Introduction to Project Management
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Project Management provides students with a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts, techniques, and tools used in managing projects across various industries. This course explores the project life cycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure, while emphasizing key areas such as scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder management. Students will learn about project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and the critical roles and responsibilities of a project manager. The course also covers contemporary methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall, and introduces essential software tools for project tracking and collaboration. Through case studies and practical exercises, students will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to lead successful projects from conception to completion.
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Successful Project Management 6th Edition by Jack Gido
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Chapter 1: Project Management Concepts
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of a project?
A)Starting-up a restaurant
B)Creating a website for a company
C)Raising money for a disaster relief trip
D)Emptying the recycling everyday
Answer: D
Q2) A plan must be developed that identifies and assesses potential risks, determines the likelihood of occurrence and potential impacts of risks, and delineates responses for dealing with risks
A)risk development
B)risk management
C)risk mitigation
D)risk avoidance
Answer: B
Q3) A work breakdown structure shows the necessary sequence and dependent relationships of the detailed activities for a project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Identifying and Selecting Projects
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Q1) Surveys of stakeholders can be used to gather only quantitative data.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The constraints for a project include the requirement to outsource due to the organization's lack of having expertise with its own staff.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The success criteria in the project charter indicate the expected benefits of the project including what the expectations are for project success.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) The RFP should state what deliverables the customer expects the contractor to provide.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Developing Project Proposals
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Q1) Cost-reimbursement contracts are most appropriate for projects that
A)take less than one year to complete.
B)are with customers that want a single payment date.
C)are well defined and entail little risk.
D)involve risk.
Answer: D
Q2) The customer can terminate the contract according to requirements in the contract.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Indirect costs of doing business are included in proposals where the customer permits the charging of indirect costs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Local travel is usually not included in the project costs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence
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Q1) The lowest-level work item of any one branch is called
A)a work package.
B)a deliverable.
C)an assignment.
D)a product.
Q2) Clear, ambiguous acceptance criteria for all deliverables are important because they are the basis for verifying that the project scope has been completed in accordance with the customer's requirements and expectations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A change in responsibility, that is, a different person or organization takes over responsibility for continuing the work, it should define
A)the end of one activity and the start of other activities in the network diagram.
B)predecessor activities in a network diagram.
C)activities in the network diagram that must be completed serially.
D)activities in the network diagram that that must be completed concurrently.
Q4) Describe the quality standards that must be included or referenced in the quality plan.
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Chapter 5: Developing the Schedule
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Q1) Each organization or subcontractor responsible for a group or type of activities should always designate an inexperienced individual to estimate the durations for all the activities for which the organization or subcontractor is responsible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Earliest start time ES) is the earliest time at which a specific activity can begin
A)calculated on the basis of the project estimated start time and the estimated durations of preceding activities.
B)calculated on the basis of the project estimated finish time and the estimated durations of preceding activities.
C)calculated on the basis of the project estimated start time and the estimated durations of succeeding activities.
D)calculated on the basis of the project estimated start time and the estimated durations of approaching activities.
Q3) Throughout a project, changes may occur that have an impact on the schedule.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Resource Utilization
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Q1) Given this project and the requirement that the number of resources working on a task cannot be less than the number assigned to the task, answer the following question.What is the least number of resources that can be assigned to the project if all five tasks occur in parallel?
A)24 workers
B)1.5 workers per day
C)7 workers
D)2 workers
Q2) Resource utilization charts based on each activity's earliest start time are said to be based
A)on availability times.
B)an as-late-as-possible ALAP) schedule.
C)on an as-soon-as-possible ASAP) schedule.
D)on a limited schedule plan.
Q3) If resources are to be considered in planning, it is necessary to
A)when each is taking vacation time or time off.
B)know the name of each resource on the project.
C)list all the projects to which the resources have been assigned.
D)indicate the amounts and types of resources needed to perform each activity.
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Chapter 7: Determining Costs, Budget, and Earned Value
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Q1) The for the entire project or each work package provides a baseline against which actual cost and work performance can be compared at any time during the project.
A)total budgeted cost TBC)
B)cumulative budgeted cost CBC)
C)cumulative earned value CEV)
D)cumulative actual cost CAC)
Q2) Plot curves on the same graph to reveal any trends toward improving or deteriorating cost performance.
A)AC, TBC, EV
B)actual cost and budgeted cost
C)CBC, CAC, and CEV
D)CBC, PV, and BCWS
Q3) The project cost estimate is allocated to
A)the various work packages in the project work breakdown structure.
B)the resources in the project.
C)the committed costs in the project.
D)the stakeholders.
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Chapter 8: Managing Risk
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Q1) includes determining which risks may adversely affect the project objective and what the impact of each risk might be if it occurs.
A)Risk modification
B)Risk avoidance
C)Risk identification
D)Risk acceptance
Q2) Risks ____ should be given higher priority because if the risk occurs, it would have a greater impact on the schedule than if it was associated with activities on a path that has a large positive value of total slack.
A)that occur first in the project
B)that affect the most costly activities
C)on the critical path
D)that affect the activities near the end of the project
Q3) Addressing risks proactively will increase the chances of accomplishing the project objective.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Establishing risk categories may help to identify and evaluate risks.List some categories to help identify risks.
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Chapter 9: Closing the Project
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Q1) The project team should wait until the end of the project to capture and document lessons learned.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of closing the project involves various actions, including
A)identifying which resources to use for the project.
B)collecting and making final payments.
C)adding in extra work if the project hasn't spent all the funds.
D)replenishing office supplies that may not have been used on the project.
Q3) Projects also can be terminated by the sponsor or customer due to a project return on investment increase.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Projects also can be terminated by the sponsor or customer for financial situations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What type of knowledge base system should be established by the project organization?
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Chapter 10: The Project Manager
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Q1) In informal conversations, the project manager should use open-ended questions and do a lot of listening.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Good project managers spend more time talking than listening.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The project manager has primary responsibility for in planning, organizing, and controlling the work effort to accomplish the project objective.
A)doing the paperwork
B)making all the decisions
C)providing leadership
D)impeding
Q4) The project manager should never provide coaching.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Get a mentor to develop the skills necessary to be an effective project manager.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Project Team
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Q1) To help you effectively manage your time, at the end of each week, identify several two to five) goals that you wanted to accomplish the past week.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the stage of team development, members frequently collaborate and willingly help each other.
A)forming
B)norming
C)storming
D)performing
Q3) Team building is the responsibility of
A)both the project manager and the project team.
B)the project manager.
C)the project team.
D)the organization's management.
Q4) Team members can also do things to support valuing diversity and the contributions of all team members.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Communication and Documentation
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Q1) If everything is not covered then the meeting should overrun the scheduled meeting time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Possible elements of a include documents, author or originator or person responsible for creating the documents, required date or frequency for document completion and distribution, recipients for documents in distribution list, actions required, and comments related to each document.
A)project document plan
B)project communication plan
C)project revision plan
D)project performance plan
Q3) The project manager should dominate rather than facilitate the meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Throughout a project, various project documents will be revised to incorporate changes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the most common types of project meetings.
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Chapter 13: Project Management Organizational Structures
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Q1) reduces duplication and overlap of activities.
A)An autonomous project organizational structure
B)A functional organizational structure
C)A matrix organizational structure
D)A project management office
Q2) A disadvantage of a matrix organizational structure is that a company that uses a matrix organization structure must establish operating guidelines to assure a the balance of power between project managers and functional managers favors one or the other.
A)True
B)False
Q3) provides the benefits associated with specialization and functional excellence.
A)An autonomous project organizational structure
B)A functional organizational structure
C)A matrix organizational structure
D)A project management office
Q4) A disadvantage of an autonomous project organizational structure is that individuals are dedicated to working on one project.
A)True
B)False
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