Project Constraints Flashcards
Robert, a project manager, is informed by a team member that she made a minor improvement to the design of the training software they have been creating for a client. The team member already made the change with no additional cost or time. What should Robert do FIRST?
Implement the change control process to validate the change.
According to the CompTIA Project+ objectives, students need to understand the following steps of the change control process:
- Identify and document
- Evaluate impact and justification
- Regression plan
- Identify approval authority
- Obtain approval
- Implement change
- Validate change/quality check
- Update documents/audit documents/version
You are managing a project that is developing an order-entry program. The project plan has been signed off on, and the project is well under way. You have discovered that end users have been requesting that additional screens be added to the system, and the programmers on the team have been fulfilling their requests. These additional screens were not part of the original project scope.
Which problem is occurring due to these additional requests being fulfilled?
scope creep
Which of the following statements is FALSE with respect to risk transference strategy?
A)Transferring risk strategy is an efficient way of dealing with financial risks.
B)Transferring risk is a risk response strategy wherein the risk is assumed by the company responsible for the project.
C)Transferring risk is a risk response strategy wherein the risk, along with its ownership, is assumed by a third party or vendor.
D)Transferring risk often involves paying risk premium to a third party.
B) Transferring risk is a risk response strategy wherein the risk is assumed by the company responsible for the project.
Mary King has been the project manager for a project involving construction of a parcel of buildings. The project is half completed. After an earthquake, the customer calls Mary to request that they use a different, sturdier type of steel for the remainder of the project. The customer is willing to make adjustments to the project cost. Mary calls a meeting with the team to discuss how to proceed with the change. What does the project require the most at this time?
An effective change management plan
A customer of NuTex, LLC approached them after hiring an analyst to write the requirements document for a new project. Joel Hall, the project manager, accepted the requirements document and started the project. Twenty resources were assigned to the team. However, after the system design was underway, Joel realized that several key requirements were poorly defined. As a result, the initial discussion of what the customer wanted did not match the requirements document. What are three potential sources of the scope mismatch? (Choose three.)
A)The project management plan lacked a detailed scope statement.
B)The project manager did not caution the team members against gold plating.
C)Requirements were not correctly gathered.
InterConn has initiated a project to design a prototype product for Verigon Inc. The project is expected to take six months and has a budget of $1.5 million. After Verigon discovers that a competitor is developing a similar product, the project sponsor decides to speed up the design and development process to finish the prototype in two months. Verigon is willing to increase the budget to $3 million to retain the original scope. Which statements are true? (Choose all that apply.)
B)The scope constraint is one of the main priorities.
C)The schedule constraint is one of the main priorities.
The free float and total float for Activity A in a project are five days and eight days, respectively. The Early Start date of Activity A is delayed by seven days. What corrective action would you take to ensure that the project finishes on the planned date?
You would not do anything.
Darren Thomas, a project team member, went to his project manager, Jason, with an idea for a feature enhancement. Jason asks Darren to write a report describing the benefits of the change. What statement best describes this situation?
Jason must weigh the pros and cons of the change with respect to the cost, time, and scope
Which of the following options is FALSE with respect to risk prioritization?
It does not identify an uncertainty where further investigation is required.
You are the PM for a new development project. You are creating a prioritized list of project risks. Which tool would you use?
risk PI matrix
