Project
Managing Projects
The Plan
Development Methodologies
Risk
100
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.
What is a project?
100
PMO stands for this.
What is Project Management Office?
100
It identifies the beginning and end dates and breaks the work into phases.
What is a project plan?
100
______ is the set of activities to create an Information System.
What is systems development?
100
Project risk is a function of clarity, size and this.
What is complexity?
200
Individuals and organizations that are either involved in or have interests in the results of a project.
What are project stakeholders?
200
The project manager must balance these 3 things to maintain project QUALITY.
What is TIME, COST and SCOPE?
200
The three most common approaches for developing a project plan are _____, ______, and Gantt.
What is What is Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM).
200
SDLC stands for this.
What is Systems Development Life Cycle?
200
The two main steps to manage risk include ______ and _____.
What is Assess Risk and take actions to Control Risk? But first you have to identify risks.
300
To sustain the enterprise, formal, repetitive and on-going are characteristics of this.
What are day-to-day operations?
300
Project support; PM process and methodology; training; PM home base; internal consulting and mentoring; PM software tools and support; and portfolio management are functions provided by this office.
What is the Project Management Office (PMO)?
300
Gantt charts use diamonds to indicate this.
What is a milestone?
300
This SDLC identifies 7 phases: Initiation, Requirements Definition, _____, _____, _____, _____, and Maintenance.
What is Functional Design, Technical Design/Construction, Verification and Implementation?
300
One way to mitigate complexity risks.
What is utilizing consultants and vendors with specific technical skills, or leveraging technical skills of the team, or good communications about project progress?
400
The resources for a project typically come from this source.
What is the project sponsor?
400
Besides project management, these are the 3 other elements that make up a project.
What is a project team, a project cycle plan and a common project vocabulary?
400
All projects are divided into these three broad categories.
What is the requirements definition period, production period and deployment period?
400
This method uses an iterative approach for developing information systems
What is Agile Development?
400
To increase clarity on a project these 3 things must be done.
What is define system requirements, manage project stakeholders and sustain commitment to projects?
500
Typically, this role this person fulfills is at the center of a project and directs all activity surrounding the project.
Who is the project manager?
500
The ______, ______ and _____ are three of the eight skills that a project manager needs to have.
What is identifying requirements, defining team structure, assigning team members, measuring project status, managing project risks, making the project visible to general management, provide project control, taking corrective action when needed.
500
The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines these five phases in a project lifecycle.
What is initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling and closing.
500
Three of the other development methodologies and approaches include _____, _____, and ____.
What are Prototyping, JAD, RAD, Object-Oriented Development, and Open Source Approach.
500
Typically project success is determined by being on time and in budget. This is one other aspect that determines success.
What is customer satisfaction, increased sales, or building for future opportunity/growth?
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