Component 19: Project Management

What information is included in the stakeholder register?

Answer: Identifying information on stakeholders, assessment information on stakeholders, and stakeholder classification Objective: Generate a stakeholder register. Lecture/Slide: 3c, 6-8

he project charter document formally recognizes and authorizes the existence of a project. List several of the project charter contents.

Answer: Project charter contents include the following: - Project purpose - Project description & deliverables - Project objectives & success criteria - High level risk list - Summary milestones - Summary budget - Change management - Resources - Approach - Communication & reporting - Acceptance criteria - Approval signatures Objective: 3. Construct a project charter. Lecture/Slides: 3b, 12-14

What is the role of the sponsor with respect to the project charter?

Answer: Stakeholders Objective: 2. Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are selected and initiated. Lecture/Slides: 3b, 10

What are people called who have a vested interest in a project?

Answer: Stakeholders Objective: 4. Identify project stakeholders. Lecture/Slide: 3c, 5

Why is developing a project charter considered a project management best practice?

Answer: The project charter formally recognizes the existence of a project; identifies a project manager and gives the project manager the authority to assign organizational resources to project activities. Objective: 2. Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are selected and initiated. Lecture/Slide: 3a, 3

All of the following will likely be found in the project charter, except _____. a. Cost and schedule variance from budget b. Project strategy c. Project summary description d. Organizational roles and responsibilities

Answer: a Objective: 3. Construct a project charter. Lecture/Slide: 3b, 13

The results of stakeholder identification activities are recorded in the: a. Stakeholder register b. Project management plan c. Risk management plan d. All of the above

Answer: a Objective: 4. Identify project stakeholders. Lecture/Slide: 3c, 6

In a project, what role denotes a principal advocate for the project and its success? a. Customer b. Champion c. Stakeholder d. User

Answer: b Objective: 2. Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are selected and initiated. Lecture/Slides: 3c, 4-9

Your health IT project was started because of a new law requiring more secure processing and storage of patient identifying data. This situation is an example of which of the following motivation for project initiation? a. Organizational initiative b. Business need c. External requirement d. Improve operations

Answer: c Objective: 2. Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are selected and initiated. Lecture/Slide: 3a, 3-5

As you start a new project, you may use the following _____. a. Only processes from the "Initiating" process group b. Only processes from the "Initiating" and "Monitoring and Controlling" process groups c. All process groups and all knowledge areas d. Only the "integration," "Scope," and "Communications" knowledge areas

Answer: c Objective: 2. Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are selected and initiated. Lecture/Slide: 3b, 3

What document formally authorizes the existence of the project? a. Stakeholder register b. Project management plan c. Project initiation report d. Project charter

Answer: d Objective: 3. Construct a project charter. Lecture/Slide: 3b, 12

Which of the following documents will come before the Project charter? a. Project Management Plan b. Stakeholder Register c. Risk Management Plan d. None of the above

Answer: d Objective: 3. Construct a project charter. Lecture/Slide: 3b, 9

A project stakeholder can be a _____. a. Senior manager in the organization b. Customer c. Government agency d. All of the above

Answer: d Objective: 4. Identify project stakeholders. Lecture/Slide: 3c, 4

An objective of the stakeholder management strategy is to _____. a. Determine how to get support for your project b. Define your approach to managing stakeholders c. Minimize disruptive effects that stakeholders may have on your project d. All of the above

Answer: d Objective: Generate a stakeholder register. Lecture/Slide: 3c, 8-10

Projects are performed for the following reasons: a. External requirement b. Business need c. Organizational initiative d. All of the above

Answer: d Objective: Outline the needs for projects, how and why they are initiated. Lecture/Slide: 3a, 3-4