All-In-One Chapter 2 - Managing a Project

Question 1

Adaptive life cycle

Answer 1

this is a project life cycle that anticipates many changes to the project scope and demands highly involved project stakeholders

Question 2

Balanced matrix structure

Answer 2

an organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers and the project managers share the project power

Question 3

Composite structure

Answer 3

an organization that creates a blend of functional, matrix and projectized structures

Question 4

Customer/user

Answer 4

the person(s) who will pay for and use the project’s deliverables

Question 5

Deliverable

Answer 5

a verifiable, measurable product or service created by a phase and/or a project

Question 6

Functional Structure

Answer 6

an organization that is divided into functions, and each employee has one clear functional manager. Each department acts independently of the other departments. A project manager in this structure has little to no power and may be called a project coordinator

Question 7

Influencers

Answer 7

persons who can positively or negatively influence a project’s ongoing activities and/or the project’s likelihood of success

Question 8

Kill Point

Answer 8

the review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. A kill point signals an opportunity to kill the project if it should not continue

Question 9

Negative Stakeholder

Answer 9

a stakeholder who does not want a project to succeed. He or she may try to negatively influence the project or help it fail

Question 10

Performing Organization

Answer 10

the organization whose employees or members are most directly involved in the project work

Question 11

Phase

Answer 11

the logical division of a project based on the work or deliverable completed within that phase

Question 12

Phase exit

Answer 12

the review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. it signals the exiting of one phase and the entering of another

Question 13

Phase gate

Answer 13

the review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. Like a phase exit, a phase gate shows the qualifications to move from one phase to another

Question 14

Phase-end review

Answer 14

the review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements, a phase-end review is also called a phase exit, a phase gate, and a kill point

Question 15

Positive stakeholders

Answer 15

a stakeholder who wants a project to exist and succeed. He or she may try to positively influence the project and help it succeed.

Question 16

Predictive life cycle

Answer 16

also called a plan-driven approach, is a life cycle that “predicts” the work that will happen in each phase of the project. The project plan, time, cost and scope are defined early in the project and predict what is to happen in the project

Question 17

Product life cycle

Answer 17

the life cycle of the product a project creates

Question 18

Project life cycle

Answer 18

the collection of phases from the start of a project to its completion

Question 19

Project management office (PMO)

Answer 19

a business unit that centralizes the operations and procedures of all projects within the organization. The PMO supports the project manager through software, templates, and administrative support. A PMO can exist in any organizational structure, but it is most common in matrix and projectized structures

Question 20

Project management system

Answer 20

the defined set of rules, policies, and procedures that a project manager follows and utilizes to complete the project

Question 21

Project stakeholder

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anyone who has a vested interest in a project’s operation and/or its outcome

Question 22

Projectized structure

Answer 22

an organization that assigns a project team to one project for the duration of the project life cycle. The project manager has high-to-almost-complete project power

Question 23

Strong matrix structure

Answer 23

an organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers have less project power that then project manager

Question 24

Weak matrix structure

Answer 24

an organization where organizational resources are pooled into one project team, but the functional managers have more project power than the project manager