Exam 3: Managing the Information Systems Project

Match each of the following activities with its corresponding skills. -Communication within and between teams,peer evaluations,conflict resolution,team building,self- management

Task identification structure refers to the process of dividing a project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks.

Briefly define and compare Gantt charts and network diagrams.

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Shows the time overlap of activities.

A __________ is an online or hard-copy repository for all project correspondence,inputs,outputs,deliverables,procedures,and standards that is used for performing project audits,orienting new team members,communicating with management and customers,identifying future projects,and performing postproject reviews.

Critical path scheduling is a scheduling technique in which order and duration of a sequence of task activities directly affect the completion date of a project.

Project initiation is the second phase of the project management process,which focuses on defining clear,discrete activities and the work needed to complete each activity within a single project.

A logic model is a graphical representation of a project that shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to its time for completion.

When a project manager works closely with customers to assure project deliverables meet expectations,he/she is performing a customer relations activity.

If an activity's optimistic time is 4 days,its realistic time is 10 days,and its pessimistic time is 25 days,then its estimated time would be 11.5 days.

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Monitor project progress against the baseline project plan

The focus of developing a communications plan activity is to collect and organize the tools that will be used while managing the project.

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Shows slack time available for each activity within activity rectangles.

Project planning is the first phase of the project management process in which activities are performed to assess the size,scope,and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support later project activities.

Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence,personality,and abilities refers to which of the following project manager activities?

__________ is the third phase of the project management process in which the plans created in the prior phases are put into action.

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Shows the sequence dependencies between activities.

If an activity's optimistic time is 3 months,its realistic time is 5 months,and its pessimistic time is 10 months,then its estimated time would be 5.5 months.

Determining the strengths and weaknesses of project deliverables,the processes used to create them,and the project management process is done during:

Gantt charts typically show how tasks must be ordered and when an activity should begin and end.