2 - Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle

Question 1

What is a hierarchy where each employee has one clear superior, staff are grouped by specialty and each department does its project work independently of other departments?

Answer 1

A functional organization

02.1.3 Organizational Structures

Question 2

What kind of organization reflects a blend of functional and projected characteristics?

Answer 2

A matrix organization

02.1.3 Organizational Structures

Question 3

How does a “balanced” organization handle PM authority?

Answer 3

A balanced matrix organization recognizes the need for a project manager, but it does not provide the project manager with the full authority over the project and project funding.

02.1.3 Organizational Structures

Question 4

In which type of organizational structure will ownership of the budget be mixed?

Answer 4

A balanced matrix organization

02.1.3 Organizational Structures

Question 5

What are the two kinds of organizational process assets?

Answer 5

1. Processes + Procedures
2. Corporate Knowledge Base

02.1.4 Organizational Assets

Question 6

What refers to conditions, not under the control of the project team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project?

Answer 6

Enterprise Environmental Factors

02.1.5 Enterprise Environmental Factors

Question 7

How do enterprise environmental factors influence a planning process?

Answer 7

Enterprise environmental factors are considered inputs to most planning processes, may enhance or constrain project management options, and may have a positive or negative influence on the outcome.

02.1.5 Enterprise Environmental Factors

Question 8

What is the PMIS?

Answer 8

Project Management Information System

02.1.5 Enterprise Environmental Factors

Question 9

In multi-phase projects, what are the two basic types of phase-to-phase relationships?

Answer 9

1. Sequential relationships - where the next phase starts when the previous one is complete
2. Overlapping relationships - where a phase starts prior to completion of the one before it.
3. 4.2.1 Phase-to-Phase Relationships

Question 10

What is the form of progressive elaboration planning where work packages are decomposed into activities as more is known about upcoming events in the near term?

Answer 10

Rolling Wave Planning

02.4.2.2 Predictive Life Cycles