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24 Cards in this Set
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The Initiating process includes which task? |
Approving a project and authorizing work to begin. |
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This person is responsible for authorizing the project to begin and signing the project charter. |
Project sponsor |
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Beginning one phase of a project before another has finished is an example of what? |
Fast Tracking |
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A primary role of the project manager includes informing this person of changes, status, conflicts, and issues on the project. |
The project sponsor |
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Which of the following is not a component of a high-level requirements document or product description? A) Historical data B) Problem statement C) Technical requirements D) Testing scenarios |
Testing scenarios |
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Which stakeholder assigns employees to the project? |
Functional manager |
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Which three of the following options are process groups in the project management process groups? A) Risk B)Initiating C) Monitoring and Controlling D) Procurement E)Scope F) Planning |
The five process groups are Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. Options A, D, and E are Knowledge Areas |
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This process is where the work of the project is performed. |
Executing |
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Which of the following is true concerning the project charter? |
Authorizes the start of the project work |
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You receive a confusing request from the marketing department to develop a new billing system. What is the first step you should take? |
You meet with the marketing person to identify and clarify the request. |
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Jack is a stakeholder on the project. He's quite enamored with the project and serves to provide enthusiasm, critiques, energy, communication, and motivation for your project. What is Jack's role? |
Project champion |
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You're working on a project to develop a client-server application. Your company's collections department will equip their field personnel with wireless tablet PCs that will connect with the server and database. The manager of the collections department brought the request forward. You work for the PMO and are managed by the director of administrative services. The IT department is managed by the director of IT. The telecommunications segments, including wireless, are managed by the director of telecommunications. Who is the project sponsor? |
The project sponsor is an individual who is authorized to expend the resources necessary to bring about the deliverables of the project. In this question, we really don't have enough information to make a good decision about identifying the project sponsor. |
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Identify the items that should not be included in a project charter. Choose two. A) Anticipated budget B) Project objectives C) High-level cost-benefit analysis D) Hardware needed E) Business case F) Project description G) Project title and description |
A) Anticipated budget E) Business case |
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Portions of the project will be performed by resources outside the organization. This requires a written document from an outside vendor indicating the type of work that needs to be done and the steps necessary to do them, along with the cost. What is this document called? |
The statement of work (SOW) |
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You're undertaking a new project in which users will connect to an application running on a server and post information to a database. At first glance, what types of IT resources do you think you'll need? |
You will need someone who can handle the database, someone to program the application code, and someone who can manage the server for you. |
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Randy is a key technical resource for your project. You've worked with Randy on past projects and have identified him in the project charter as one of the team members who will work on the project. The charter has been published, and there is great excitement about this project. You've scheduled a meeting to talk to Randy's functional manager next week. Which of the following conditions does this describe? |
Assumption |
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Pick 3 that best describe the term deliverable. A) Marks the completion of a project phase B) Has measurable outcomes or results C)Is a specific item that must be produced to consider the project complete D) Describes the characteristics of the product of the project E) Is documented in the project charter F) Is tangible and easily verified |
B) Has measurable outcomes or results C) Is a specific item that must be produced to consider the project complete F) Is tangible and easily verified |
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From the following options, select the one that does not describe a constraint. A) Project team actions are dictated. B) It may regard budget, resources, or schedule. C) Project team actions are restricted D) Project situations are believed to be true. |
It may regard budget, resources, or schedule. |
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This component of the project charter describes the characteristics of the product of the project. A) Milestones B) High-level deliverables C) Project description D) Goals and objectives |
Project Description |
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Your project is to be performed outdoors. You are only four days from the big event, and there is a hurricane headed for shore. This is an example of which of the following? |
Risk |
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Define a project sponsor and the stakeholders common to most projects. |
-A project sponsor is an executive in the organization who has the authority to allocate dollars and resources to the project. -A stakeholder is an organization or someone who has a vested interest in the project and has something to gain or lose from the project. Stakeholders include the sponsor, project manager, project team members, functional managers, customer, end users, and others with an interest in the project.
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Define the Initiating process |
Initiation authorizes the project to begin. |
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Explain the three categories of requirements. |
Functional requirements define how the user will interact with the system. Business requirements are the big picture of what the business wants from the system. Technical requirements define what the system does to perform the functional requirements. |
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Describe a project charter and list the key components. |
A project charter provides formal approval for the project to begin and authorizes the project manager to apply resources to the project. The key components are the problem statement, deliverables, milestones, costs, assumptions, constraints, risks, stakeholders, and project description.
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