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- Marcus is asked by higher management to create a document that provides a high-level description of a project that has not yet been approved. The document should describe the major deliverables of the project and should provide the financial and strategic justification for the project. In this scenario, Marcus needs to prepare a
A) project charter
- Which of the following is not typically included in a project charter?
A) A detailed budget
- Which of the following is not one of the eight steps in the project planning process?
A) Develop a detailed budget.
- The results of the launch meeting include:
A) the project’s scope is understood
- Renee, a project manager, is responsible for developing a project plan for her new project. To do so, she needs to consider all the tasks that would need to be done to produce the deliverable and make a list of them. In this scenario, Renee needs to prepare a(n) _____ for the project.
A) work breakdown structure
- Duncan, a project manager, has to create a work breakdown structure (WBS) for a new project. He gathers the project team and provides them with a pad of sticky-notes. After defining the project objectives and the major activities that would need to be done to achieve those objectives, he asks his team members to write all the tasks that they think would be required to complete the project on the sticky-notes. These notes are then stuck on a wall in a sequential manner. In this scenario, Duncan uses a(n) _____ to create the WBS.
A) Gozinto chart
- Suzanne, a human resources manager in an event management company, is assigned the task of arranging a farewell dinner for the CEO of the company. She uses Microsoft Project (MSP) to create a work breakdown structure for this task. The MSP creates a list of Level 1 tasks, Level 2 tasks, and so on. Suzanne then adds appropriate descriptions to each task. While doing so, Suzanne should ensure that:
A) the generality of each task is roughly at the same level.
- Robert, a project manager, created a work breakdown structure (WBS) for his new project. He then used the data from the WBS to create a table that assigned responsibilities to each team member and helped organize the project team. In this scenario, Robert created a(n)_____.
A) RACI Matrix
- A(n) __________________ shows the set of all tasks in a project arranged by task level?
A) Work Breakdown Structure
- In order to prepare a mind map, you need to start with:
A) a statement of the project’s objectives
- Finding ways of reducing negative impacts on the project as well as enhancing positive impacts.
A) Risk response planning
- Developing a plan for risk management activities.
A) Risk management planning
- Finding those risks that might affect the project.
A) Risk identification
- Evaluating the seriousness of the risk and the likelihood it will affect the project
A) Qualitative risk analysis
- Developing measures for the probability of the risk and its impact on the project.
A) Quantitative risk analysis
- What is the primary purpose of creating a work breakdown structure?
A) to make sure important tasks are identified
- The first task of a newly appointed project manager is…
A) to review the project objectives with senior management
- According to the text, the use of sticky-notes can be particularly useful for constructing a(n)
A) Work Breakdown Structure
- Which of the following is used to show linkages between people and tasks?
A) the RACI
- Entries above the diagonal in the Design Structure Matrix indicate
A) potential rework situations
- In the Design Structure Matrix
A) both the rows and columns correspond to tasks
- Which of the following is not a category in the RACI matrix?
A) Interpret
- These scrum documents were designed to facilitate project planning and enhance the transparency of a project’s status.
A) Artifacts
- This contains a complete list of the requirements for the product being developed or improved.
A) Product backlog
- This is the foundation of scrum.
A) Sprint
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