Chapter 3 & 4 Flashcards

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So,e examples of stakeholders

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Customers
Decision makers
Vendors
Employees

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What are stakeholders

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The Ppl and orgs involved or affected by the project

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2
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What are the stakeholder roles

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Project team

Functional/line Management

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3
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What are the 3 contributions management makes

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Sponsorship
Resources
Decision authority

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4
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Define sponsors

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Ultimately responsible for the projects sucess despite not doing the work

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5
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Sponsors bring ______ to the project

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Authority

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What does the “resource manager” do?

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Functional managers
Must approve the SOW and the project plan
Resolves personal issues

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Name the managers with despising authority

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Managers who’s operations are affected
The PMs manager
Managers representing other stakeholders
Anyone else with veto power

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8
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What does the customer do?

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Establish requirements

Provide funding

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9
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Who are reps of external constraints

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Federal, provincial, local government agencies

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10
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What do you ask to locate the stakeholders

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Are there any laws or regs effecting project

Any outside rules?

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11
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How should you exercise stakeholder leadership

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Control who becomes leader

Manage upward

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12
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Who is the heart of every project

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Stakeholders

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13
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What are the factors dependent on careful rule writing

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Agreement on the goals
Controlled scope - keeps focus and productivity
Management support - pm needs senior manager support

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14
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What are the 4 methods/documents to ensure everyone understands the rules

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Project charter
Statement of work (SOW)
Responsibility matrix
Communication plan

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15
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What are project charters

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Formal recognition
Key people
Announces start
Establishes PM right to lead & make decisions

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Describe SOW

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List of holes, constraints, and success criteria (rules of game)

17
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SOW is also known as

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Project scope criteria

18
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SOW is not

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A contract (because it’s for one legal entity)

19
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what’s the minimum content of an SOW

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Purpose of statement
Scope statement
Deliverables
Cost & schedule estimates
Measures of success (objectives)
Stakeholders
Chain of command
20
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What is a responsibility matrix

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Precisely details responsibilities of each group member involved in project
Ideal for showing cross organization interaction