Exam 14: Project Closeout and Termination

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 static factor that may lead to early termination for a project is:

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:

Administrative performance review is an important component of the final project report.Which item is a key facet of administrative performance?

A significant challenge during the finishing the work element of project closeout management is to:

The closeout step that requires all contractual documents be recorded and archived is:

Systematic errors could be BEST described as:

The project review session was one epiphany after another for the project organization.A number of systematic errors were properly identified and the root causes of a number of problems were identified.Sadly,the review session was not leveraged to its fullest extent thanks to:

A final report section on the techniques of project management would include an honest assessment of whether the:

An important guideline to follow in a lessons-learned meeting is to:

What three guidelines are offered to derive maximum benefit from a lessons-learned meeting? Provide counter examples for each one of these behaviors.

What is arbitration,how does it work,when is it used and what are the two different types?

In non-binding arbitration:

It has been said that the act of terminating of a project is a project in itself.Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.

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

What are the keys to begin harvesting the benefits of a project? What are the major components of a meaningful project assessment system and how does an assessment system help the project organization?

Describe the four early warning signs of project failure.

In order to facilitate acceptance for the project,the project team should start planning for the project's transfer and use during:

What are any two common mistakes in a post-project lessons-learned meeting?

Lessons-learned analysis is BEST described as: