Exam 3: Planning the Project

Marcus is asked by higher management to create a document that provides a high level description of a project that has not yet been approved. The document should describe the major deliverables of the project and should provide the financial and strategic justification for the project. In this scenario, Marcus needs to prepare a _____.

As a rule of thumb, the lowest level tasks in a typical project should not take longer than two days to complete.

List some of the results of the project launch meeting.

The initial project meeting is just to coordinate the project, so areas of responsibility do not need to be discussed.

The RACI matrix is a tool to organize the cost in your project plan.

One of the problems with mind mapping is that it is relatively difficult to convert into work breakdown structure (WBS).

Robert, a project manager, created a work breakdown structure (WBS) for his new project. He then used the data from the WBS to create a table that assigned responsibilities to each team member and helped organize the project team. In this scenario, Robert created a(n)_____.

The work breakdown structure is one way to separate project activities by their level of importance.

Which of the following is not a sub-process associated with risk management?

What is the primary function of a project plan?

Sharon, a project manager, is working on a new project with a team of six members. She allocates work to each member who then works independently. The members are asked to refrain from experimentation and rigidly follow the project scope. Sharon coordinates the work of the members and provides them with feedback confidentially. The given scenario exemplifies the use of _____.

It is acceptable to restrict the launch meeting to brainstorming a problem.

The results of the launch meeting include:

While the design structure matrix can help identify potential rework situations, typically nothing can be done to avoid them.

Janet, a project manager, receives a complex marketing project. She needs to make sure that the client receives regular updates about the project and that the project team is flexible enough to accommodate any changes in the project scope. She also needs to ensure that feedback is provided at the completion of each project milestone. In this scenario, Janet should use _____ to plan the project.

Imelda, a professor of management studies, wants to organize a collaborative project with her students to help them understand various aspects of marketing. She writes down the project goal in a circle in the center of a large sheet of paper. She and her students then brainstorm to identify the tasks that must be done to achieve the goal. She asks the students to write each task in a circle on the sheet and draw lines connecting the various circles. In this scenario, Imelda is using a process called _____.