Project Management Flashcards
Why is Good Project Management essential?
Its essential as its crucial as to whether the project stays on budget and on schedule or not
What does Risk Management involve?
Identifying and Assessing project risks to find out the probability of risks occurring and the consequences if the risk was to happen. You should always make plans to avoid, manage or deal with risks if they were to arise
What does people management involve?
Choosing the right people to work on a project and organizing the team and its working environment
What are the 3 personality types for individuals within a team?
- Social-oriented: Motivated by working with other team members
- Self-oriented: Motivated by self success and recognition
- Work-oriented: Motivated by the work itself as they enjoy what they’re doing
True or False, everyone in the team should have the same motivation and the same skills
False, a team should have a diverse set of group members with different skills and different motivations
True or False, Good communication is crucial to the success of a software project
True
True or False, should customer expectations be managed?
True, customers expectations must be managed as you can’t physically see the progress of a software project
What are the 3 criteria for successful Software Project Management?
- Project must be delivered on time
- Project must stay within budget
- Software has to meet the expectations of the customer
What are the 3 Universal Management Activities?
- Project Planning
- Risk Management
- People Management
What are two activities done by the Project Manager?
- Writing proposals to win contracts
- Reporting the progress of the team developing the project
What are the processes of Risk Management?
Identify Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Planning and Risk Monitoring
What is a Risk Register?
A document collating the risk management processes used
What are the 5 Risk Identification Types?
Tech Risks
People Risks
Organizational Risks
Requirements Risks
Estimation Risks
Name the 4 strategies that can be used for Risks
Risk Avoidance
Risk Acceptance
Risk Transference
Risk Mitigation
What factors need to be considered when managing people?
People are the most important asset to an organization, managers need to understand people as their tasks are all people oriented and poor people management is an important contributor to project failure
Why may it not be possible to assemble a ‘dream team’?
The budget may not allow for experienced members, experienced staff members may be working on different projects and the organization may want to train less experienced employees on the project
True or False, Interaction-oriented people are very important on a project
True, necessary to defuse tensions that arise
What are Informal Groups?
Informal Groups are when the groups act as a whole and the only responsibility of a leader is to manage external communications.
What do all group members have to be within an informal group to be successful?
Experienced
What are the 4 different levels of the Human Needs Hierarchy?
- Physiological Needs
- Safety Needs
- Social Needs
- Esteem Needs
True or False: Group size, group structure, group composition, and the physical work environment are all factors that influence the effectiveness of group communication?
True
