Chapter 4 Flashcards
Most people seem to believe that the number one behavioral issue in project management is multiple-boss reporting.
True
False
True
Which of the following is not apersonalattribute of a project manager? Honesty and integrity Energy and toughness Poor coping skills Decision-making skills
Poor coping skills
Project manager selection is usually made by the:
Senior levels of management
Customer’s selection process
Line management based upon cooperation on past projects
Voting by the team members
Senior levels of management
Which of the following is a job-related characteristic that a PM should possess or may be expected to possess?
Necessity for feasibility studies
Project’s priority and risks.
Requirement for complex technical expertise
All of the above
All of the above
The wrong people are often selected as project managers because of:
A belief that project management maturity comes with age
A belief that someone who knows the customer well will make the best project manager
A belief that entrepreneurial skills are always necessary
All of the above
All of the above
It is usually easier to manage one large project on a full-time basis than to manage multiple small projects at the same time.
True
False
True
Which of the following is often regarded as the best way to train project managers? On-the-job-training Formal education Seminars Personal readings
On-the-job-training
According to the text, the “next generation” project manager must exhibit skills in all of the following except: Integration skills Risk management skills Wage and salary administration skills Knowledge of the business
Wage and salary administration skills
Which of the following is usually not a major concern for the PM during the organizational staffing process?
Union vs nonunion personnel
Where the resources will come from
Skill level of the resources
Type of organizational structure for the project?
Union vs nonunion personnel
Probably the greatest risk to a project manager on a long-term project is to receive the best employees and then:
Have them seek perfection rather than just meeting the requirements
Find that your costs are escalating
Being unable to motivate them.
Losing them to other projects at an inopportune time
Losing them to other projects at an inopportune time
In a weak matrix structure, teamwork is not vital for project success because the team members are under the control of their functional manager.
True
False
False
Which people generally receive no visibility or credit for a job well done. Project sponsors Project managers Project team members Functional managers
Functional managers
Strange as it may seem, project managers should encourage conflicts to take place during recruitment and staffing.
True
False
True
Under which of the following situations should an employee be terminated from the project?
Failure to follow rules, policies and procedures
Failure to accept formal authority
Professionalism more important than company loyalty.
All of the above
All of the above
Which of the following is not usually an option for a PM dealing with an incompetent worker?
On-the-spot appraisals
Re-assignment to less critical activities
Removal from the company
Removal from the project
Removal from the company
A typical project office (not to be confused with a project management office) responsible for the management of a large project includes the project manager and the:
Project sponsor
Project sponsor and assistant project managers
Assistant project managers
Assistant project managers and functional managers
Assistant project managers
During the past few years, which project management skill seems to have outpaced all other skills? Technical skills Business conceptual skills Behavioral skills Problem-solving skills
Business conceptual skills
Professionally-trained people with advanced degrees often prefer:
To work on project tasks alone
To work in groups with people devoted to their discipline
To work in groups with people not devoted to their discipline
Never to work on project teams
To work in groups with people devoted to their discipline
Project team members often feel threatened by the possibility of the cancellation of the project. In which organizational form is this threat the greatest? projectized Strong matrix Balanced matrix Weak matrix Projectized
Projectized
Some companies assign employees to a project management position as a lateral transfer move without a salary increase because:
The project is short term in nature
The project maybe cancelled
The employee must demonstrate performance first
The employee reports to a functional organization
The employee must demonstrate performance first
The person most qualified to assess the overall risk in a work package activity in a project is the: PM Sponsor Team member Team member and / or line manager
Team member and / or line manager
Once an employee is assigned to a project, the project manager has the authority to provide team members with work assignments above their pay grade so that they can get promoted.
True
False
False
Who determines grade level of the employee needed to accomplish a task?
Project sponsor
Project manager
Functional manager
A consensus vote during the project’s kickoff meeting.
Functional manager
You have just been awarded a contract in which you told the customer that a certain employee would be assigned full time on the project. Once the project begins, you discover that the employee is splitting his time between two projects per the instructions of his functional manager. You should:
Do nothing
Determine the impact on the project and discuss it with the project sponsor
Determine the impact on the project and discuss it with the functional manager
Determine the impact on the project and discuss it with the customer
Determine the impact on the project and discuss it with the functional manager
After contract award, a customer requests that some of the senior workers in the functional areas be assigned to the project team. You priced out the project assuming the average worker would be assigned and furthermore assumed that the average worker could do the job effectively. You should discuss this first with: The average workers The senior workers The project sponsor The functional manager
The project sponsor
