Exam 1: Introduction: Why Project Management

Acme uses no recognizable project management processes and has entertaining project meetings because each member has a unique way of reporting progress or lack thereof. Acme is most likely at the moderate level in the generic project management maturity model.

A product is introduced into a market, gains the acceptance of a fickle public, and finally is supplanted by a new and improved offering. This phenomenon is known as the:

Projects differ from classic organizational processes because projects are:

The acronym PMBoK stands for:

The author's synthesis of all well-known maturity models states that moderate project management maturity is characterized by:

Which of these countries is NOT identified in the text as having a developing economy with a substantial market?

Low inflation is a trigger for improved project management skills because:

Some argue that the quadruple constraint is insufficient for determining the success of a project. Instead, the quadruple constraint must be considered along with:

The general contractor handed Antoni Gaudi the keys to his dream home during the ________ phase of the project life cycle.

Most effective project maturity models chart both a set of standards that are currently accepted as state-of-the-art as well as a process for achieving significant movement towards these benchmarks.

Use the project life cycle and intensity level graph to describe your journey in your current degree program. Provide the number of credit hours you have earned and the number remaining in your program and briefly describe key events that show peaks or valleys in the five components.

Which of these effects exhibits an intensity level that is a nearly perfect sinusoid?

The dimension of project success that is realized last (chronologically) is:

Why are projects important?

A design project is completed on time, under budget, to the customer's satisfaction, and in adherence to the technical specifications agreed. The new product takes the market by storm and everyone associated with the project receives a coveted gold star. Under the four dimensions of project success model, the project still needs to show:

The dimension of project success that is realized first (chronologically) is:

The Atkinson model considers which of these benefits is being accrued by the organization if a project is successful?

The period of time that is ideal to achieve the success of a new product is the:

There is no such thing as a project team:

Project management is a useful training ground for: