Advanced Project Management
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Advanced Project Management explores the principles, methodologies, and tools necessary to plan, execute, and lead complex projects across diverse industries. Emphasizing both traditional and contemporary project management approaches, including Agile and hybrid frameworks, the course covers strategic alignment, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, resource optimization, performance measurement, and adaptive leadership. Through case studies and practical assignments, students enhance their ability to manage project constraints such as scope, cost, and schedule while mastering communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills critical for successful project delivery in dynamic environments.
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Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Q1) Until the 1980s, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top management in the military, computer, and construction industries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Responsibility assignment matrices and project organizational charts are examples of tools used in procurement management.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Ethics is a set of principles that guides decision making based on _____ of what is considered right and wrong.
Answer: personal values
Q4) Project management _____ describe the key competencies that project managers must develop.
Answer: knowledge areas
Q5) The term "_____" refers to work done in organizations to sustain the business. Answer: Operations
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Chapter 2: The Project Management Information
Technology
Context
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Q1) In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the most authority?
A) Functional
B) Project
C) Matrix
D) Circular
Answer: B
Q2) Which characteristic of organizational culture refers to the degree to which employees identify with the organization as a whole, rather than with their types of job or profession?
A) Member identity
B) People focus
C) Group emphasis
D) Unit integration
Answer: A
Q3) The last phase of the traditional project life cycle is the implementation phase.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Project Management Process Groups
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Q1) The kick-off meeting is always held before the business case and project charter are completed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What tool provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance?
A) scope statement
B) cost management plan
C) work breakdown structure
D) project charter
Answer: C
Q3) Which process includes measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan?
A) Planning
B) Monitoring and controlling
C) Executing
D) Initiating
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Project Integration Management
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Q1) Change requests are always made in writing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ involves determining long-term objectives by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses, studying opportunities and threats, predicting future trends, and projecting the need for new products and services.
Q3) Which section of the project plan lists the planned dates for completing key deliverables?
A) schedule
B) closing
C) budget
D) objectives
Q4) Many projects fail because of unclear requirements and expectations, so starting with a payback analysis makes a lot of sense.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The _____ is the discount rate that results in an NPV of zero for a project.
Q6) _____ factors include relevant government or industry standards, the organization's infrastructure, and marketplace conditions.
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Chapter 5: Project Scope Management
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Q1) The main outputs of _____are the project scope statement and updates to project documents.
Q2) Project scope statements must include the project boundaries, constraints, and assumptions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Subdividing the project deliverables into smaller pieces is known as _____.
Q4) Creating the _____ involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.
Q5) Which process involves generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization?
A) variance
B) benchmarking
C) prototyping
D) decomposition
Q6) Deliverables are only product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Project Schedule Management
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Q1) In the activity defining process, the project team should review the _____ and activity attributes with project stakeholders before moving on to the next step in project schedule management.
Q2) Network diagrams are the preferred technique for showing activity sequencing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a network diagram, a(n) _____ is the starting and ending point of an activity.
Q4) What term is used for the amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the planned project finish date?
A) total slack
B) free float
C) backward pass
D) forward pass
Q5) A drawback of the project management software is that it does not have the capacity to calculate the critical path(s) for a project.
A)True
B)False
Q6) _____ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.
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Chapter 7: Project Cost Management
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Q1) IT project managers must be able to present and discuss project information both in financial and technical terms.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A cost management plan can include organizational procedures links, control thresholds, and process descriptions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The formulas for variances and indexes start with EV, the earned value.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The main outputs of the _____ process are a cost performance baseline, project funding requirements, and project document updates.
Q5) _____ costing helps to see a big-picture view of the cost of a project throughout its life cycle.
Q6) The main output of the planning cost management process is a(n) _____.
Q7) The main outputs of the _____ process are activity cost estimates, basis of estimates, and project document updates.
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Chapter 8: Project Quality Management
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Q1) The main outputs of which process are a quality management plan, quality metrics, project management plan updates, and project documents updates?
A) controlling quality
B) planning quality management
C) quality certification
D) performing quality assurance
Q2) Which addresses how well a product or service performs the customer's intended use?
A) reliability
B) performance
C) maintainability
D) functionality
Q3) Genichi Taguchi's _____ methods focus on eliminating defects by substituting scientific inquiry for trial-and-error methods.
Q4) _____ are groups of nonsupervisors and work leaders in a single company department who volunteer to conduct group studies on how to improve the effectiveness of work in their department.
Q5) Complete the formula: sample size = 0.25 * ( _____ /acceptable error)<sup>2</sup>
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Chapter 9: Project Resource Management
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Q1) A RAM is used only to assign detailed work activities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What needs are at the bottom of Maslow's structure?
A) esteem
B) self-actualization
C) physiological
D) social
Q3) Which test presents subjects with a series of ambiguous pictures and asks them to develop a spontaneous story for each picture, assuming they will project their own needs into the story?
A) RAM
B) MBTI
C) TAT
D) RACI
Q4) Which concept refers to matching certain behaviors of the other person?
A) empathic listening
B) rapport
C) synergy
D) mirroring
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Chapter 10: Project Communications Management
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Q1) Rarely does the receiver interpret a message exactly as the sender intended.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is performance reporting? What are some methods used for performance reporting?
Q3) Good information technology project managers must have strong technical and communication skills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the concepts of informal methods for distributing information. How do they compare to formal methods for distributing information?
Q5) Communication becomes simpler when you increase the number of team members.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Status reports should be written in a consistent format, regardless of the stakeholders' needs.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What are the guidelines for conducting effective meetings?
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Chapter 11: Project Risk Management
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Q1) Risk events refer to specific, certain events that may occur to the detriment or enhancement of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) _____ is a document that contains results of various risk management processes.
Q3) Risk utility rises at a decreasing rate for a _____ person.
A) risk-seeking
B) risk-averse
C) risk-neutral
D) risk-indifferent
Q4) What are the basic response strategies for negative risks? Describe each strategy.
Q5) Which document contains results of various risk management processes; it is often displayed in a table or spreadsheet format?
A) risk register
B) influence diagram
C) process flow chart
D) work breakdown structure
Q6) _____ involves accepting the consequences should a risk occur.
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Chapter 12: Project Procurement Management
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Q1) What are some of the advantages that outsourcing offers which is encouraging many companies to adopt it?
Q2) A(n) _____ is also known as a tender or quote, short for quotation.
Q3) Procurement statements of work are an output of the _____ process.
Q4) Which process of project procurement management involves managing relationships with sellers, monitoring contract performance, making changes as needed, and closing contracts?
A) negotiating procurements
B) settling contracts
C) deciding on the services to procure
D) controlling procurements
Q5) What is the first step in project procurement management?
A) closing procurement management.
B) controlling procurements.
C) conducting procurements.
D) planning procurement management.
Q6) In unit pricing, the total value of the contract is a function of the quantities needed to complete the work.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Project Stakeholder Management
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Q1) Which process involves monitoring stakeholder relationships and adjusting plans and strategies for engaging stakeholders as needed?
A) planning stakeholder management
B) identifying stakeholders
C) managing stakeholder engagement
D) monitoring stakeholder engagement
Q2) Communication and interpersonal skills are important for successful project stakeholder management.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Stakeholders might change during a project due to employee turnover, partnerships, and other events.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Projects often do not cause any changes in an organization.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is a stakeholder register and what information must be included in it?
Q6) Identify and describe the processes involved in project stakeholder management.
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