2.01: Develop a project charter
Christian is a project manager and would like to gain an understanding of the customer's needs, the budget, and the milestones needed to achieve the project objectives. Which should he review?
A. business case
B. project baseline document
C. project charter
D. project plan
C. project charter
Kimberly has been asked to set up a timeline for each of the tasks necessary for her companies family day picnic to be successful. In the project management plan, this is called the:
A. Schedule Baseline
B. Cost Performance Baseline
C. Scope Baseline
D. Time Management Baseline
A. Schedule Baseline
Trey creates a project charter for a birthday party he is hosting. In his catering order, he requests three items: Cake, cookies, and coffee
The catering manager would refer to the cake, cookies, and coffee as the project:
a)change requests.
b)defect repairs.
c)deliverables.
d)work performance data.
c)deliverables.
George has described a project to rebuild an antique car. He has defined how much of his personal money he has saved to spend on this project. Kelly will be leading a team that will be executing the deliverables for the project. Who can approve the project?
a)project manager
b)project stakeholders
c)project sponsor
d)project team
c)project sponsor
Louise is signing off on the sale agreement paperwork so she can receive payment for the real estate project. What process is Louise undergoing?
a)historical information
b)lessons learned
c)project close
d)project termination
c)project close
A team is developing the project charter and is determining the valuable inputs used for completing the project. The input(s) that the team should least likely consider when developing the project charter would be the:
A. business case.
B. enterprise environmental factors.
C. project management plan.
D. project statement of work.
C. project management plan.
Kimberly is determining the how much money she has available for the food, entertainment, and facilities for her companies annual family day picnic. She will use this to help keep the project on budget. In the project management plan, this is the:
A. Cost Performance Baseline
B. Budgeting Baseline
C. Schedule Baseline
D. Scope Baseline
A. Cost Performance Baseline
6.A customer wishes that her website could display a Twitter feed based on the user login, an option excluded from the project scope. Glenn, the project manager for the website team, works extra hours outside his normal schedule to add this feature without charging more money. He is doing this to impress the customer, because she will renew the contract funding next month. The extra functionality that Glenn is adding outside the project scope is:
a)change control.
b)gifting.
c)gold plating.
d)scope creep.
c)gold plating.
After discovering that some project work failed to be performed according to plan, a project manager analyzes the situation. She then presents what needs to occur to correct the problems to Austin. Austin requests a change in the project to reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks. What type of change request is Austin making?
a)corrective action
b)defect repair
c)lessons learned
d)preventive action
d)preventive action
Stephanie is documenting the successes and failures of her team's project. This information will be used to inform future projects and is referred to as:
a)extinction.
b)integration.
c)lessons learned.
d)starvation.
c)lessons learned.
Jen is a construction project manager. Her current project has been halted due to a shortage in the demand for housing. The housing shortage impact on the success of the project can be referred to as:
A. business needs.
B. enterprise environment factors.
C. a project management plan.
D. a project statement of work.
B. enterprise environment factors.
Kimberly is deciding the details of her companies annual family day picnic deciding they will have food, entertainment for children and adults, and a family gift. She is putting these details into the project management plan. This information would be part of the:
A. Scope Baseline
B. Cost Performance Baseline
C. Schedule Baseline
D. Project Overview Baseline
A. Scope Baseline
Luke and his team have been working on a new home construction project. The project scope statement originally included a three bedroom and two-bathroom ranch-styled home. The customer called and asked to have a small shed built in the backyard with extra materials left from the home construction. This uncontrolled expansion without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is referred to as:
a)change control.
b)gifting.
c)gold plating.
d)scope creep.
d)scope creep.
A project manager has discovered that a project is outside the original scope. The project manager has requested a change to bring expected future performance of the project work back in line with the project management plan. What type of change implementation has the project manager requested?
a)corrective action
b)defect repair
c)lessons learned
d)preventive action
a)corrective action
Which activity must happen before a project can officially close?
a)The customer has to formally accept the final product.
b)The project manager must call a formal meeting of all stakeholders.
c)The project manager must plan a celebration.
d)The project team must be assigned to a new project.
a)The customer has to formally accept the final product.
Rodney is trying to prove to his parents that a college degree will be worth the investment. To justify the cost of the college degree, he prepares a document highlighting why the college degree is needed and the benefits to him once he completes the degree. The document Rodney is preparing is a:
A) business case.
B) business need.
C) customer request.
D) strategic plan.
A) business case.
A couple is planning a wedding. They begin to discuss and write down the
details of the wedding project. They determine a price they are willing to
pay for the invitations, photographer, and food. They also write down that
they would like an outdoor wedding ceremony. What is the couple
creating for their wedding project?
A. change control board
B. expert judgment
C. stakeholder registry
D. statement of work
D. statement of work
Anu is a project manager for a construction company building a new home for Mia. After two weeks of the project, Mia comes to Anu and asks for an additional bedroom to be added to the home project. Anu tells Mia that they will need to meet to discuss the project. This is known as:
a)change control.
b)gifting.
c)gold plating.
d)scope creep.
a)change control.
A customer calls the project manager and informs her of a minor change to a requirement on the project. What is the first thing that the project manager should do?
a)analyze the request and its costs on the project
b)ask the customer to provide a formal change request
c)instruct her team to implement the minor change
d)note the change in her weekly notes for review
b)ask the customer to provide a formal change request
Jen's company requires her to close out any contracts with outside vendors and perform a lesson learned activity with her team before releasing all resources for other projects. This output is commonly referred to as:
a)artifacts.
b)closure.
c)termination.
d)sign-off.
b)closure.
John is planning his wedding. He has never been married and seeks input from his sister, Lauren. Lauren owns her own wedding planning business. John is using which tool and technique to guide his wedding project?
A) change control board
B) customer request
C) expert judgment
D) stakeholder support
C) expert judgment
Alan has just been assigned as the project manager for a software development project his company has been awarded. He has been asked to create the project charter and send it to the project sponsor for approval. The main input he needs to develop the project charter is the project statement of work. What should Alan do to obtain the project statement of work?
A. He should create the project statement of work as the project manager.
B. He should contact the project sponsor or the customer for the statement of work.
C. He should look in the organizational assets to find the statement of work.
D. He should look in the environmental factors for the statement of work
B. He should contact the project sponsor or the customer for the statement of work.
Lauren is a project manager who is determining the need for a curriculum
project. She is researching the job market to make a business case for
the project. Which project management process is Lauren performing?
A. initiation
B. planning
C. execution
D. closing
A. initiation
Mary would like to add extra windows to the sunroom project she is having built onto her home. The extra windows were left out of the description she provided when the project began. What should Mary do next?
a)consult the project sponsor
b)delay the next scheduled inspection
c)implement the corrective changes
d)submit a change request
d)submit a change request
What do you not do during the lessons learned and project close?
a. Celebrate the closing of the project
b. Complain about others
c. Ensure all documents are complete
b. Complain about others