Engineering Project Management
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Course Introduction
Engineering Project Management provides students with the principles, tools, and techniques necessary to effectively plan, execute, and control engineering projects. The course covers the project life cycle, project planning and scheduling, resource management, risk analysis, budgeting, leadership, and team dynamics. Emphasis is placed on the application of project management methodologies and best practices to real-world engineering scenarios, preparing students to manage both technical and human resources effectively, adapt to changing project environments, and ensure successful project delivery within scope, time, and budget constraints.
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Contemporary Project Management 4th Edition by Timothy Kloppenborg
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Q1) Some projects are considered successful if they reap business benefits like increased profitability,even if completed late or over budget.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A project manager needs to be concerned with achieving desired scope and quality (often called performance),subject to constraints of time and cost.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Once projects are completed,they will typically yield all of the following results EXCEPT:
A) a unique product or service
B) make or buy decisions
C) stakeholders whose interests are affected by the outcome
D) a primary deliverable along with supporting deliverables
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Project Selection and Prioritization
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Q1) A portfolio is defined as "projects,programs,subportfolios,and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic business objectives"
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) All of the following represent appropriate sources to identify new potential projects
EXCEPT:
A) existing and potential customers
B) the operations staff within the organization
C) industry and trade journals
D) lessons learned from previous projects
Answer: D
Q3) To accomplish portfolio management,executives need to identify,select,prioritize,resource and govern an appropriate portfolio of projects and other work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Chartering Projects
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Q1) In the project charter,what types of resources might be estimated and how detailed should the project budget or resource requirements be? Give some examples of how they might be expressed.
Answer: Key concepts to be covered in the response could include,but are not limited to: Executives consider projects to be investments. The scope overview and business case sections of the charter describe the return expected,while the resources section describes what will be invested. These sections collectively help decision makers determine if they project is worth approving. Resources include the workers,tools,equipment,and anything else needed to execute the project. Since executives consider projects to be investments of resources,they will want a rough estimate.This can be an estimate of the amount of staff time,equipment,or materials that are in short supply,and/or the amount of money that is required. Since there is only a very general understanding of the project at this point,any budget will be approximate and should be stated as such by calling it a preliminary budget and including the level of confidence one has in the estimate.
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Chapter 4: Organizational Capability: Structure, Culture and Roles
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Q1) Which of the following is an advantage associated with the matrix organization?
A) Increased knowledge transfer between projects.
B) Unity of command - one "boss" for each employee.
C) Shorter response times and quicker decisions.
D) Hard to monitor and control.
Q2) Subject matter experts often perform specific project activities when necessary.Which of the following statements regarding subject matter experts is accurate?
A) The number of subject matter experts is generally limited to fewer than the number of core team members.
B) The subject matter experts are typically assigned to the project from start to finish.
C) The subject matter experts may not relate strongly to a project due to the temporary nature of their involvement.
D) Subject matter experts are brought in for meetings and for performing specific project activities when necessary.
Q3) How would the role of a project manager be different in an agile project life cycle,versus a plan-driven or traditional project life cycle?
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Chapter 5: Leading and Managing Project Teams
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Q1) All of the following are among the methods project managers can use to develop individual and team capabilities EXCEPT:
A) teach personal responsibility
B) demand situational leadership
C) utilize coercive powers
D) demonstrate personal leadership
Q2) It is argued that project teams progress through five stages of team development.Which of the following sequences best represents this progression?
A) forming, norming, storming, performing, reforming
B) forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
C) forming, storming, norming, performing, reforming
D) forming, performing, reforming, norming, adjourning
Q3) All of the following represent common methods for making decisions on contemporary project teams EXCEPT:
A) The project manager or sponsor makes the decision.
B) One or two team members recommend or make the decision.
C) The project team votes to make the decision.
D) The steering team reviews the project data and makes the decision.
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Chapter 6: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Planning
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Q1) The sponsor,project manager and team can establish powerful relationships with key stakeholders.This starts with an understanding of what motivates each stakeholder,which can be summarized by the old saying ______:
A) the early bird catches the worm.
B) what gets planned gets done.
C) you get what you pay for.
D) what's in it for me?
Q2) Describe the importance of project communications,and the essential factors to be considered when creating a project communications plan.
Q3) Explain the principle of knowledge management,and the importance of developing and maintaining a lessons learned knowledge base.
Q4) Communications to stakeholders are necessary for which of the following reasons?
A) to help them take ownership of the project and make timely decisions
B) to keep them at arms length so progress can continue
C) to shift the burden of risk from the project team to the stakeholders
D) to provide input to team performance reviews
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Chapter 7: Scope Planning
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Q1) The overall project is considered to be the first level of the WBS.All of the following methods can be used to organize the second level of the WBS EXCEPT:
A) Organized by project phase.
B) Organized by design components / deliverables.
C) Organized by work function./ subproject
D) Organized by activities and tasks
Q2) A Work Breakdown Structure must be decomposed at least four levels in order to be effective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the information below would NOT typically be included in the WBS dictionary for a specific work package?
A) description of the work
B) communication requirements
C) activities
D) expected duration
Q4) Explain how scope is defined on agile projects.
Q5) What are some of the benefits of creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
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Chapter 8: Scheduling Projects
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Q1) To use the enumeration method of determining the critical path,we list or enumerate all of the paths through the network.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following statements correctly describe an advantage or disadvantage associated with the use of Monte Carlo Analysis EXCEPT:
A) The flexibility of Monte Carlo Analysis allows for more realistic estimates.
B) Monte Carlo simulation aids in the identification of near-critical paths.
C) Monte Carlo simulations typically require the use of special software and skills.
D) Monte Carlo simulations do not consider risks
Q3) All of the following strategies can help a project team to develop realistic time estimates for project activities EXCEPT:
A) Add a significant buffer of time to each activity
B) Keep in mind time constraints such as learning curves, interruptions and competing priorities
C) Estimate times of completion of work without initial reference to a calendar
D) Verify all time estimates with the people doing the work
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Chapter 9: Resourcing Projects
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Q1) Consider the project crashing information presented in Figure 8-4.What is the incremental cost to achieve a one-day reduction in the duration of this project in the most cost efficient manner?
A) $ 30
B) $ 35
C) $ 40
D) $ 60
Q2) Crashing is a project schedule compression technique that expedites a project by executing activities at the same time that ordinarily would be done one after the other.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What should a project manager's considerations be when resourcing projects?
Q4) Estimate Activity Resources is the process of assessing all types of resourcespeople,materials,tools,and equipment (along with quantities)- required for each activity to complete it as specified in project scope.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What methods could a project manager use to resolve resource overloads?
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Chapter 10: Budgeting Projects
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Q1) All of the following factors must be in place in order to develop an analogous estimate effectively EXCEPT:
A) An organization must know details behind the time value of money.
B) An organization must know how and to what extent the proposed project differs from the previous project.
C) An organization must have experience in performing similar projects.
D) An organization must know how much previous projects actually cost.
Q2) A milestone is a typical measuring point used when establishing cost control.Which of the following does NOT accurately describes the use of cost control milestones?
A) Project managers can use their cash flow projections to determine the funding needed to reach each milestone.
B) Project managers and sponsors often decide the number of milestones jointly.
C) Milestones are often identified in the project charter.
D) Milestones are developed during risk planning.
Q3) Project managers should not lie to themselves or others regarding project costs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Project Risk Planning
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Q1) The purpose of risk management is to eliminate all project risk.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project is known as Project Risk Absorption Methodology (PRAM).
A)True
B)False
Q3) The primary output of Identify Risks is the Risk Identification Matrix (RIM).
A)True
B)False
Q4) The risk register is a living document and new risks can be added as they are discovered.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Plan Risk Responses is the process of developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Quality Planning and Project Kick-Off
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Q1) Deming,Juran,Crosby and Taguchi are among the thought leaders who introduced ideas that fueled the quality revolution.Briefly identify and describe important ideas and concepts that each of these thought leaders contributed.
Q2) W.Edwards Deming argued that managers must understand cause and effect relationships to predict future behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these is a measurement used to ensure customers receive acceptable products or deliverables?
A) voice of the customer
B) root cause analysis
C) quality metric
D) benchmarking
Q4) Just as total quality dramatically changed general management in the 1990s,agile is dramatically changing project management in the 2010s.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Project Supply Chain Management
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the PMBOK Guide's three project procurement management processes?
A) Conduct procurements
B) Plan supply chain management
C) Manage logistics
D) Conduct Make-or-Buy Analysis
Q2) All of the following entities are typically included in the supply chain EXCEPT:
A) suppliers
B) public relations
C) consumers
D) project team
Q3) During procurement planning,the project team determines which needs can best be met by acquiring products and services from an outside provider,and which can be accomplished by the team.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the PMBOK Guide,the Project Procurement Management knowledge area includes three processes.Identify and briefly describe each of these processes.
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Chapter 14: Determining Project Progress and Results
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Q1) Quality control activities generally include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Management by objectives
B) Deliverable peer reviews
C) Inspection
D) Testing
Q2) Control quality is the forward-looking process of using and improving the quality plan and policy to perform tasks that will most likely lead to creating project outputs to customers' satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When project managers authorize work,they should empower others to the extent possible,yet control them to the extent necessary.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Monitoring and controlling project work refers to the processes of tracking,reviewing and reporting progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project plan.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Finishing the Project and Realizing the Benefits
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Q1) Sometimes a project is terminated before its normal completion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) On long projects it is often better to capture lessons frequently since people may not remember clearly what happened several months previously.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On some projects,some deliverables remain incomplete at project close-out.Activities that are not complete should be itemized,and responsibility for each should be clearly identified.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some project sponsors will only approve a project charter if it includes and reflects lessons learned from other recently completed projects.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is "validate scope" and why is it important to the project?
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