders include groups affected by the project such as government officials or concerned citizens
FALSE
Key outcomes of the executing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing documents
FALSE
Managing the triple constraint primarily involves making trade-offs between resources and quality.
FALSE
Many projects fail because of unclear requirements and expectations, so starting with a payback analysis makes a lot of sense
FALSE
Opponents of a project do not belong to the category of stakeholders.
FALSE
Project initiation involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are completed
FALSE
Project integration management must occur just within the context of a particular project
FALSE
