Exam 3: Managing Systems Projects

Generally,systems analysts review the work of other systems analysts,and programmers review the work of other programmers,as a form of peer review,in structured walk-throughs.

Project planning,an activity of a project manager,_____.

_____,a free cloud-based project management tool,runs in a browser window,so there is no software to install to use it.

The three legs of the project triangle are management,staff,and clients.

The task name should be unique in the project.

A _____ involves breaking a project down into a series of smaller tasks.

When a project manager first recognizes that a project is in trouble,one of the options available to the manager is _____.

The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects.

The purpose of quantitative risk analysis is to understand the actual impact in terms of dollars,time,project scope,or quality.

Qualitative risk analysis can involve a modeling process called what-if analysis,which allows a project manager to vary one or more element(s)in a model to measure the effect on other elements.

Define risk and give a basic list of risk management steps.

Mauricio estimates that the first module of the project could be completed in as few as 15 days or could take as many as 25 days,but most likely will require 20 days.What is the 20 day estimate called?

A risk response plan is a proactive effort to anticipate a risk and describe an action plan to deal with it.

A continuous risk-tracking process can _____.

Adding more people to a project actually might increase the time necessary to complete the project because of a principle called _____.

A _____ is a sequence of tasks that has no slack time.

Gantt charts are more useful for scheduling,monitoring,and controlling the actual work than PERT charts.

Weight is an importance value that is added to each duration estimate.

Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and the degree of impact.

Progress reports may be given verbally to immediate supervisors,management,and users.