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Project Management
LIA/GLU Project Management
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is responsible for overseeing the daily activities of a project from start to finish? | Project Manager |
| The project team is arguing about the start date of an important task in the project. The project sponsor intervenes and sets the start date. Which type of conflict resolution technique is the project sponsor using? | Forcing |
| Recent feedback from a client requires adjusting the scope of a project as well as something additional funding. Who needs to provide the approval to move forward with the changes | Project manager |
| Select a project management approach. The considerations include the team has worked on similar projects, the deliverable must comply with standards and regulations. Project tasks are well defined. The project deliverable is clear and really defined. | Predictive |
| The Community Center Director hires your project team to build a playground for the families in the community. Upon completion of the playground, who is responsible for the acceptance of the project? | The director |
| You are managing a project that is experiencing significant scope creep. What is the impact of the project? | The project will take additional time to complete |
| What is a vendor? | An external supplier who provides good and services to a project. |
| Which action signifies the formal acceptance of the final project? | Approval by the project sponsor and customer |
| You are an event coordinator for an upcoming party. The customer changes the party date. You know that this change will result in an increase in cost. What should you do to resolve the budget variance? | Determine the cost difference and discuss options with the customer. |
| You have received a request to add a new scope item to your project and need to follow the change management process. Move the four actions in the answer area and place them in the correct order. | Identify the change. Assess the change impact with the CCB. Approve or deny the change Implement the approved change. |
| What is Project Procurement? | The purchasing of external goods and services needed to complete a project. |
| what is the purpose of following a change management process? | To document a change in scope and any impact to the project. |
| You are the project manager for a small construction project. You receive an updated. Which stage of change management process are you beginning? | Assess the change impact. |
| Your project team is using an agile project delivery method. In preparation for an upcoming meeting, your manager asks you to review the prioritized list of deliverables. What should you review? | WBS. Work breakdown structure. |
| As a project manager. How should you encourage your team to be focused, energized, and positive for the duration of the project? | Discover what personally motivates each team member. |
| Which scenario demonstrates a schedule dependency | Team members must wait to start a task until another task has completed. |
| You are evaluating the skills needed in your project team to successfully complete a project. Which component of the project management plan are you working on? | Resource management plan. |
| What is the primary goal of creating a Work Breakdown Structure? WBS? | To decompose the project work into assignable work activities |
| As a project manager. Which activity should you perform when using a predictive project management approach? | As a project manager. Which activity should you perform when using a predictive project management approach? |
| You are estimating the cost of a project by using the budget from a similar project last month. Which type of budget estimation technique are you using? | Analogous historical estimation. |
| Assigns you the task of planning for the event at a specific location. You find a better location, and you want to alert your team to the change of the location. What responsibility and authority do you have regarding your assigned task? | You need to speak with the project manager about changing the location and wait for approval. |
| As project manager. What information do you need to include in a status update to your boss? | Project work that has been completed. |
| What is a deliverable? | A unique output of a project. |
| You are part of a project team that is working on developing a new app. Never suggest that you add a feature to the app. Project manager says that the feature is beyond the scope. What should you do if the product feature is out of scope? | You should add the feature to the scope statement. |
| What is the benefit of creating a lessons learned document? | Sharing best practice approaches among the team members. |
| What impact does gold plating have on a project? | The scope increases and the cost to the customer increases. |
| What is a key characteristic of an adaptive project management approach? | Continuous refinement of the product based upon stakeholder feedback. |
| Which component of the project management plan outlines the work needed to meet project objectives and deliverables? | Scope Management plan. |
| Reliance on customer input throughout the project. Predictive or Adaptive? | Adaptive |
| Increased flexibility to make project adjustments | Adaptive |
| Completion of project according to the project management plan created at the beginning of the project. | Predictive |
| Which project document authorizes the project manager to begin working on a project? | Project Charter |
| Project team starts every new project with a design stage where they create a design, Test the design, make updates to the design, Return final design. After the design stage. create follow a detailed project plan for all the. The project deliverables. | Scrum |
| You have contracted an external supplier to provide a tool needed for the development phase in the project. The tool has been delivered and the project team finds the tool acceptable. Why should you now close the contract with the supplier | To inform the procurement team that the new tool has been delivered. |
| Summarizes, the business case for the project | Project purpose |
| Outlines the expected end result or outcome of the project | Objective |
| Defines a key point in time that means the project is progressing as expected | Milestone |
| What role does Quality Assurance play in the project development process? | It ensures procedures are followed to meet standards for performance |
| In a project, what describes work that should be included and work that should be excluded? | Scope Statement |
| What is a Project Life Cycle? | The series of phases that a project passes through from its start to its completion. |
| Reviewing a list of potential bakeries that will supply the desserts for the festival. You notice your favorite aunt owns one of the bakeries, but no one else on your team knows this information. According to ethical guidelines, what should you do? | Notify your supervisor that your aunt's bakery is on the list. |
| Which project characteristics suggests that a predictive project management approach should be used? | Which project characteristics suggests that a predictive project management approach should be used? |
| Why should you archive project documents and processes? | To keep historical record of project activties |
| The customer states that the packaging for the new product being developed must be easy for everyone to open. During product testing, only 60% of the people were able to open the package easily. What should the project manager do at this point? | Request a team meeting to decide on corrective action. |
| If a team signs an NDA agreement and you see a team member violate it, what should you do? | Report it to the project manager |
| Why should a team archive project docs and procedures? | As a reference to future teams |
| What is a scope statement? | Defines the work to be done in the project |
| On an adaptive team project, what do team members work on? | The highest priority items on the product backlog |
| If a team member proposes a new feature and the project manager says it is out of scope, what should you do? | Don't add it to the project |
| What is the impact of gold plating? | Makes the project take longer and the customer pays more |
| What signals the formal acceptance of a final product? | Approval by the sponsor or client |
| There's a bicycle race and the route might be under construction. What should you update the RISK or RESOURCE. | RISK |
| Kitchen cabinets are wrong. What should you do? | Discuss options with the customer to resolve the issue |
| You are a team member, and you want to take another team member off of their task to help you finish faster. | You need approval from the project manager |
| How does the adaptive project approach engage with customer? | It asks for continuous feedback |
| What is the purpose of WBS? | It drives the order in which work packages are completed |
| What is the benefit of reporting a new creative approach to creating a project? | To inform other project teams |
| What are the four stages of a project life cycle? | 1. initiating 2. organizing and preparing 3. carrying out the work 4. ending the project |
| What goes in the project purpose section of the project charter? | The projects overall goals. |
| The project sponsor reports that the customer is concerned about software reliability. What should you do? | Meet with customer to hear concerns |
| What are the stages of change management in order? | 1. Identify the change. 2. The change is submitted to a CCB 3. A CCB assesses the change's impact 4. A CCB approves the change 5. The change is implemented into the project plan |
| Who is responsible for a project deliverable? | The team members |
| Why do you need a schedule for a project? | To communicate timelines for deliverables |
| Who has the highest level of authority to make changes to scope, budget, and timeline | Project sponsor |
| What is the impact from scope creep? | Time (delays), overruns in cost and stakeholder frustration |
| If a tile for an interior design project is out of stock, who has the authority to choose a new tile? | The project manager |
| Why do you need quality assurance for a project? | To make sure specifications and requirements are being met |
| Why is contract closure important? | It officially confirms that all contract work has been completed and accepted. |
| What is the main purpose of the change management process? | To document changes and formalize the approval process |
| Break project into small tasks and estimate costs for each task. Add the estimates for total project costs. | Bottom-up estimate |
| What is dependency? | A task that requires the completion of another |
| For a project, the software will be completed in sprints and the hardware part will be completed to very specific specifications. What is the method this project is being completed with? | Hybrid |
| What formally authorizes a project to take place? | Project charter |
| What is procurement? | The purchasing of external goods and services for a project, and includes the process of securing a vendor. |
| What is a deliverable? | A tangible product or intangible result of product work |
| Which project approach has clear deliverables, specific deadlines, and follows a plan closely | Predictive |
| Which project approach has sprints and customer feedback? | Adaptive |
| A manager met with different team members and gave two bonuses, three paid time off, and one the ability to do remote work. What did he do? | Motivated each person individually. |
| A wedding couple can't make up their minds about decisions. It gets worse when the wedding planner gets involved. The wedding planner decides to take a step back to allow the couple to make decisions. Which approach is that? | Withdraw |
| What is the characteristic of planning for a predictive project? | Planning is completed upfront. |
| When should you use a predictive project approach? | When there are defined deliverables and deadlines |
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