Exam 1: Introduction to Project Management

Project management is defined as a process of applying knowledge, tools, and techniques to a project's activities to deliver stated project requirements within agreed upon scope, time, cost, and quality constraints.

A project is defined having these three characteristics: it is operational, unique, and best defined using progressive elaboration.

IT projects are unique, requiring special tools and ________ to run them.

Which of the following category(ies) demonstrates some key differences in IT projects?

Scope is assessed by the degree to which the system satisfies the requirements set forth and agreed upon by the customer and the development team.

PMI is the leading provider of education and knowledge and is considered the pioneer in the field of project management.

Explain the concept of progressive elaboration.

What is scope and how is it used to evaluate the success of a project?

Technology advances have enabled today's IT employee to be able to work from home, in another part of the country, or even in separate countries without ever needing to go into the office.

PMI professionals come from virtually every major industry including aerospace, automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial services, information technology, and telecommunications.

A project manager does not need to delegate any of the tasks of the project.

For organizations to prosper today, they must embrace ________ principles to increase productivity and return on investment in order to create a competitive advantage.

To obtain PMI project management certification, one must not only achieve a certain level score on an examination but must also demonstrate applied project management skills over several years.

Informal organization structures will not influence or impact the success (or failure) of a project.

Time is one of the triple constraints. What is it and how is it used to evaluate the success of a project?

The matrix organization structure provides a dynamic structure to adapt more easily to change.

In a project based organization structure, there is a tendency to have fewer levels of management meaning more possibilities for promotions.

In the history of project management, some of the early key tools created included:

As the globe continues to shrink due largely to advances in technology, it becomes critical for project managers to understand their own organizations and how their projects collaborate with external entities.

The profitability of an organization is impacted by how successful its projects are and how well they are managed.