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SE3351 Midterm Flashcards

1
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What is project management?

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An application of skills and methods that makes the project delivered on time, on budget, and to specification

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What is a project?

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  • Temporary
  • Defined purpose
  • Starts and end dates
  • Human and other resource
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What are the 3 components of the triple constraint?

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Scope, Schedule, Budget

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Whose duty is it to balance the competing goals of the triple constraint?

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The project manager

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What are the roles of ITPM?

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  • Project stakeholders
  • project manager
  • project sponsor
  • subject matter experts
  • technical experts
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Who is included as a project stakeholder?

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  • project sponsor and project team
  • support staff
  • customers
  • users
  • suppliers
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What is the project manager responsible for?

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Ensuring that all PM and technical development process are in place and are being carried out within a set of:

  • specific requirements
  • defined processes
  • quality standards
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Who could be the project sponsor?

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  • end user
  • customer
  • client
  • person who can provide direction, funding and other resources to the project
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What are the types of experts in ITPM?

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  • Subject Matter

- Technical

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What are the 2 types of risk in an IT project?

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-internal
-external
(damn that’s MECE)

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How neat is that?

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That’s pretty neat!

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What is a project portfolio?

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a collection of diverse projects managed
collectively to align with the organization’s strategy and overall plan
to achieve competitive advantage.

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What is a program?

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a collection of projects within a project portfolio whose
activities are coordinated so that the benefits of the program are
greater than the sum of the benefits of the individual projects.

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14
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T/F: larger IT projects have a higher success rate

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false

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What was the Chaos study?

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Published in 1995, exploring the success rates of IT projects

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What is an impaired project?

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Cancelled before completion

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What is a challenged project?

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Completed but over budget, over schedule, and includes fewer features

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What was the number one factor for impaired projects?

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Incomplete requirements

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What are the 4 approaches to improving likelihood of success for an IT project?

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  • value driven
  • socio-technical
  • project management
  • knowledge management
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The number one contributing factor to project success according to the CHAOS study is:

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User involvement

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What is PMBOK?

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Project Management Body of Knowledge: the sum of knowledge withing the profession of PM

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What is PMI?

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The project management institute

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What are the 10 project management knowledge area?

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Let’s face it, you’re not gonna remember all 10

  1. Project integration management
  2. Project scope management
  3. Project time management
  4. Project cost management
  5. Project quality management
  6. Project human resource management
  7. Project communications management
  8. Project risk management
  9. Project procurement management
  10. Project stakeholder management
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24
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Where we dropping?

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Towers obvi

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What does the IT project methodology recommend?

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  • phases and deliverables
  • processes
  • tools
  • knowledge areas
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What are common stages of the PLC?

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  • Define Project Goal
  • Plan Project
  • Execute Project Plan
  • Close Project
  • Evaluate Project
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What is the deliverable of the define project goal phase?

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Business case

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What is the deliverable of the plan project phase?

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Project charter and plan

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What does the project charter define?

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objectives in terms of:

  • scope
  • schedule
  • budget
  • quality objectives

a contract between the PM and sponsor organization

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What does the project plan detail?

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Tactical description of who will carry out the work and when. Defines How the resources will be used to develop a budget and schedule the team will follow

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What are the deliverables of the execute project plan phase?

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  • SRS
  • SDS
  • Software testing document
  • Software system
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What is the deliverable of the close project phase?

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Final report and presentation

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33
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What is a formal acceptance?

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The transfer of control from the project team to the client or project sponsor

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What are the deliverables of the evaluate project phase?

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Project evaluations and lessons learned

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What are the 4 areas of project evaluation?

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  1. Review by PM and project team
  2. Between PM and individual team members
  3. By a 3rd party
  4. Project value evaluated
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36
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What is fast tracking?

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Starting the next phase of a project before current phase is approved

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37
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What are the 8 activities of the SDLC?

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  1. Requirements elicitation
  2. Analysis
  3. System design
  4. Object design
  5. Problem Implementation
  6. Testing
  7. Delivery
  8. Maintenance
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38
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What is the result of requirements elicitation?

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UC diagram

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39
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What is the result of analysis activity?

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System model

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40
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What is the result of system design activity?

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Subsystem decomposition, deployment diagram

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What is the result of object design activity?

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Object model

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42
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What is the result of Implementation activity?

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Source code

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43
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What is the result of testing activity?

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Discover faults

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44
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Why is maintenance performed?

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  • remove errors

- enhance existing software

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45
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What is a process?

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a set of interrelated actions and
activities performed to achieve a pre-specified product, result, or
service

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What do project management processes support?

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All the activities involved in the product oriented process

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47
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What is a product oriented process?

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Produces the tangible results of the project

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What are the 5 PMBOK PM Process groups?

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  • initiating
  • planning
  • executing
  • controlling
  • closing
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What is PRINCE2 ?

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PRojects IN Controlled Environments, version 2: A PM methodology

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What are the 7 PRINCE2 processes?

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  1. Start project
  2. Initiate project
  3. Direct project
  4. Control stage
  5. Manage product delivery
  6. Manage stage boundaries
  7. Close project
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What is a project board?

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  • Used in PRINCE2
  • Group of up to 8 people: customer, senior user, senior supplier
  • provide direction, manage change requests, decide on project continuation
  • accountable for project’s success/failure
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52
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What is the goal of the direct project process?

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Define the project board’s overall activities

53
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What is the goal of the initiate project process?

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Develop the project brief into a more detailed business case

54
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What is the goal of the

manage project delivery process?

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Ensure the work packages are developed, delivered and approved as planned

55
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What is the goal of the control stage process process?

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Define PM’s day to day activities

56
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What is the goal of the

close project process?

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  • Ensure project finished in controlled manner

- activities defined for acceptance of project, archiving documents and release project resources

57
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What is the goal of the manage stage boundaries process?

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Develop information or reporting mechanisms that PM will give to project board

58
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What are the 7 PRINCE2 themes?

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Guidelines to aid project goal achievement:

  1. Business case
  2. Organization
  3. Risk
  4. Quality
  5. Planning
  6. Change
  7. Describe the Progress
59
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What are the 7 PRINCE@ principles?

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Universal guidance for all projects:

  1. Business case driven
  2. Product focus
  3. Lessons learned
  4. Manage the stage
  5. Adapt to project
  6. Manage by exception
  7. Accountability
60
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What are the 4 phases of a learning cycle?

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  1. Understand/frame the problem
  2. Plan
  3. Act
  4. Reflect and learn
61
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What are the components of a team learning record?

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  • What we know (facts)
  • What we think we know (assumptions)
  • What we don’t know (questions)
62
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What are the dimensions for assessing team learning?

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  • speed (number of cycle)
  • depth (degree of reframing their understanding)
  • Beadth (impact)
63
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What does MOV stand for?

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Measurable Organizational Value

64
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What aspects of the organization must be supported by the MOV?

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Vision
Mission
Strategy

65
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What are 4 areas of project objectives to support eh MOV?

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  • Scope
  • Schedule
  • Budget
  • Quality
66
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What are the 6 steps in the process to develop the MOV?

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  1. Identify area of impact
  2. Identify value of project
  3. Develop metric
  4. Set time frame
  5. Get agreement from stakeholders
  6. Summarize MOV
67
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What are the potential areas of impact for the MOV?

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  • Strategic
  • Customer
  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Social
68
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How can a project add value?

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Make things:

  • Better
  • Faster
  • Cheaper
  • Do more
69
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T/F: A business case includes a budget

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false

70
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Are you a banker?

A

No? Then get out

71
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What are the main areas of alternative feasibility?

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  • Economic
  • Technical
  • Organizational
  • Other

Wow so MECE!

72
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What are the main areas of total benefit of ownership?

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  • Increasing high-value work
  • Improving accuracy and efficiency
  • improving decision making
  • improving customer service
73
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What is the formula for payback period?

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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paybackperiod.asp

74
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What is the formula for ROI?

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(benefit-cost)/cost

75
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What are the reasons for recruiting a core team to develop the business case?

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  • enhanced credibility
  • alignment with organizational goals
  • access to real costs
  • shared sense of ownership
76
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What is the triple constraint for projects?

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Scope Goals, Time Goals & Cost Goals

77
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Who is often responsible for balancing project goals?

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Project Manager

78
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What are the IT PM roles?

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Project Stakeholder, PM, Project Sponsor, Subject Matter Experts SME’s, Technical Experts TE’s

79
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Project Sponsor, Project team, support staff, customers, users and suppliers are examples of what?

A

Project Stakeholders

80
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Is the Project manager the team leader?

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Yes

81
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Who is responsible for ensuring that the project management and technical dev processes are in place?

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Project manager

82
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End user, Customer, Client are examples of

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Project Sponsors

83
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Project Sponsors have the ability and desire to:

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provide direction, funding and other resources to the project

84
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What were mid-size companies average cost and schedule overruns according to the CHAOS study?

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~200%

85
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According to the CHAOS study, how many projects were canceled? Completed but over budget/schedule or without key specifications?

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31% canceled, 53& completed but over budget/schedule without features

86
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What are some key factors in successful projects?

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User Involvement, Exec Support, Clarity of business objective/requirements

87
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What are factors that lead to failed and challenged projects

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Lack of user input, incomplete requirements, lack of resources, lack of exec support

88
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What are the four approaches to improve the likely-hood of success of a project?

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Value driven
Socio-technical: involve end users early and often
PM: pre-defined process and infrastructure with estimates and control resources
Knowledge management Approach: lessons learned, best practices

89
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What are the ten project management knowledge areas

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integration management
scope management
time management
cost management
quality management
HR management
communications management
risk management
procurement management
stakeholder management
90
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Phases and deliverables are part of:

A

PM Lifecycle

91
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What are two process frameworks?

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PMBOK & PRINCE2

92
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What is the process for developing the business case?

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  • Select core team
  • define MOV
  • Identify Alternatives
  • Define feasibility
  • Define total cost of ownership
  • Define total benefits of ownership
  • Analyze alternatives
  • Propose and support recommendation
93
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Total cost of ownership TCO includes

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Direct Costs
Up-front costs
Ongoing costs
Indirect costs

94
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Total benefits of ownership include:

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Increasing high-value work
Improving accuracy and efficiency
Improving decision making
Improving customer service

95
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NPV

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-Initial investment + Sum(CF/(1+r)^t)

96
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What is the deliverable of the Plan project phase?

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Project charter & plan

97
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What document outlines the project infrastructure and resources and summarizes the project schedule and budget?

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The project charter

98
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What document serves as the contract between the project sponsor and project team?

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project charter

99
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When should a kick-off meeting be held?

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After the planning phase, to initiate the execute project plan phase

100
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What are the steps in the project planning framework?

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  1. Finalize MOV
  2. Define scope
  3. Organize work into phases
  4. Identify tasks for each phase
101
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What is the result of the project planning framework?

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The baseline plan (schedule and budget)

102
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What are the steps in the scope management process?

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  1. Initiation
  2. Planning
  3. Definition
  4. Verification
  5. Change control
103
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What is the output of the scope planning step?

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Scope statement

104
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What is the output of scope verification?

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Scope verification check list

105
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What are the outputs of scope definition?

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  • Deliverable definition table
  • Deliverable structure chart
  • Context DFD
  • Use case diagram
106
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What are the outputs of scope change control?

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  • Scope change request form

- scope change request log

107
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During scope definition, deliverables can be divided into:

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  • project-oriented (support project management)

- product oriented (support the IT solution)

108
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What type of deliverable is the business case?

A

project-oriented

109
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Name the project-oriented scope definition tools

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  • deliverable definition table (DDT)

- deliverable structure chart (DSC)

110
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What are the components (columns) of a DDT?

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  • Deliverable name
  • Structure
  • Standards
  • Who needs to approve
  • Resources required
111
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What should be created first, the DDT or DSC?

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The DDT

112
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What is a context flow diagram useful for?

A

Refining the scope boundary and defining what the system must do

113
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What are the major components of a scope verification check list?

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  • MOV
  • Deliverables
  • Quality standards
  • milestones
  • review and acceptance
114
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What is scope creep?

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Adding features/functionality without addressing time/costs or without customer approval

115
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What is scope grope?

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When scope is poorly defined

116
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What is scope leap?

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Huge sudden change in scope

117
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What is WBS?

A

Work breakdown structure

118
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WBS divides the project into components called what?

A

Work packages

119
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T/F: Each deliverable should have its own work package

A

True

120
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What are the 6 criteria for a complete activity in the WBS?

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  1. Measurable status
  2. Bounded (start/end events are defined)
  3. Has a deliverable
  4. Time/cost easily estimated
  5. Acceptable duration
  6. Work assignments are independent
121
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What are the 2 components of a scope statement?

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  • Work inside scope boundary

- Work outside scope boundary

122
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How do you derive a project schedule

A

identify sequence of activities and interdependence and relationships

123
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Projecting budget is determined by

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Schedule, costs of resources and other direct and indirect costs

124
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Kick-off off meetings are good for?

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to bring closure to the planning phase of the project. Also for communicating to everyone what the project is about

125
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Scope Initiation Process:

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Process whereby the project sponsor gives the PM authority and resources to define the scope of the project

126
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Scope Planning Process:

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Defining the work and activities that achieve the MOV

127
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What are the two deliverable categories for scope devision

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Project Oriented & Product Oriented deliverable

128
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What are two tools to communicate project deliverables?

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Deliverable Definition Table DDT & Deliverable Structure Chart DSC

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