group roles in the project
Petrina sets up a timeline for the financial project she has been
assigned. In her timeline, she includes benchmarks and milestones for
her team to help keep the project on track. Petrina is establishing good
project:
time management.
Amy recently opened a business and realizes that she needs assistance with the multiple projects that her business is completing. Amy hires an accountant to manage all financial aspects of her projects. Which project management facilitating function is Amy practicing?
human resource
In the first week of soccer practice, two players got into an argument
over how a play should be run. Both players returned the next day and
worked out a compromise with their coach. The argument over how the
play should be run represents which stage of group development
storming
The organizational structure where the project manager has the least
amount of authority is a:
functional organization.
The ability of stakeholders to influence the project is typically highest at
which stage?
initiating
Lauren is a fashion director who is leading a magazine styling project.
She assigns roles to her team of stylists, makeup/hair artists, and
photographers. Lauren is considered the:
project manager.
David is planning an outdoor college soccer tournament and is expecting one hundred teams to attend. On the morning of the tournament, he
evaluates the weather to determine whether the tournament might need to be moved to the next day. David is evaluating the project:
risk
Tony, a member of a project team, has been noticing that the team's
members have been establishing specific roles for each other, and the
team is starting to achieve consensus about the group objective. Which
stage of group development is Tony's team experiencing?
norming
What type of organizational structure utilizes full-time project support
staff?
projectized organization
Alison holds weekly project team meetings to determine whether she
needs to crash any project activities to help keep the project on track.
What process stage is she in?
monitoring and controlling
Andrew is deciding on the details of a community service event for his
career technical service organization. He will lead his organization
through all stages of the life cycle by the end of this school year. Andrew
is assuming the role of a:
project manager
Lisa is working with her school’s FBLA club to create a budget for the upcoming dance. She recently took classes in Accounting and Personal Finance. Which facilitating function is Lisa exhibiting?
human resource
Senior graduation commencement ceremonies close the large project of high school course work. The group development stage when the class is broken apart is called:
adjourning
Kacie and Sarah both work at the same high school. Kacie works in the
CTE department and Sarah works in the Science department. Both Kacie
and Sarah work only within their department, and each has a vice-
principal she reports to. Kacie and Sarah work in a:
functional organization.
Andrew is the prom committee chairman. He is on-site at the prom to
make sure all vendors show up at the event and all vendors' activities are
falling within the scope of work contracted. Which process stage is
Andrew in?
executing
Jenna is in charge of planning and leading a community blood drive.
Jenna is considered the:
project manager
Bobby negotiated a discount on the delivery fees when he ordered additional tables and chairs for his event. Which facilitating function has Bobby exhibited?
procurement
where your team can hit its stride. Each team member understands everyone's strengths and weaknesses and they are familiar enough with each other to help.
what is performing
Jeff is a science teacher and Celeste is a computer programming teacher
at a high school. The school they work in allows them to co-teach lessons
based on their area of expertise. Their students are creating a program to
anticipate the temperature based on measurements taken for an
ecosystem prediction project. Jeff and Celeste work in which type of an
organizational structure?
matrix organization
Sierra is visiting and calling venues to see who is available to host her
parents' anniversary party. What process stage is she in?
executing
the process of planning and controlling the budget of a business.
cost manager
A project manager facilitates a two-way process that reaches a mutual
understanding by the participants. The facilitating function the project
manager is using is:
communications
the process of organizing tasks and processes surface interpersonal conflicts.
what is storming
Karen is a mechanical engineer who reports to the mechanical
engineering department lead, Mike. Nadine is a project manager in the
company who needs a mechanical engineer to assist with certain tasks
on her project. Mike transfers Karen to Nadine's team for two months to
complete the mechanical engineering tasks and then Nadine transfers
Karen back to Mike's team. Which type of organization structure do
Karen, Mike, and Nadine work in?
matrix organization
Andrew is the prom committee chairman. He is at the prom and realizes
that the meal delivered to the attendees was steak and not chicken.
Andrew makes the catering manager aware immediately that the chicken
meal was agreed upon, so the steak meal is outside the project scope.
Which project management process stage is Andrew in?
monitoring and controlling