Midterm Reviewer Flashcards
Call each other by first names
Americans
Values accomplishments and individualism
Americans
More formal, use surnames instead of first names
Europeans
Communication style is formal
Europeans
Value individualism, history, hierarchy, and loyalty
Europeans
Communicate indirectly
Asians
Consider themselves as part of group rather than individuals
Asians
Value hard work and success
Japanese
Left side of a website may be first focus attention for a
Canadian
Right side would be the initial focus from the
Middle East
Right side would be the initial focus from the
Middle East
Arabic hebrew is written from
Right to left
As a project manager, it is your job to keep a number of people well informed
Communication
Project communication can be summed up as
Who needs what information and when
Project management is all about getting things done.
Influence
Inspire vision and rally people around common goals. A good project manager can motivate and inspire the project team to see the vision and value of the project.
Leadership
A constant process that the project manager must guide to help the team move toward completion with passion and a profound reason to complete the work.
Motivation
Simply getting a diverse group of people to work together in the most efficient and effective way.
Motivation - team building
The ability to understand the cause and effect of the problem; this centers on root-cause analysis
PROBLEM DEFINITION
A ______ is conducted to investigate whether each option addresses the project and a final recommended solution is determined.
Feasibility project
In this step, the team identifies all of the work to be done.
Project Planning Phase
This is also referred as scope management
Project Planning Phase
It is created outlining the activities, tasks, dependencies, and time-frames.
Project Plan
High threat, potential problems are identified along with action that is to be taken in every high threat potential problem.
Risk Management
Individuals who either care about or have vested interest in your project.
Stakeholders
They are the people who are actively involved with the work of the project or have something to either gain or lose.
Stakeholders
May include the president, vice presidents, directors, division managers, the corporate operating committee.
Top Management
If things go wrong on a project, it is nice to have an understanding boss to go bat for u if necessary.
Manager
____ support is essential. Because most of us serve our self- interest first, use some investigating, selling, influencing, and politicking skills here.
Peer
