Quiz Part 1

Question 1

Define Project Management

Answer 1

Project management is not a precise science but rather as a social construction, projects construct of people.

Question 2

Process steps

Answer 2

1. Repeat process or product
2. Several objectives
3. Ongoing
4. More homogenous
5. Systems in place to integrate efforts
6. Performance, time and cost known
7. Part of a line organization
8. Sections of established practice
9. Supports status quo

Question 3

Project steps (Waterfall principle)

Answer 3

1. New process or product
2. One objective
3. One short - limited life
4. More heterogenous
5. Systems must be created to integrate efforts
6. Performance, cost, and time less certain
7. Outside the line organization
8. Violates established practice
9. Upsets status quo

Question 4

Define Unique

Answer 4

We run the project beacuse we want to deliver something that we do not have today

Question 5

Define Temporary

Answer 5

Finance and organization is temporary

Question 6

Define Focused

Answer 6

Delivering a result (product or service)

Question 7

Define Emergence

Answer 7

High level benefit known

Exact objective and means to achieve them evolve after a certain amount of work has been done

Question 8

Define Uncertainty

Answer 8

The future is unpredictable

Question 9

Define Change

Answer 9

Any new system impact on the way people work

Question 10

Define Social Construction

Answer 10

People and systems of people have complex and dynamic interactions

Question 11

Which are the four steps in a project model?

Answer 11

Initiation
Planning
Execution
Termination

Question 12

In which phase is most work perfomed in a project?

Answer 12

In the execution phase

Question 13

What is the idea behind Scrum?

Answer 13

It is to plan the end product together with the customer duing the project

Question 14

‘Ready, fire, aim’

Answer 14

No planning is made, lets figure out during the way.

Question 15

‘It’s all in my head’

Answer 15

Project manager keeps everything in her/his head, no documentation is made.

Question 16

Define Objective

Answer 16

It is the deliverable process/product, what is handover to the customers.

Question 17

Define Aim

Answer 17

Why are we running the project?

Always begin with the aim

Question 18

Challange of Mission in MODeST

Answer 18

Lack of clarity of requirements
Large scale, high value, high importance, high urgency
Large number of constraints – legal, health, safety and security.
High level of interaction and interdependency with other projects.
High level of uncertainty – novelty, implications and side effects.

Question 19

Challanges for Organization in MODeST

Answer 19

Multiple time zones project team members operating in
Lack of colocation of project team
Linguistic differences between team members
Lack of appropriate organisational structure used in the project
High level of change that the project produces in the organisation

Question 20

Challenges in Delivery in MODeST

Answer 20

Lack of common or appropriate project management method
Inappropriate human, financial or other resources
Problematic communications in the project team
Lack of clear or timely decision-making
Lack of flexibility for the project manager to respond to changes

Question 21

Challenges with Stakeholders in MODeST

Answer 21

Lage number of stakeholders with differing requirements
Lack of commitment to the project by key stakeholders
Interference in the project by the key stakeholders
Lack of relationships with key stakeholders
Problematic inter-relations between stakeholders

Question 22

Challenges for a Team in MODeSTo

Answer 22

Lack of leadership by project manager
Cultural and other differences between team members
Low level of motivation of team
Lack of project, technical and business experience in the team
Lack of appropriate training for team members