Exam 3: Managing the Information Systems Project

What would be the estimated time for completion if the time estimates for report design are as follows: optimistic = 3 weeks;pessimistic = 9 weeks;realistic = 6 weeks?

With OOAD project management,during each iteration all systems development lifecycle activities are performed.

A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end best defines:

A Project Scope Statement is developed during the project execution phase.

The focus of closing the customer contract activity is to ensure that all contractual terms of the project have been met.

Managing conflict within a project team to assure that conflict is not too high or too low best defines which of the following project manager activities:

Briefly explain the process of managing an information systems project.

________ is a scheduling technique whose order and duration of a sequence of task activities directly affect the completion date of a project.

Realistic time is:

Defining the necessary activities required to organize the initiation team while they are working to define the scope of the project is the focus of which of the following activities?

Automated tools available to help you manage a development project are referred to as:

What would be the estimated time for completion if time estimates for programming are as follows: optimistic = 4 weeks;pessimistic = 6 weeks;realistic = 5 weeks?

Microsoft Outlook is an example of project management software.

Within the context of the SDLC,project closedown occurs when the design phase is completed.

A slipped completion date for an activity may initiate a change to the Baseline Project Plan.

Rework is not normally part of an OOAD project and one should be overly concerned when this happens.

If an activity's optimistic time is 4 weeks,its realistic time is 6 weeks,and its pessimistic time is 8 weeks,then its estimated time would be 6 weeks.

The project workbook serves as a repository for all project correspondence,inputs,outputs,deliverables,procedures,and standards established by the project team.

Managing the project team for effective team performance describes the ________ project manager activity.

Creating a work breakdown structure requires that you decompose phases into activities and activities into specific tasks.