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Types of Project Termination
Natural Termination - The Closeout Process
Early Termination for Projects
Preparing the Final Project Report
Acronyms
100
The community spent a day raising Joseph Stoltzfus' barn and by the time the sun was down, he was ready to put his horses in the stalls. This project is an example of termination by
What is extinction
100
Under a(n) ________ contract, the project company must run the installation for a while to ensure that all technical features check out
What is BOT
100
Business benefits are often crucial; so many projects must first clear ________ as a criterion for their selection and startup.
What is Return on Investment (ROI)
100
Administrative performance review is an important component of the final project report. Which item is a key facet of administrative performance
What is the method of determining the number of signatures in the change order process
100
AOA
What is Activity – On – Arrow
200
The three credit hour Paris Study Tour was extremely popular for two reasons: the class focused solely on popular tourist destinations rather than business disciplines and they went to Paris. Rather than disband the project team, the Paris group became a formal International Experience group within the college, resulting in its termination by
What is addition
200
The project contractor takes initial ownership of the project for a specified period under a(n) ________ contract
What is BOOT
200
Project termination issues can be categorized into ________ and ________.
What is emotional and intellectual
200
The final project report should answer questions related to project performance, such as
What is how the project fared compared to baseline schedule and budget.
200
AON
What is Activity – On – Node
300
Activity and funding for the CEO's pet project stopped during the economic downturn and even after her retirement the file remained open. A few years and 30% turnover later, many employees didn't know the purpose of the half-finished obelisk in the cafeteria. The obelisk was fated to a permanent half-finished state thanks to its termination by
What is starvation
300
At the conclusion of a project it is common to reflect on new knowledge and experience for the project company in hopes of carrying this knowledge and experience forward for the benefit of future projects. These self-assessments are commonly referred to as
What are lessons learned
300
________ can be made by a client when there is not a contractual basis for a lawsuit but they consider that because of some unexpected event there is a moral or commercial obligation on the project organization to pay compensation
What are ex-gratia claims?
300
The primary goal in requiring a project final report is to:
What is lay the groundwork for successful future projects
300
CPM
What is Critical Path Method
400
The departmental patriarch spent his last years at the university developing and promoting the Student Portfolio Project, that required all departmental faculty to create integrated course projects and maintain a database of their students' work. New graduates could refer their prospective employers to the Student Portfolio Project database to mine examples of their work. The patriarch retired, funding and effort dried up, and the project lingered in a few syllabi and on the department's web site for a year or two but now any mention of it elicits either puzzled looks or wry grins from the remaining faculty. The patriarch's Student Portfolio Project has officially been terminated by
What is starvation
400
It is important to fix the problem, not ________ during a lesson-learned meeting
What is blame
400
________ has the advantage of being faster than pursuing claims through standard litigation, but can be risky in practice.
What is arbitration
400
Some of the greatest challenges facing project teams during termination is
What is maintaining the energy and motivation to finish
400
PMBOK
What is Project Management Body Of Knowledge
500
Which two types of project termination are reserved for successful projects
What is addition and integration
500
Research clearly demonstrates that when team members have experienced positive psychosocial outcomes from a project, they are ________ to work collaboratively in the future
What is more inclined
500
Loss of team identity is
What is an emotional staff issue
500
A classic statement regarding project termination and closeout is, "The termination of a project is
What is A Project
500
OBS
What is Organizational Breakdown Structure