Exam 1: Introduction: Why Project Management?

The MBA redesign committee presents the results of their five-year project to their bemused Dean.They hope it is not just wishful thinking that they are in the:

The general contractor handed Antoni Gaudi the keys to his dream home during the ________ phase of the project life cycle.

The business success dimension of project success determines whether the project achieved significant commercial success.

An information system project might be assessed by which of the following criteria?

One unique feature of projects is that they blend both:

Which of these is NOT characteristic of a project?

The project maturity model developed by the Center for Business Practices would have ________ rings if a spider-web diagram were used.

The man-hours requirement is typically at a peak during the ________ phase of the project life cycle.

What are project management maturity models used for?

Geoffco's project manager names three individuals and requests a project budget of $3,000,000 for the new 8-Pod,a backpack-sized personal music player for 8-track tapes capable of holding up to 100 songs from the '60s and '70s.This important step takes place during ________ of the project life cycle.

All groups that are affected by a project are known by this name:

Maynard and Zed construct a spider-web diagram for their latest initiative at the pawn shop.The rings of their spider web diagram show:

The initial goal and technical specifications of the project are developed during the planning stage.

One of the things that the technical side of project management emphasizes is:

Which of these countries is NOT identified in the text as having a developing economy with a substantial market?

Product life cycles are longer now than twenty years ago.

Acme uses no recognizable project management processes and has entertaining project meetings because each member has a unique way of reporting progress or lack thereof.Acme is most likely at the moderate level in the generic project management maturity model.

Why is project management considered an excellent training ground for future senior executives in many organizations?

Which of these effects exhibits an intensity level that is a nearly perfect sinusoid?

The Atkinson model for assessing project success gathers input from all of the project's stakeholders.