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PMC 444 Chapter 1

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1. Until the 1980s, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top management in the military, computer, and construction industries. True
2. A difference between operations and projects is that operations end when their objectives have been reached, whereas projects do not. False
3. Every project should have a well-defined objective. True
4. Projects should be developed in increments. True
5. A project manager’s primary role is to provide the funding for a project. False
6. One of the main reasons why project management is challenging is because of the factor of uncertainty. True
7. Questions about how a team will track schedule performance is related to a project’s scope. False
8. In order to be realistic, a project manager should always set discrete goals instead of a range of objectives. False
9. Managing the triple constraint primarily involves making trade-offs between resources and quality. False
10. The only responsibility of a project manager is to meet the specific scope, time, and cost goals of a project. False
11. A project’s stakeholders include its customers, users, and suppliers. True
12. Opponents of a project do not belong to the category of stakeholders. False
13. The importance of stakeholders’ needs and expectations is limited to the beginning of a project. False
14. Project procurement management primarily involves identifying stakeholder needs while managing their engagement throughout the life of the project. False
15. The primary role of project stakeholder management is to ensure that the project will satisfy the stated needs for which it was undertaken. False
16. Project resource management is concerned with making effective use of the people involved with a project. True
17. Stakeholder analyses, work requests, and project charters are tools used in integration management. True
18. Earned value management is a tool primarily used in resource management. False
19. Responsibility assignment matrices and project organizational charts are examples of tools used in procurement management. False
20. Maturity models, statistical methods, and test plans are examples of tools used in quality management. True
21. Project managers work with the project sponsors to define success for particular projects. True
22. Good project managers assume that their definition of success is the same as the sponsors. False
23. Program managers are change agents. True
24. Effective program managers recognize that managing a project is much more complex than managing a program. False
25. Individual projects always address strategic goals whereas portfolio management addresses tactical goals. False
26. It is mandatory for project managers working on large information technology projects to be experts in the field of information technology. False
27. To be a successful manager, the only skills an IT project manager needs to possess are excellent technical skills. False
28. The introduction of new software makes basic tools, such as Gantt charts and network diagrams, inexpensive and easy to create. True
29. The enterprise project management software, which aids project and portfolio management, is a low-end tool. False
30. Which characteristic highlights a difference between projects and operations? c
31. Which objective is true of projects? b
32. The role of a _____ is to provide direction and funding for a project. a
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