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Individuals and organizations who are actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected as a result of project execution or successful project completion.
Categorize this task into one of the phases: Obtain project sponsor approval.
1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Closing
1. Initiation
Give an example of a task that's done during the initiation phase?
Assigning roles and responsibilities, defining the goal, evaluating feasibility analysis, project charter.
What is the name of the table you create where you outline team roles and responsibilities?
a Gantt chart
What are the 4 phases of a project?
Initiation, Planning, Executing, and Closing.
What is project scope?
the part of project that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines.
Categorize this task into one of the phases: Monitor project progress.
1. Execution
2. Initiation
3. Planning
4. Closing
3. Execution
Give an example of a company or a profession that has adopted a classic organizational structure.
Approach, a teacher, the army, government agencies, hospitals.
What do we call the job title above the project manager?
A program manager
What is a PMO?
Project Management Office (PMO)
What are deliverables?
A project deliverable is an outcome of a task, so project documents such as a project plan, a project charter or a project scope statement can be considered project deliverables. Besides key project documents like those, project management reports like status reports, budget reports or progress reports are also deliverables.
Categorize this task into one of the phases: Perform risk analysis.
1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Closing
2. Planning
What is the name of the table you create during the project initiation?
A project charter
How are goals created?
Using the SMART format.
What are some ways that organizational structure can impact the role of a project manager? List 2 ways.
Their access to resources, Their level of authority, Their approach to getting approvals
What is a milestone?
A project milestone is used to mark something big in the project, so a milestone could occur with a deliverable. But milestones are often used to indicate the completion of a project phase. You wouldn’t call moving from project planning to project execution a deliverable, though it’s made up of deliverables, which usually come at the end of a task.
Categorize this task into one of the phases: Conduct a lessons-learned session.
1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Closing
4. Closing
Which of the following is a key characteristic of Agile project management?
a) Sequential and linear approach
b) Detailed upfront planning
c) Minimal customer involvement throughout the development process
d) Iterative and incremental development
d) Iterative and incremental development
What's the difference between waterfall and agile methodology?
Waterfall follows a linear and sequential process, with detailed upfront planning, and is best suited for projects with stable and well-defined requirements. In contrast, Agile is iterative and adaptive, allowing for incremental development, continuous customer involvement, and flexibility to accommodate changing requirements
What is the difference between a deliverable and a milestone?
Milestones represent the completion of a major stage in a project that requires the commitment of a certain amount of time, resources and effort. Deliverables indicate the quantifiable item that was created during this commitment of time, resource and effort.
Explain what a matrix organizational structure is.
the matrix organizational structure is just a way of relaying information between all team members across multiple departments.
Categorize this task into one of the phases: Perform quality assurance.
1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Closing
3. Execution
Which project management approach is characterized by a flexible, iterative development process, continuous customer collaboration, and adaptability to changing requirements?
a) Agile
b) Waterfall
c) Lean Six Sigma
d) Kanban
a) Agile
What are some ways that organizational structure can impact the role of a project manager? List 2 ways.
Their approach to getting approvals, Their level of authority, Their access to resources
Why is it important for a project manager in a Matrix organization to clearly define roles and responsibilities?
Because project managers can have the same level of authority as functional managers.
Because employees may report to more than one person and have multiple responsibilities across teams