Exam 1: Projects in Contemporary Organizations

Conflicting expectations among stakeholders related to performance,cost,and time will require the project manager to make appropriate ____________ in order to balance competing demands related to these objectives.

The chance that project processes or outcomes will not turn out as planned is called __________.

Which of the following is not a trend that we see in project management?

Identify the example that would not usually be considered a project.

Discuss the factors that have contributed to the growth of the Project Management Institute.

Earned value is based on the concept that the percentage of project completion is closely correlated with __________.

The desired outcomes or results of a project are called ____________.

The military uses the term __________ to refer to an exceptionally large,long-range objective that is broken down into a set of projects.

The process of creating artificial deadlines and budgets to accomplish specific,though routine,tasks within a functional department is called ______.

According to the PMBOK Guidebook,a __________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

Projects are bound by the three objectives of scope,time,and cost.These are collectively referred to as the _______________________.

Having only partial or no information about the situation or outcomes is called __________.

Relations between organizational functions,where one function or task is dependent on others,are known as __________.

__________ is a subset of a project consisting of work packages.

The authors identify three forces that combine to mandate the use of teams to solve problems.Identify the force that the authors named.

As sub-elements of a task,these __________ need to be accomplished to achieve the objectives of the task.

Which of the following is not a likely attribute of quasi-projects?

A conventional project life cycle is a(n)__________ curve.

Explain why it is important for the project team to understand the purpose of a project.

The "stretched-S" pattern observed during the project lifecycle,for the most part,is a result of the _________.