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Chapter 11 Questions Flashcards

1
Q

What is at the center of the project triangle?

Agility

Quality

Speed

Cost

Focus

A

Quality

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2
Q

An organization may convert from an old system to a new system by choosing to run both the old and new systems at the same time until the new system is fully accepted. This is known as __________.

Cutover

Parallel conversion

Direct cutover

Agile development

SDLC

A

Parallel conversion

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3
Q

This project cycle plan tends to be used for projects that have direct relationships between time and resources.

PERT

Gantt

CPM

NPV

Flowchart

A

CPM

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4
Q

Small projects that are low in complexity and low in clarity are low in risk.

True
False

A

False

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5
Q

A research firm found that a majority of software projects are delivered late or over budget or simply fail to meet expectations.

True
False

A

True

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6
Q

67% of projects fail, if you define success by:

Being on or under budget

Meeting performance criteria

Being completed on time

All of the above

None of the above

A

All of the above

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7
Q

This project cycle plan chart looks very much like a bar chart and is easy for management to read because of its visual nature.

PERT

Gantt

CPM

NPV

Flowchart

A

Gantt

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8
Q

Open source software is free but often an organization will have to pay for training and technical support for the software.

True
False

A

True

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9
Q

The project triangle includes 3 sides - time, scope and ________.

cost

product

event

quality

requirements

A

cost

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10
Q

Adding more people to a project can be helpful, but most projects are not made more efficient by simply adding labor.

True
False

A

True

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11
Q

In today’s hypercompetitive business environment, firms that have strong project management skills have a higher likelihood of success because they are able to:

Spend money wisely.

Adapt processes and systems and therefore innovate faster than their competitors.

Optimize business processes.

Change and adapt in a slow yet methodical manner, reducing risk.

Utilize social and mobile platforms.

A

Adapt processes and systems and therefore innovate faster than their competitors.

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12
Q

To help with organization and complexity, a project manager will break a project up into:

Variables

Business processes

Subprojects

Infrastructure

Work

A

Subprojects

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13
Q

Which one of the following software products is NOT an open source software release?

PERL

Open Office

Linux

Mozilla

Microsoft Office

A

Microsoft Office

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14
Q

A successful project begins with a ____________ that articulates the purpose and details of the project, benefits and costs, stakeholders, and required resources.

project plan

gantt chart

business case

dashboard

strategy

A

business case

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15
Q

Prototyping and RAD can be used to minimize problems of defining a scope that is too broad or narrow at the beginning of a project.

True
False

A

True

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16
Q

This is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.

project

event

scope

requirement

system

A

project

17
Q

Increasing project success requires gaining commitment from stakeholders. All of the following help to sustain that commitment for the life of the project EXCEPT:

Continually reminding stakeholders of the project benefits

Placing key stakeholders on the project team

Encouraging the project sponsor to provide public support for the project

Surprising the stakeholders by keeping the system’s workings a secret

Assigning the right leader to be the project sponsor

A

Surprising the stakeholders by keeping the system’s workings a secret

18
Q

To reduce risk, a project should have which one of the following qualities.

High complexity.

High clarity.

Big in size.

Large in budget.

Lots of programmers.

A

High clarity.

19
Q

What type of software is released under a license approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)?

System Architecture Software (SAS)

Open System Software (OSS)

Shareware Software (SS)

Open Source Software (OSS)

Source System Software (SSS)

A

Open Source Software (OSS)

20
Q

What does PMO stand for?

Project Maintenance Office

Project Mission and Objectives

Product Maintenance Office

Project Mission Office

Project Management Office

A

Project Management Office

21
Q

If someone wants a system cheaply, quickly, and with a large scope, we can conclude:

That desire represents the three sides of the Project Triangle.

This is normally not possible: you can usually only achieve two of those three objectives at a time.

Management might be providing an impossible goal.

All of the above.

None of the above.

A

All of the above.

22
Q

To maintain balance in a project with a fixed budget and a well-defined scope, a project team will require flexibility ________.

with the deadline.

in spending.

with project quality.

with assumed risks.

in achieving the goals of the business case.

A

with the deadline.

23
Q

To support a common language and improve communication, a project manager should develop a private collection of acronyms and make frequent use of them.

True
False

A

False

24
Q

Strong project leadership can trade off against strong project management processes. That is, if the leader is not strong, then processes can be strengthened to make up for it. And if the processes are weak, a strong leader is needed.

True
False

A

True

25
Q

Open source software __________.

is free.

requires an organization pay a per user fee.

is costly.

is not allowed to be modified.

is provided by software vendors like Microsoft and SAP.

A

is free.

26
Q

According to Brooks, adding extra personnel to a system project more often makes it later, not earlier.

True
False

A

True

27
Q

A system development life cycle

Assures us that as some systems die others are born in a sort of “circle of life.”

Is a chain of events that count down to the demise of a system.

Illustrates the steps needed to go from one stage to another: for example, analysis to design to construction to implementation to operation to maintenance.

Specifies how to build a prototype quickly then improve on it.

Is a self-propelled ride at the “Technology Amusement Park” in San Francisco.

A

Illustrates the steps needed to go from one stage to another: for example, analysis to design to construction to implementation to operation to maintenance.

28
Q

Scope may be divided into product scope and __________ scope.

project

cost

time

time

sequence

A

project

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