Project Management Test 4.13

Front 1

In termination by __________, project assets are transferred from the dying project to a newly born division.

Back 1

addition

Front 2

When a decision is made to terminate a project by __________, the most noticeable event is that all activity on the substance of the project ceases.

Back 2

extinction

Front 3

The __________ stage of the project rarely has much impact on the technical success or failure of the project.

Back 3

termination

Front 4

In termination by __________, project assets are distributed among the existing elements of the parent organization.

Back 4

integration

Front 5

In general, the problems of __________ are inversely proportional to the level of experience that the parent organization has had with the project’s technology, regardless of which technology is associated with the project.

Back 5

integration

Front 6

Which of the following is a nontechnical reason why a project might be terminated?

Back 6

politics

Front 7

Project managers should communicate to their team members that retirement while still on-the-job and __________ will not be tolerated.

Back 7

tenure-for-life

Front 8

The __________ section of a final report should provide details regarding effective and ineffective practices of the administrators.

Back 8

administrative performance

Front 9

All of the following are responsibilities of the termination manager EXCEPT:

Back 9

ensuring that documentation is stopped before completion.

Front 10

It is more important to select a project manager who has __________.

Back 10

strong managerial skills or training

Front 11

During project termination, personnel performance evaluations should be prepared by the __________ or whoever supervised the work of each individual team member, not by a specially appointed termination manager.

Back 11

project manager

Front 12

During the implementation of project termination, the __________ should ensure that the client acknowledges acceptance of the project.

Back 12

termination manager

Front 13

Institutionalizing a project at termination by making it a formal part of the parent organization is an example of termination by __________.

Back 13

addition

Front 14

Termination by starvation happens when decrements to the budget are large enough to prevent __________ on the project and to force the reassignment of many project team members.

Back 14

further progress

Front 15

Termination by __________ is the most common and complex way of dealing with the closeout of successful projects.

Back 15

integration

Front 16

Two important characteristics of termination by __________, premeditated or not, are the suddenness of project demise and the lack of obvious signals that death is imminent.

Back 16

murder

Front 17

Most studies have shown that the factors associated with project success or failure is different across different industries and the various types of projects.

Back 17

True

Front 18

Sunk costs should not be considered when making investment decisions.

Back 18

True

Front 19

Special termination managers are not very useful in completing the long and involved process of shutting down the project.

Back 19

False

Front 20

The project performance section of the final project report provides a comparison of what the project achieved with what the project tried to achieve.

Back 20

True

Front 21

The fundamental purpose of the final project report is to improve future projects.

Back 21

True

Front 22

The termination stage of the project rarely has much impact on ________.

Back 22

Technical success or failure of the project

Front 23

When a decision is made to terminate a project by extinction, the most noticeable event is that ________.

Back 23

All activity on the substance of the project ceases

Front 24

In termination by addition, project assets are ________.

Back 24

Transferred from the dying project to the newly born division

Front 25

In termination by integration, project assets are ________.

Back 25

Distributed among the existing elements of the parent organization

Front 26

In general, the problems of integration are ________ to the level of experience that the parent organization has had with the technology being integrated and to the successful integration of other projects, regardless of technology.

Back 26

Inversely proportional

Front 27

During the implementation of project termination, if personnel performance evaluations are required, they should be prepared by the ________.

Back 27

Project manager or the immediate supervisor of each individual team member

Front 28

During the implementation of project termination, the termination manager should ensure that ________.

Back 28

Formal acceptance of the project is acknowledged by the client

Front 29

Most studies have shown that the factors associated with project success or failure ________ the various types of projects.

Back 29

Are different across different industries and

Front 30

The special case of termination by extinction wherein the project experiences a sudden demise even though obvious signals were lacking that death was imminent is known as ________.

Back 30

termination by murder

Front 31

If a project is a major success and it is terminated by institutionalizing it as a formal part of the parent organization, this is an example of termination by ________.

Back 31

addition

Front 32

Termination by ________ is the most common way of dealing with successful projects, and the most complex.

Back 32

integration

Front 33

Termination by ________ happens when decrements to the budget are large enough to prevent further progress on the project and to force the reassignment of many project team members.

Back 33

starvation

Front 34

A ________ cost is not relevant to current investment decisions.

Back 34

sunk

Front 35

Special ________ managers are sometimes useful in completing the long and involved process of shutting down the project.

Back 35

termination

Front 36

A good project management system will have a ________ that should be documented in the project final report.

Back 36

memory

Front 37

The ________ section of the final project report is a comparison of what the project achieved with what the project tried to achieve.

Back 37

project performance

Front 38

The ________ section of the final project report contains a review of administrative practices.

Back 38

administrative performance

Front 39

The ________ section of the final project report contains comments regarding how the organizational structure aided or impeded the progress of the project

Back 39

organizational structure

Front 40

The fundamental purpose of the final project report is to ________

Back 40

improve future projects

Front 41

Bringing the project into the organization as a separate, ongoing entity is called ________.

Back 41

termination by addition

Front 42

The end of all activity on a project without extending it in some form is referred to as ________.

Back 42

extinction

Front 43

Bringing the project activities into the organization and distributing them among existing functions is referred to as ________.

Back 43

termination by integration

Front 44

Cutting a project's budget sufficiently to stop progress without actually killing the project is referred to as ________.

Back 44

termination by starvation

Front 45

The ________ is an administrator responsible for wrapping up the administrative details of a project.

Back 45

termination manager

Front 46

Discuss the conditions where it can be said that a project has been terminated.

Back 46

A project can be said to be terminated when work on the substance of the project has ceased or slowed to the point that further progress on the project is no longer possible, when the project has been indefinitely delayed, when its resources have been deployed to other projects, or when project personnel (especially the PM) become personae non gratae with senior management and in the company lunchroom.

Front 47

Name the four fundamentally different ways to close out a project.

Back 47

The four fundamentally different ways to close out a project are: extinction, addition, integration, and starvation.

Front 48

Identify some of the more important aspects of the transition from project to integrated operation that must be considered when the project functions are distributed.

Back 48

Aspects to consider include: personnel, manufacturing, accounting/finance, engineering, information systems/software, marketing, purchasing, distribution, legal, and administrative procedures.

Front 49

Identify a few of the fundamental reasons why some projects fail to produce satisfactory results.

Back 49

Reasons include: a project organization is not required; there is insufficient support from senior management; the wrong person was selected as project manager; and a poor plan was used to execute a project.

Front 50

Identify the two generic categories of decision-making models used for making project termination decisions.

Back 50

First, there are models that base the decision on the degree to which the project qualifies against the set of factors generally held to be associated with successful (or failed) projects. Second, there are models that base the decision on the degree to which the project meets the goals and objectives set for it.