Risk Management 1
1. A project manager discovers that there is a part of the project that contains some risk. His strategy with this risk is to subcontract the work to an outside supplier by using a firm fixed-price contract. Which of the following must the project manager do a. The project manager should make certain that the project team does not reveal the risk to the supplier until the contract is signed. b. The project manager should make every effort to make sure that the supplier is made aware of the risk...
Activity Sequencing
The activity's identity comes from the work breakdown structure. When the WBS is completed, the bottom of the work breakdown structure defines the individual pieces of work that are necessary to complete the project. These individual pieces of work are the same items that become the activities in the project schedule. One of the things that is done in the development of the WBS is to check that each of the activities has inputs for the work required. Each output from an activity is used by...
Human Resources Management 1
1. What are the major advantages of the functional type of organization a. Single point of contact for the customer b. Stable organizational structure d. Multifunctional teams are easy to form 2. The project manager's leadership style should be matched to the corresponding developmental level of the project team and should move through successive steps in the following order a. Disciplinary, autocratic, participative. b. Projectized, matrix, functional. c. Team building, team development,...
Quality Management 1
1. The processes required to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken include all activities of the overall management function that determines the quality policy, objectives, and responsibilities and implements them by means such as quality planning, quality control, quality assurance, and quality improvement, within the quality system. This is called 2. Decisions as to the types of projects that should be accomplished and strategic plans as to the quality of...
Cost Management 1
1. A project manager wants to make a trip to California by car. The project manager knows how many miles it will be to drive to California, the current price of gasoline, and how many miles the car will go on a gallon of gasoline. From this information he or she can calculate the estimated cost of the gasoline for the trip. This is a form of what kind of estimating technique 2. A project manager wants to make a trip to California by car. The project manager knows someone who has made this trip...
Communications Management 1
1. Which of the following media can a communicator use to present information 2. The three principal interests in maintaining good document control are a. Timely communication, collection of performance appraisal data, and assuring proper disposal of sensitive documents. b. Timely communication, maintaining proper approvals, and communication cost control. c. Effective communication, ability to reconstruct why decisions were made, and historical value. d. Security, change management, and...