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Question 1

It´s the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives

Answer 1

The project manager

Question 2

The knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program, and portfolio management. The technical aspects of performing one’s role.

Answer 2

Technical project management

Question 3

The knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to guide, motivate, and direct a team, to help an organization achieve its business goals.

Answer 3

Leadership

Question 4

The knowledge of and expertise in the industry and organization that enhanced performance and better delivers business outcomes.

Answer 4

Strategic and business management

Question 5

They´re defined as the skills to effectively apply project management knowledge to deliver the desired outcomes for programs or projects.

Answer 5

Technical project management skills

Question 6

The talent triangle focuses on three key skill sets:

Answer 6

• Technical project management
• Leadership
• Strategic and business management.

Question 7

Examples of Technical project management skills:

Answer 7

o Critical success factors for the project
o Schedule
o Selected financial reports, and
o Issue log.
o Tailor both traditional and agile tools, techniques, and methods for each project.
o Make time to plan thoroughly and prioritize diligently.
o Manage project elements, including, but not limited to, schedule, cost, resources, and risks.

Question 8

Involve the ability to see the high-level overview of the organization and effectively negotiate and implement decisions and actions that support strategic alignment and innovation. This ability may include a working knowledge of other functions such as finance, marketing, and operations. Also may include developing and applying pertinent product and industry expertise.

Answer 8

Strategic and business management skills

Question 9

Research shows that the qualities and skills of a leader include but are not limited to:

Answer 9

o Being a visionary
o Being optimistic and positive.
o Being collaborative.
o Managing relationships and conflict
o Being respectful
o Exhibiting integrity and being culturally sensitive, courageous, a problem solver, and decisive.
o Giving credit to others where due.
o Being a life-long learner who is results- and action-oriented.
o Being able to apply critical thinking and identify him or herself as a change agent.
o Being able to build effective teams, be service-oriented, and have fun and share humor effectively with team members.

Question 10

Leaders manage relationships and conflict by:

Answer 10

 Building trust;
 Satisfying concerns;
 Seeking consensus;
 Balancing competing and opposing goals;
 Applying persuasion, negotiation, compromise, and conflict resolution skills;
 Developing and nurturing personal and professional networks;
 Taking a long-term view that relationships are just as important as the project; and
 Continuously developing and applying political acumen.

Question 11

Leaders communicate by:

Answer 11

	Spending sufficient time communicating 
	Managing expectations;
	Accepting feedback graciously;
	Giving feedback constructively; and
	Asking and listening.

Question 12

Power that takes place when participates in networking, connections, and alliances.

Answer 12

Relational Power

Question 13

Power by the ability to provide arguments that move people to a desired course of action.

Answer 13

Persuasive Power

Question 14

within projects is a result of the organization’s system behavior, human behavior, and the uncertainty at work in the organization or its environment.

Answer 14

Complexity

Question 15

these three dimensions of complexity are defined as

Answer 15

o System behavior
o Human behavior
o Ambiguity

Question 16

The interdependencies of components and systems.

Answer 16

System behavior

Question 17

The interplay between diverse individuals and groups.

Answer 17

Human behavior

Question 18

Uncertainty of emerging issues and lack of understanding or confusion.

Answer 18

Ambiguity

Question 19

Complexity as a characteristic or property of a project is typically defined as: (parts)

Answer 19

o Containing multiple parts,
o Possessing several connections between the parts,
o Exhibiting dynamic interactions between the parts, and
o Exhibiting behavior produced because of those interactions that cannot be explained as the simple sum of the parts (e.g., emergent behavior).