Chapter 2 True/False
Most colleges and universities have very strong functional organizations.
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Using a systems approach is critical to successful project management.
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The same organization can have different subcultures.
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An organizational culture with strong unit integration makes the project manager's job more difficult.
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The team members of a virtual team are all of the same nationality.
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When you separate business and organizational issues from project management planning, you do a better job of ensuring project success.
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Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects.
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Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where activities are organized around individuals.
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The Adaptive Software Development (ASD) life cycle model assumes that software development follows an adaptive approach because the requirements cannot be clearly expressed early in the life cycle.
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Project managers should lead projects in isolation in order to truly serve the needs of the organization.
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Systems analysis addresses the business, technological, and organizational issues associated with creating, maintaining, and modifying a system.
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The best way to sustain a project is to withhold the required money, human resources, and visibility for the project.
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The last phase of the traditional project life cycle is the implementation phase.
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The nature of hardware development projects is more diverse than software-oriented projects.
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According to the symbolic frame, the most important aspect of any event in an organization is not what actually happened, but what it means
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An organization that uses a project organizational structure earns their revenue primarily from performing projects for other groups under contract.
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An organization usually commits more money as a project continues, therefore a management review should occur after each phase to evaluate progress, potential success, and continued compatibility with organizational goals.
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Project managers and their teams must keep in mind the effects of any project on the interests and needs of the entire system or organization instead of focusing on the immediate concerns of the project.
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Project managers must have cooperation from people in other parts of the organization.
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Project managers must take adequate time to identify, understand, and manage relationships with all project stakeholders.
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Standards and guidelines to follow when performing project management must be devised by top management.
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Internal stakeholders include groups affected by the project such as government officials or concerned citizens.
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It is much more expensive to make major changes to a project during the earlier phases.
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Leadership style has no impact on the success of virtual teams.
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Most people believe that the underlying causes of many companies' problems can be traced to its organizational structure.
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