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Question 1

Project Triangle

Answer 1

cost
scope
time

Question 2

What shapes a project

Answer 2

must be completed on time,
within budget, and deliver a quality product that
satisfies users and meets requirements. P

Question 3

What does a project manager do

Answer 3

project planning
project scheduling
project monitoring
project reporting

Question 4

project planning

Answer 4

includes identifying all project tasks and estimating the completion time and cost of each

Question 5

Project scheduling

Answer 5

involves the creation of a specific timetable, usually in the
form of charts that show tasks, task dependencies, and critical tasks that might delay the project. Scheduling also involves selecting and staffing the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members. Project scheduling uses Gantt charts and PERT/CPM charts, which are explained in the following sections.

Question 6

Project monitoring

Answer 6

guiding, supervising, and coordinating the project
team’s workload. The project manager must monitor the progress, evaluate the results, and take corrective action when necessary to control the project and stay on target.

Question 7

Project reporting

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includes regular progress reports to management, users, and the project team itself. Effective reporting requires strong communication skills and a sense of what others want and need to know about the project

Question 8

work breakdown structure

Answer 8

involves breaking a project down into a series of
smaller tasks. Before creating work breakdown structures, you should understand the two primary chart types: Gantt chartS and PERT/CPM charts.

Question 9

Gantt charts

Answer 9

• a horizontal ba r chart that
  represents a set of tasks
• Henry L Gantt

Question 10

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

Answer 10

• was developed by the U.S. Navy to manage very complex projects, such as the construction of nuclear submarines.
• bottom-up technique because it analyzes a large, complex project as a series of individual tasks

Question 10

Critical Path Method
(CPM)

Answer 10

was developed by private industry to meet similar project management needs

Question 11

PERT (Program Evaluation
Review Technique)2.0

Answer 11

• a technique that uses optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic time estimates to calculate the expected time for a particular task
• optimistic ( o) and pessimistic (p) times reflect the minimum and maximum possible periods of time for an activity to be completed.
• The realistic (r) time, or most likely time, reflects the project manager’s “best guess” of the amount of time
  the activity actually will require for completion

Question 12

Network Diagram

Answer 12

design program
write program
test program
write documentation
install system

Question 13

task/activity

Answer 13

any work that has a beginning and an end and requires
the use of company resources such as people, time, or money.

Question 14

event/milestone

Answer 14

reference point to monitor progress

Question 15

Listing the Tasks

Answer 15

• List all tasks
• Put tasks in order
• Add a description
• Decide howlong each task takes
• Decide which tasks must go first

Question 16

Estimate task duration

Answer 16

• Tasks can be hours, days, or weeks
• If tasks uses days, the units of measurement are called person-days
• A person-day represents the work that one person can complete in one day

Question 17

Factors Affecting Duration

Answer 17

• Project size
• Human resources
• Experience with similar projects
• Constraints

Question 18

project size

Answer 18

To develop accurate estimates, a project manager must identify all project tasks, from initial fact-finding to system implementation. Regardless of the systems
development methodology used, the project manager must determine how much time will be needed to perform each task.

Question 19

human resources

Answer 19

A project manager must assemble and guide a development team that has the skill and experience to handle the project.

Question 20

experience with similar projects

Answer 20

A project manager can develop time and
cost estimates based on the resources used for similar, previously developed information systems. T

Question 21

constraints

Answer 21

A project manager must define system requirements that can be achieved realistically within the required constraints.

Question 22

Task Patterns

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• Task patterns can involve dependent tasks, multiple successor tasks, a nd multiple predecessor tasks
• Tasks in a work breakdown structure must be arranged in a logical sequence

Question 23

Task Box Format

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task name
task ID
task duration
start date
finish date

Question 24

dependent task

Answer 24

tasks that depend on the other

Question 25

concurrent task

Answer 25

several tasks can start at the same time

Question 26

critical path

Answer 26

series of tasks that if delayed, would affect the completion date of the project

Question 27

structured walk-through

Answer 27

review of a project team
member’s work by other members of the team

Question 28

microsoft project

Answer 28

review of a project team
member’s work by other members of the team

Question 28

calendar view

Answer 28

a good way to manage day-to-day activity

Question 29

steps in risk management

Answer 29

a. develop a risk management plan
b. identify the risk
c. analyze the risk
d. create a risk response plan
e. monitor the risk

Question 30

Risk management

Answer 30

is the process of identifying, analyzing, anticipating, and monitoring risks to minimize their impact on the project.