Exploring Project Management Flashcards
Which action is essential during a time of rapid change?
- Being ready to adopt
- Avoiding change
- Planning well in advance
- Being an observer
Being ready to adopt
Which characteristic describes the phase relationships in a traditional life cycle?
- sequential
- iterative
- empirical
- overlapping
sequential
Which statement best describes relationships between scope, time, and cost in a traditional project?
- scope drives cost and time
- scope and time drive cost
- cost and time drive scope
- time drives cost and scope
scope drives cost and time
What is a characteristic of the modern project manager?
- a servant leader
- has a top-down management style
- uses a traditional approach
- is task-focused
Servant leader
What is a characteristic of an Agile life cycle?
- iterative
- predictive
- waterfall
- plan-driven
iterative
Which hybrid approach would be ideal for a portion of the project that has an amount of uncertainty, complexity, or risk of scope creep?
- Agile methodology followed by traditional methodology
- Agile element within a traditional project
- Traditional methodology followed by agile
- Parallel use of agile and traditional methodologies
Agile element within a traditional project
Which term describes the underlying responsibilities of a Project Manager?
- enablers
- domains
- tasks
- tools
tasks
Which approach is characterized by dynamic requirements, activities that are repeated until correct, and a single delivery?
- iterative
- agile
- predictive
- incremental
Iterative
Which characteristic describes phase relationships in an agile life cycle?
- iterative
- overlapping
- empirical
- sequential
Overlapping
Which hybrid approach would be ideal for a single organization with different functional groups or departments who interact daily and each have their own way of performing work?
- traditional followed by agile
- agile element within a traditional project
- parallel use of agile and traditional
- agile followed by traditional
- parallel use of agile and traditional
Which terms represent domains of pmp curriculum? (all that apply)
- people
- process
- enables
- tools
people & process
What could a modern project manager evolve into? (check all that apply)
- scrum master
- facilitator
- program director
- coach
scrum master, facilitator, coach
What does the acronym PMBOK stand for?
project management body of knowledge
Which approach is characterized by dynamic requirements, activities that are repeated until correct, and multiple deliveries?
- agile
- incremental
- iterative
- predictive
Agile
What are the characteristics of an Agile life cycle?
- spending a lot of time on planning
- performing one customer demo at the end of the project
- adapting as per feedback
- performing incremental customer demos
adapting and incremental customer demos
