Project Management
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Course Introduction
Project Management is a comprehensive course that introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices required to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control, and close projects across various industries. The course emphasizes the development of professional skills in project scope definition, resource allocation, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and performance measurement. Through both theoretical frameworks and practical case studies, students learn to apply project management methodologies and tools, such as Work Breakdown Structures, Gantt charts, and critical path analysis, to real-world scenarios. Effective communication, leadership, and team collaboration are highlighted as essential elements for leading projects to successful completion within constraints of scope, time, and cost. This course prepares students to manage both simple and complex projects, paving the way for roles as project managers or team members in diverse organizational environments.
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Successful Project Management with Microsoft Project 2010 5th Edition by Jack Gido
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Chapter 1: Project Management Concepts
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Q1) A network diagram is a hierarchical decomposition of the project scope into work elements to be executed to produce the project deliverables.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Projects are constrained only by the scope, schedule, and budget.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Resources can include people, organizations, equipment, materials, and facilities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The project objective requires completing the project work scope and producing all the deliverables by a certain time and within budget.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Identifying and Selecting Projects
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Q1) Every project that is identified is selected to be completed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The project title should be a code word even if the project is not confidential.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) The project objective in the project charter indicates the deliverable, schedule, and budget for a project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The reaction of an advocacy group is categorized as a negative consequence for a project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Developing Project Proposals
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Q1) A contractor should only respond to RFPs if they have the required resources already on their staff.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The contract must clearly spell out
A) the names of those responsible for tasks.
B) the number of contact hours the contractor must have with the customer.
C) the deliverables the contractor is expected to provide.
D) the level of risk acceptable by the contractor.
Answer: C
Q3) Project proposals are evaluated with a standard set of criteria.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Responding to follow-up communications may be viewed as an unfair advantage for contractors.
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 responsibility assignment matrix may use a P to designate _________ responsibility and an S to indicate _________ responsibility for a specific work item.
A) primary, support
B) permanent, sometimes
C) personnel, supply
D) primary, secondary
Q2) The work breakdown structure can include specifications regarding size, color, weight, or performance parameters, such as speed, uptime, throughput, processing time, or operating temperature range, that the project result must satisfy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The WBS should be decomposed to a level that identifies individual work packages for
A) each person that planned the project.
B) each resource assigned to the project.
C) the level of detail specified by the customer.
D) each specific deliverable listed in the project scope document.
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Chapter 5: Developing the Schedule
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Q1) A consistent time base, such as hours or days or weeks, should be used for all the estimated durations of activities in a network diagram.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When estimating resources for activities to estimate the activity's duration, the
A) availability of each resource has to be taken into account.
B) name of each resource has to be taken into account.
C) cost of each resource has to be taken into account.
D) security clearance of each resource has to be taken into account.
Q3) It is important to know what types of resources are available, in what quantities, and during what time periods to determine
A) that the project team will be larger than necessary to complete the project
B) how to enter resources into a project management information system.
C) if the right types of resources will be available in sufficient quantities during the time periods that the project requires.
D) that the project will be less expensive than estimated.
Q4) Schedule control involves four steps. List the four steps in order.
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Chapter 6: Resource Utilization
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Q1) Resource utilization charts based on each activity's latest 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.
Q2) Resource-limited scheduling will not extend the project completion time if necessary in order to keep within the resource limits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In addition to showing the technical constraints among activities, how does the network logic also take into account resource constraints?
A) Activities that use the same resource may not be able to occur in parallel to each other.
B) Activities that use different resources may be shown in a serial relationship.
C) The activities could be shown in a loop relationship.
D) Resources that are unlimited are not shown in a resource assignment.
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Chapter 7: Determining Costs, Budget, and Earned Value
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Q1) At the beginning of the project, it may not be possible to estimate the costs for all activities with a level of confidence regarding their accuracy. This is especially true for
A) projects with a short term.
B) longer-term projects.
C) projects that are similar to ones completed by the organization before.
D) projects with activities that are serially related.
Q2) Cost estimates should be unreasonable and excessive.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Equipment costs in the project costs estimate are for equipment
A) that the organization wants to have.
B) that is the latest upgrade, even if not needed for the project.
C) that must be purchased as part of the project.
D) needed by others in the organization that may not be assigned to the project.
Q4) Committed costs need to be treated in a special way so that the system
A) audits the amounts assigned.
B) periodically assigns a portion of their total cost to actual cost.
C) enters the amount of the cost one time at the end of the project.
D) enters the amount of the cost one time at the beginning of the project.
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Chapter 8: Managing Risk
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Q1) A risk is an uncertain event that, if it occurs,
A) must be accepted.
B) can jeopardize accomplishing the project objective.
C) must be avoided.
D) helps to achieve the project objective.
Q2) _______ is a list of the potential outcomes if the risk were to occur.
A) The mitigation plan
B) The priority order
C) The impact of a risk
D) The action trigger
Q3) _________ 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
Q4) Addressing risks proactively will increase the chances of accomplishing the project objective.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Closing the Project
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Successful projects should end with some type of A) recognition and celebration.
B) criticism review.
C) list of all the problems in the project.
D) letter to all the stakeholders about what went wrong.
Q3) Projects also can be terminated by the sponsor or customer due to satisfaction with the project progress.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Documentation of lessons learned should be done on an ongoing basis throughout the planning and performing phases of the project.
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) Good interpersonal skills are essential for a project manager.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The effective project manager has a commitment to limiting the training and development of people working on the project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An effective project manager develops and maintains the interpersonal relationships throughout the duration of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _________ involves selecting the project team members who are best qualified to perform each task and then empowering them to do it.
A) Consignment
B) Facilitation
C) Authorization
D) Delegation
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Chapter 11: The Project Team
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Q1) The purpose of team meetings is to discuss openly such questions as the following except
A) How are we working as a team?
B) What barriers are impeding teamwork (such as procedures, resources, priorities, or communications)?
C) What can we do to overcome these barriers and improve our teamwork?
D) How is the project progressing?
Q2) A project organization can take several steps to create and sustain a supportive and positive climate for diversity. These include all the following except
A) develop a written policy regarding diversity.
B) provide training about diversity in the workplace.
C) include diversity as a primary meeting agenda item.
D) have team meetings for members to get to know each other and value each other's differences.
Q3) To help you effectively manage your time, make effective use of waiting time. For example, carry reading material with you in case you get stuck in an airport.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Communication and Documentation
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Q1) All of the following are suggestions for improving listening skills except A) focus on the person talking.
B) interrupt the speaker to state clarification.
C) engage in active listening-provide verbal and nonverbal feedback to the person talking.
D) ask questions.
Q2) An e-mail may be appropriate as a follow-up to a face-to-face conversation or a phone call confirming decisions or actions rather than relying on a person's memory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Teleconferencing can help facilitate the sharing of information in a more interactive way than perhaps email.
A)True
B)False
Q4) At the start of the meeting, review the purpose of the meeting and the agenda. A)True
B)False
Q5) List some common barriers to effective listening:
Q6) List the most common types of project meetings.
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Chapter 13: Project Management Organizational Structures
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Q1) In __________, knowledge stays with the company, ready to be used on future projects.
A) an autonomous project organizational structure
B) a functional organizational structure
C) a matrix organizational structure
D) a project management office
Q2) In _________, the project team has full control over the resources, including authority over how the work gets done and by whom.
A) an autonomous project organizational structure
B) a functional organizational structure
C) a matrix organizational structure
D) a project management office
Q3) _________ allows efficient utilization of resources by having individuals from various functions assigned to work on specific projects.
A) an autonomous project organizational structure
B) a functional organizational structure
C) a matrix organizational structure
D) a project management office
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Chapter 14: Project Management Information Systems
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Q1) Integration and customization provide linkages with many other popular information systems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Some systems allow very basic integration with a few popular information systems, whereas others provide sophisticated integration with distributed databases and even object-oriented databases.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Although all modern project management information systems allow project information to be posted and shared directly through the internet, there is no variance in the web-based tools they contain.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most project management information systems allow for the customization of the user interface and the reports to suit the particular needs of a project.
A)True
B)False
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