Exam 1: What Is Project Management

Statement: Whenever work activities are directed at somewhat different or unfamiliar goals that require the cooperation of several persons or groups, project management is usually appropriate.

Project management is generally appropriate:

Statement: Overall, there is not much difference between the practices of traditional management and project management.

Some features of project management are

Statement: Project management is a new form of management that would not have been applicable to the projects of the past.

Statement: Project management takes on many forms, but common to all of them are a project leader and a project team.

Statement: Virtually every kind of work is managed best using project management.

The functions of management generally include:

Statement: If an organization has much at stake in a project, and failure to complete it might result in financial ruin, then it would be wise to consider use of project management.

Which of the following situations tend to define "project work" (as opposed to traditional, non-project work)?

Statement: There is no difference between the practices of project management in the government and project management in the private sector.

Statement: Using the definition in the textbook, programs tend to be smaller than projects, and a project may be comprised of several programs.