Exam 2: The Project Management and Information Technology Context

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A ____ is a collection of project phases.

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COBOL programmers cannot be of much help on a Java project.

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If project managers have functional management commitment,they will also have adequate resources and not be distracted by events that do not affect their specific projects.

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A ____ is the hierarchy most people think of when picturing an organizational chart.

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Because of the nature of information technology projects,the people involved come from very similar backgrounds and possess similar skill sets.

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What are the reasons why top management commitment is crucial to project managers?

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The same organization can have different subcultures.

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The term "systems approach"emerged in the ____.

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Assigning staff part-time to the project often creates underutilization and/or misallocation of staff resources.

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____________________ are sets of interacting components working within an environment to fulfill some purpose.

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Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects.

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The nature of hardware development projects is more diverse than software-oriented projects.

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In a ____ matrix organizational structure,the project manager controls the project budget and has moderate to high authority.

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A major element of good practice concerns ____________________,which addresses the authority and control for key IT activities in organizations,including IT infrastructure,IT use,and project management.

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The best way to kill a project is to withhold the required money,human resources,and visibility for the project.

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In a ____,program managers report to the CEO.

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The ____ focuses on producing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of the people.

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What is a systems development life cycle? What are some of the predictive models associated with the systems development life cycle?

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An organization that uses a project organizational structure earns their revenue primarily from performing projects for other groups under contract.

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If a project manager does not submit a potential project in the proper format,it could be rejected.

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