Exam 14: Project Closeout and Termination

The final report should include an assessment of the effectiveness of the project team,not only in terms of actual performance on the project,but also with regard to:

Construction of the largest egg in the world seemed like a good idea when the Pixley city council awarded Halliburton the construction contract,but as the weeks turned into months the idea had lost much of its charm.What emotional issues might the project team be facing?

In August 2012,after twenty years in development,the combination heart monitor-ashtray for hospital intensive care patients was finally terminated,a victim of the change in the social acceptability of smoking in general and in particular,smoking by hospital patients.This is an example of natural termination.

Which type of project termination can occur for a project that is successful and for a project that is unsuccessful?

What are the major types of paperwork that must be closed out at the end of a project? What are some elements of each type?

The trailer had been reinforced,re-decked and had a fresh coat of paint.It was fully complete and finally ready for a run to Kansas City to pick up a rebounding son.This project has achieved natural termination.

The project final report is fundamentally:

Closeout activities are typically among the highest priority activities in a project.

Of the project closeout management steps listed,the first is to:

Which of these statements about early termination decisions is BEST?

The new dean was completely uninterested in international programs,so he selected the least competent faculty to serve on the committee and took away their doughnut budget,effectively terminating the project by starvation.

Research indicates that the number one reason for terminating research and development projects is:

What purpose does a final project report serve? What are the major elements of the final project report and what information should be contained in each one?

A behavioral issue that is crucial to maintaining the ongoing viability of a project is:

The rapid evolution of technology and the need to freeze a project's scope can combine to render a project:

Which two types of project termination are reserved for successful projects?

Under the BOT option for a project:

The emeritus physics professor taught at the university for forty years and had built quite a following in the community and an enviable LinkedIn network of alumni donors.The university was loath to ask him to retire,so they set up a lab where he could pursue his two passions,a perpetual motion machine and cold fusion,either of which would solve the world's energy problems.As the years passed,the budget was held constant and suffered due to the rise in prices for perpetual motion machine parts.Cold fusion material certainly wasn't getting any cheaper either,and it was evident to all the other physicists that the project was subjected to termination by:

Researchers have determined that one significant early warning sign of project failure is:

The actual carryover from one project to another is minimal because projects are unique,one-time events.