Exam 3: The Project Manager

The __________ represents everything outside the system that delivers inputs or receives outputs from the system.

The project manager's responsibility to the project and to the client is met by ensuring that the __________ of the project is preserved in spite of conflicting demands made by stakeholders.

The project manager makes a __________ by allowing one aspect of the project to get worse in return for allowing another aspect of the project to get better.

When managing a project, the project manager is responsible for __________.

One of the major problems project managers have with creating a project team is coming up with adequate human resources. One way this commonly happens is by __________.

The project manager needs __________ credibility.

PMI offers a certification for project managers. PMI offers examination for certification as __________.

The functional manager uses the __________ approach and the PM uses the __________ approach.

Four project environments were identified in the chapter. Assume that there is a clash in requirements between the legal environments of two countries participating in the project. Before taking action to resolve the clash in requirements, what would you recommend that the project manager do?

Identify the attribute that is NOT normally associated with the job of functional manager.

Resources initially budgeted for a project are frequently __________ for the task, partly because of natural optimism by the proposer about how many resources are needed.

The __________ is the "corporate culture" within the organization, or even within the project.

__________ results when the demands made on an individual are greater than the person's ability to cope with them, particularly when the person has a high need for achievement.

According to the authors, three major questions face the project manager with respect to synthesizing the requirements of a project. Identify the item that is NOT listed as one of the three major questions.

During the __________ stage of the project lifecycle, there is no significant difference in the importance that project managers place on the three goals of cost, time, and performance.

According to the authors the key to coping with the uncertainty that happens at the end of a project, an obstacle that the project manager must overcome is __________.

Project managers must have __________, which refers to possessing enough technical abilities to direct the project.

__________ is the entire way of life for a group of people. It contains the four elements of technology, institutions, language, and arts.

During the buildup stage of a project lifecycle, __________ is the dominant goal of many project managers.

Which of the following is NOT typically recommended to be considered when hiring new team members?