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100

The tool that represents the Financial Approval for a contractor.

TRAM 

100

Name the steps of an End-to End Process

Onboarding, Renewal, Alteration, Offboarding

100

Who is our ECM Lead?

Kaisha Rafferty

100

Who's the new Presidential candidate for the Democrat Party in the United States.

Kamala Harris

100

What is an Iteration? 

Iterations are scheduled blocks of time, that are repeated, to get the work done. 

200

The tool where contractors submit their timesheets and claim their hours. 

Blockchain, Time@IBM

200

What are the two types of Fixed Price POs 

Labor Based and Deliverable Based

200

What does NTE stands for? 

Not-to-Exceed Rates

200

Who's representing Costa Rica in Surf in 2024 Olympics.

Brisa Henessey
200

What does SME and IM stand for in Agile? 

SME: Subject Matter Expert

IM: Iteration Manager

300

The tool where the contractor information is set up so that they are allowed to claim. 

Without this one, if they try to claim they will receive a notification about ILC malfunction or absence. 

EMF

300

How do we know if we need a new TRAM when working on a rate increase?

Because the difference we're adding is more than 10% of the original value of the PO.

300

Where can we find the bill rate for a contractor?

Cost rate memo and K&C file

300

What is popularly celebrated on August 1st

International Girlfriend Day

300

What are the 3 phases of a project Lifecycle?

1. INITIATE & PLAN PHASE

2. EXCECUTE PHASE
3. CLOSING PHASE

400

Where can you check if a contractor has an EMF record open or closed. 

BMS & iERP Structure

400

When a contractor is in Canada, and you need to send them a laptop but their location is in Quebec, how should you proceed? 

Contractors in Quebec are sent a laptop set in French. 

400

What is the main restriction when requesting a laptop for a contractor?

Laptops cannot be shipped outside of the country. 

400

This global tech giant announced in early 2024 that it will be investing $10 billion in green energy projects to combat climate change.

Google

400

What is the difference between a Project Portfolio and a Project Program? 

Portfolio: Collection of projects that may not be necessarily be directly related. 

Program: A group of related projects.

500

Tool where we can find all the department's information; financial approvers, divisions, etc.

GUDA

500

When a contractor is located in a different country than US, but they want a US PO, how do you know if you need Privilege Work.

Check if the country where the contractor is located is set in Table 1 or Table 2 

500

What is the difference between a Core Vendor, Non-Core Vendor, and Niche Vendor? 

Core vendor: There's a MSOW in place.

Non-Core Vendor: No MSOW in place, the team needs a new SOW for the project. 

Niche Vendor: There's an MSOW in place, but to use it we need additional steps such as rate confirmation. 

500

This country became the first to successfully land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon in 2019

China

500

From what you have learned about Agile methodologies, how are they applied in the contractor management Team, give several examples. 

We do daily stand ups, work through iterations, we have a Wall of Work in Monday.com, we do retrospectives after every iteration, initiatives do showcases to demonstrate results, we have Iteration Managers, we work along Agile values and principles...