Exam 3: The Project Manager

According to the authors the project manager should be more skilled at __________.

According to the authors,three major questions face the project manager with respect to synthesizing the requirements of a project.Identify the item that is NOT listed as one of the three major questions.

Research has shown that the chances for successful completion of a multidisciplinary project are greatly increased if project team members are _____ rather than _______,

The structure of a society is determined by its __________.

In order to meet the demands of the job of project manager-acquiring adequate resources,acquiring and motivating personnel,dealing with obstacles,making project goal trade-offs,maintaining a balanced outlook,and establishing a broad network of communication-the project manager must be a(n)_______________.

The __________ is the "corporate culture" within the organization,or even within the project.

Which of the following is not a phase in the Tuckman ladder?

The project manager must make trade-offs between project progress and process.Conceptually,this involves trade-offs between the __________ functions.

According to the authors,of all the characteristics desirable in a project manager,__________ is the most important.

According to the authors,the analytic method,when applied to systems,focuses on __________.

Most of the time spent by a project manager is spent __________.

The __________ represents everything outside the system that delivers inputs or receives outputs from the system.

The functional manager uses the __________ approach and the PM uses the __________ approach.

During the buildup phase,the project goals,in order of importance,are __________.

Identify the attribute that is NOT normally associated with the job of functional manager.

The project manager's responsibility to the project and to the client is met by ensuring that the __________ of the project is preserved in spite of conflicting demands made by stakeholders.

___________ is when someone takes over the project manager's job by exercising extremely close supervision over every action the project manager takes,or will actually tell the project manager precisely what to do.

Resources initially budgeted for a project are frequently __________ for the task,partly because of natural optimism by the proposer about how many resources are needed.

At the inception of a project,crises tend to be associated with resources.Explain why this scenario could be common in some organizations.

The ideal project manager should be __________.