Project Origination
Projects are generally classified into these 2 types
Enterprise & Client Specific
This should be the goal of any IT project
Business value to clients
Project has been approved and you are about to have a Kick off in a couple of days. You mark the project as
"Discovery"
When a client asks for a project it should always start with a ticket
False.
This role is primarily accountable for the project
Project Manager
A good amount of slack to build in a project schedule is x %
10%
Enterprise projects are reviewed & scored by this group prior to execution
Technology Steering Committee
You find yourself doing less of the PM work and more of the hands on work. It's time to do this now:
Ask for help from your team/escalate to IT mgmt.
You are the PM for an exciting enterprise project. When will you communicate on the Intranet?
As soon as the project starts, to build excitement
This process is used by IT to determine what projects gets done in a quarter
Resource Loading
It's OK for staff hours to go up as long as contractor hours are under budget as they are not hard $ costs
False
How often will you run the hours report for a project?
At least weekly
This process is used by IT to determine if a client specific project will be taken up for execution.
Alignment to strategy followed by estimation & approval by client.
This is the # of hours for an estimate to qualify as a project
~40
How will you get formal feedback after a project is completed?
Through the lessons learned meeting & the post project survey.