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Question 1

What is a project charter?

Answer 1

A document that formally initiates a project by defining its scope, goals, and objectives.

Question 2

List and explain at least 2 project management knowledge areas

Answer 2

1. Integration Management: The process of coordinating all aspects of a project to achieve its objectives. 2. Scope Management: The process of defining what work is included in the project and what is excluded.

Question 3

What are the two main phases of a project?

Answer 3

1. Planning phase: The initial phase where the project’s objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and resources are defined. 2. Execution phase: The phase where the planned activities are executed to deliver the project’s objectives.

Question 4

Who is an intervenor in legal terms?

Answer 4

An intervenor is a third party who enters into a lawsuit or dispute between two parties to influence the outcome or protect their own interests.

Question 5

List and explain 3 types of intervenors

Answer 5

1. Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court): An intervenor who provides information or advice to the court without being a party to the lawsuit. 2. Intervenor-in-Place: An intervenor who replaces one or more parties in a lawsuit. 3. Intervenor-in-Right: An intervenor who has a direct interest in the outcome of a lawsuit and is allowed to participate in the proceedings.

Question 6

Define the following terms

Answer 6

a. Project: A project is a temporary endeavor with a specific goal, scope, and timeline, undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. b. Software Project Manager: A software project manager is a professional responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling the development of software projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the required quality standards.

Question 7

What are software project management activities?

Answer 7

a. Activities carried out during project scope management: Defining the project scope statement, identifying and documenting functional and non-functional requirements, defining the project deliverables, creating a scope statement, developing a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), identifying and documenting scope creep.

Question 8

What is usually estimated during project estimation phase?

Answer 8

Project estimation is the process of predicting the effort, cost, and duration required to complete a project. During this phase, the following are usually estimated: effort estimation, cost estimation, duration estimation, resource estimation, schedule estimation.

Question 9

What are two types of project estimation techniques?

Answer 9

1. Bottom-up estimation: This technique involves breaking down the project into smaller tasks and estimating the effort required for each task. 2. Top-down estimation: This technique involves estimating the effort required for the entire project based on previous experience and industry benchmarks.

Question 10

What is Project Scheduling?

Answer 10

A process of creating a schedule that defines the start and finish dates for each task and activity in a project. It involves identifying dependencies between tasks, allocating resources, and determining the critical path.

Question 11

Activities carried out during Project Scheduling

Answer 11

Creating a project calendar, identifying dependencies between tasks, determining task durations and resource allocation, creating a Gantt chart or other visual representation of the schedule, identifying critical path activities, developing a schedule baseline, updating the schedule as changes occur.