Exam 2: The Project Management Life Cycle

Describe the systems implementation phase of the systems development life cycle.

On large projects, the project manager and project leader should always be the same person.

A strong matrix organization structure has many characteristics of a projectized organization.

Compliance with a standard is ___________ .

The process group concerned with measuring progress during execution of a project is called ___________.

Developing a project team is part of which process group?

An organization's information systems needs may result from:

Systems planning has one primary activity.

Project managers only have to be concerned with the project itself.

The PMBOK organizes project management processes into ___________groups.

A ___________is a series of continuous actions that bring about a particular results, end, or condition.

In an organization with a functional structure, each employee reports to different entities.

Key general management skills essential for successful project management include all EXCEPT:

A type of organizational structure that typically crosses functional design with some other design characteristic is called___________organization structure.

The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately following task is called:

A document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for products, processes, or services with which compliance is not mandatory is called:

Companies can choose whether or not to follow a regulation.

Structured systems design that can be broken down into smaller and smaller units for conversion into instructions written in a programming language is called:

The steps of an SDLC (in the correct order)are analysis, planning, design, implementation, maintenance.

Scope verification is part of which process group?