Exam 3: Managing Systems Projects

Matching Identify the letters of the choices that best match the phrases or definitions. -Developed by the U.S. Navy to manage very complex projects

Mauricio estimates that the first module of the project could be completed in as few as 15 days or could take as many as 25 days, but most likely will require 20 days. Determine the expected task duration.

Matching Identify the letters of the choices that best match the phrases or definitions. -Defines the tasks that can start at the same time

If team members lack experience with certain aspects of the required technology, temporary help might be obtained from IT consultants or part-time staff.

A(n) _____ is any work that has a beginning and an end and requires the use of company resources such as people, time, or money.

A _____ displays the same information as the Gantt chart, including task dependencies, but uses task boxes to include much more detail.

_____ lists each risk and assesses the likelihood that it could affect a project.

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) and Gantt charts are mutually exclusive techniques.

The purpose of quantitative risk analysis is to understand the actual impact of a risk in terms of dollars, time, project scope, or quality.

Using a work breakdown structure (WBS) allows one to manage a project as one large task.

Effective project reporting requires _____.

Mauricio has decided to use a project management tool for this project. He wants the tool to be free and cloud-based so that there is no need for software to be installed. Help Mauricio in identifying the project management tool that best fits the purpose.

Project planning, an activity of a project manager, _____.

Structured walk-throughs take place throughout the SDLC and are called _____ reviews, depending on the phase in which they occur.

When two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, each of the concurrent tasks is called a(n) _____.

Project managers typically perform the tasks of _____.

In a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart, each rectangular box, called a task box, has five sections that contain important information about a task.

Using a(n) _____, a project manager can convert task start and finish times to actual dates by laying out the entire project on a calendar.

A _____ is a review of a project team member's work by other members of a team.

Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and the degree of impact.