Project Admin

Question 1

“a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or
result.”

Answer 1

project

Question 2

Other people focus on the “___________” of project management which adds quality
along with scope, schedule, and cost

Answer 2

quadruple constraint

Question 3

The project manager should be communicating with the ______ throughout the project to
make sure the project meets his/her expectation

Answer 3

sponsor

Question 4

are the people involved in or affected by project activities and include the project
sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents to the
project.

Answer 4

stakeholders

Question 5

Project management _______ areas describe the key competencies that project managers
must develop.

Answer 5

knowledge

Question 6

Project ________ management is newest or the tenth knowledge area

Answer 6

stakeholders

Question 7

is “a group of related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activitiesmanaged in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them
individually.”

Answer 7

program

Question 8

Achieving high performance on projects requires _______ relations—or soft—skills

Answer 8

human

Question 9

, loosely defined, is a set of principles that guide our decision making based on personal
values

Answer 9

ethics

Question 10

is the name of a totally we-based project management tool described in Appendix B
of the text

Answer 10

basecamp

Question 11

Microsoft _____ continues to lead the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) market.

Answer 11

project

Question 12

Project management consists of ten project management knowledge areas: project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, procurement, and _________ management

Answer 12

stakeholder

Question 13

is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.

Answer 13

process

Question 14

______processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out the project plans and produce the deliverables of the project or phase

Answer 14

Executing

Question 15

________processes include formalizing acceptance of the project or phase and bringing it to an orderly end.

Answer 15

closing

Question 16

The majority of project management processes occur as part of the _____ process group.

Answer 16

planning

Question 17

is a file with a preset format that serves as a starting point for creating various documents so that the format and structure do not have to be re-created

Answer 17

template

Question 18

is the leading agile development methodology for completing projects with a complex, innovative scope of work

Answer 18

scrum

Question 19

is an organizational entity created to assist project managers in achieving project goals.

Answer 19

project management office (PMO)

Question 20

begins as the project manager works with the team and other stakeholders to identify stakeholders, create the project charter and assumptions log, and hold a kick-off meeting.

Answer 20

initiating

Question 21

works with the team and other stakeholders to identify stakeholders, create the project charter and assumptions log, and hold a kick-off meeting

Answer 21

project manager

Question 22

project stakeholders generally include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, and internal customers for the project.

Answer 22

internal

Question 23

project stakeholders include the project’s customers (if they are external to the organization), competitors, and suppliers, and other external groups that are potentially involved in or affected by the project, such as government officials and concerned citizens. 56

Answer 23

external

Question 24

project stakeholders include the project’s customers (if they are external to the organization), competitors, and suppliers, and other external groups that are potentially involved in or affected by the project, such as government officials and concerned citizens. 56

Answer 24

external

Question 25

. A project _____ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides a summary of the project’s objectives and management.

Answer 25

charter

Question 26

meeting is a meeting held at the beginning of a project so that stakeholders can meet each other, review the goals of the project, and discuss future plans

Answer 26

kick-off

Question 27

All project meetings with major stakeholders should include a (n

Answer 27

agenda

Question 28

Project ______ involves devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project meets its scope, time, and cost goals as well as organizational needs.

Answer 28

planning

Question 29

is a starting point, a measurement, or an observation that is documented so that it can be used for future comparison.

Answer 29

baseline

Question 30

Project _____ management involves defining and controlling what work is or is not included in a project.

Answer 30

scope

Question 31

An up-to-date project _______ statement is an important document for developing and confirming a common understanding of the project scope.

Answer 31

scope

Question 32

is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.

Answer 32

work breakdown structure

Question 33

To create a good WBS, you must understand both the project and its scope, and incorporate the needs and knowledge of the

Answer 33

stakeholders

Question 34

A WBS ______ is a document that describes WBS tasks in detail

Answer 34

dictionary

Question 35

. The approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary form the scope

Answer 35

baseline

Question 36

A project ______ is additional time added before the project’s due date.

Answer 36

buffer

Question 37

A (n) ______ is a significant point or event in a project

Answer 37

milestone

Question 38

Activity ______ involves reviewing the activity list and attributes, project scope statement, and milestone list to determine the relationships or dependencies between activities

Answer 38

sequencing

Question 39

A dependency or ______ relates to the sequencing of project activities or tasks

Answer 39

relationship

Question 40

diagram is a schematic display of the logical relationships among, or sequencing of, project activities

Answer 40

network

Question 41

is a network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities.

Answer 41

precedence diagramming method (PDM

Question 42

is the number of workdays or work hours required to complete a task.

Answer 42

effort

Question 43

is a network analysis technique used to estimate project duration when there is a high degree of uncertainty about the individual activity

Answer 43

program evaluation and review technique (PERT)

Question 44

To perform a (n) _____ simulation, in addition to the three-point estimate, you also collect probabilistic information for each activity duration estimate.

Answer 44

Monte Carlo

Question 45

The main output of the ______ development process is the project schedule.

Answer 45

schedule

Question 46

charts provide a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format

Answer 46

gantt

Question 47

also called critical path analysis—is a network diagramming technique used to predict total project duration

Answer 47

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Question 48

. Fast ______ involves doing activities in parallel that you would normally do in sequence.

Answer 48

tracking

Question 49

modeling uses project characteristics (parameters) in a mathematical model to estimate project costs

Answer 49

parametric