Unit 1
What is a project?
a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
Name an important feature of attentive listening
(They can name Paying attention to the person speaking or Ensuring that you understand what the person is saying, both are correct.)
What can cause a change in a project? Client, Project manager, Uncontrolled outside factors, All of the above
All of the above
Prom, senior picnic and graduation are examples of: A. operations. B. projects. C. programs. D. PMBOK.
B. Projects
What type of estimating involves looking at the best case, worse case, and most likely scenarios? Three Point Estimating, Bottom Up Estimating, Analogous Estimating, Parametric Estimating
Three Point Estimating
Define Project Management
Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the completion of a project.
Communication will... i. Assure total participation, ii. increase our chance that the message we intend to send is the one that is received, iii. Make sure that everyone is doing what they are told.
ii. increase our chance that the message we intend to send is the one that is received.
What can cause a scope creep?
Miscommunication among team members
What is the definition of Scope ?
combined objectives and requirements needed to complete a project.
What is a CPI or Cost Performance Index?
An index that denotes the return on each dollar spent at a single point in time OR Earned Value/Actual Cost
What is one of the two ways a project can end?
All objectives are complete or the project is terminated.
A project management plan should include: A)scope baselines, cost management workers, B) Schedule baselines, scope baselines, cost performance baselines, C) Cost performance baselines, volunteers, accountants
B)Schedule baselines, scope baselines, cost performance baselines
What are deliverables?
A thing able to be provided, especially as a product of a development process.
What are examples of project risk and define it.
Over budgeting, overtime, gold plating, scope and technology. A project risk is factors that may delay or obstruct a project's completion.
What is Schedule Analysis?
Compares the amount of work completed with the amount that should have been completed.
Which of the following is NOT a core project function: A)Cost, B)Time, C)Risk, D)Quality
C) Risk
A project management plan is what
A formal approved document that is a summary of other plans.
What stage has the most conflict? Forming Storming Norming Adjourning
Storming
What term describes someone who impacts, contributes, or is impacted by your project?
Stakeholder
What type of estimating is used to estimate per unit of work?
Parametric Estimation
Which of the following is the responsibility of the project manager: A)Approve the project budget, B)Working with users to establish and meet business needs, C)Assign tasks to project team members, D)Communicate the project’s goals throughout the organization
C) Assign tasks to project team members
Who are the stakeholders within a project?
Anyone interested in the project or it’s results
What are the stages of group development?
Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.
What is the correct order of stages within the project life cycle?
1. Defining 2. Planning 3. Executing 4. Closing
What are two examples of Cost Estimating Tools?
Earned Value Management, Forecasting, Schedule/Cost Analysis, To-Complete