Section 2: Organizations and Project Management

Question 1

What are some INFRASTRUCTURE environmental factors that affect a project?

Answer 1

• I.T. Hardware and Usability
• Internal EEFs
• Facilities
• Telecommunication Channels
• Equipment

Question 2

What are some ORGANIZATIONAL cultural structures that can affect a project?

Answer 2

• Vision
• Mission
• Values and Beliefs
• Cultural Norms
• Hierarchy and Authority
• Organization and Management style
• Internal EEFs

Question 3

What are some elements that help us understand the project environment?

Answer 3

• Physical Location

- Factors that influence the project

Question 4

What are some physical elements that can affect the project?

Answer 4

• Location of Project Work
• EEFs
• Weather
• Working Conditions
• Constraints

Question 5

What are some cultural norms and social influences on a project?

Answer 5

• Political Climate
• Social Climate
• Cultural Climate
• Perceptions
• Codes of Conduct
• Values
• EEFs
• Ethics

Question 6

What is a predictive life cycle?

Answer 6

Also known as the waterfall technique. It is plan-driven. We try and plan as much of the project as possible. Changes are tightly controlled.

Question 7

What are the different flavours of agile?

Answer 7

• Scrum
• Aigle
• XP
• Crystal Light
• Lean
• Iterative
• Incremental
• Change Driven

Question 8

What is the difference between Iterative and Incremental life cycles?

Answer 8

• Iterative = Legos -work on certain requirements of a project BEFORE releasing
• Incremental = Train cars- Keep adding improvements onto an already product.

Question 9

What is an adaptive life cycle?

Answer 9

-Change Driven project management with rapid iterations of the project. Change is expected from the scope

Question 10

What is a Kanban Board

Answer 10

A board from left to right starts with user stories backlog and goes from in progress to done.

Question 11

How can we tailor the project management process?

Answer 11

1. Choose what processes are needed on ever project
2. Ask how in depth should we go into a process
3. Not every process needs to be used
4. The larger the project the more processes should be used

Question 12

What are the steps to determine what processes are needed?

Answer 12

Ask why we neeed:

1. Certain knowledge areas
2. Process

Then

1. Tailor to fit your project
2. Include an overview of tailoring efforts

I.e. Why do we need quality management

Why do we need risk management?