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This flashcard set covers university-level project management, focusing on key concepts like scope, stakeholders, and processes. It delves into the roles of project managers, the importance of planning, and the management of risks and budgets. The flashcards also explore the integration of software and construction activities within project frameworks. Ideal for students and professionals, this set helps in understanding the complexities of project management and the tools needed to ensure successful project delivery.
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294
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Anglais
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Informatique
Niveau
Université
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05.01.2014 / 12.08.2024
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26. A project manager is analyzing the communications requirements for a project. There are six team members, four stakeholders, and two subcontractors. He needs to find the number of potential communication channels. How many channels are there?
23. A project manager is running into trouble with his team, because they always come to meetings late. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to be the cause of this problem?
24. A project manager for a software project is well-regarded by people in her company as an expert programmer. She has an especially good reputation among the senior managers of the company. The CTO of the company tells her that any time she runs into trouble, heÕll back up any decision that she makesÑand everyone on the team admires the CTO, and they have a lot of loyalty to him. Which BEST describes the power the project manager is exerting?
21. A project manager working in a projectized organization is putting a team together to perform a project. Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique that might be used to do this?
22. A project manager is building her team. She notices that team members are not collaborating efficiently, and she is concerned that this is leading to a destructive environment. Which of the following BEST describes the state that the team is in?
19. Which of the following BEST describes a situation where statistical sampling is appropriate?
20. YouÕre planning your projectÕs quality activities. You know that as you go through your project, your team will find lots of ways to improve the way your company does work in the future. You need a way to handle that information in a systematic manner. What document is BEST used to plan for this?
17. Which of the following is NOT considered when calculating cost of quality?
18. Which of the following is NOT an example of quality assurance?
17. A project manager is working in a country where it is customary to pay the police for private protection services. The project managerÕs supervisor tells him that in another country, that would be considered a bribe. What is the BEST way for the project manager to proceed?

16. Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the Perform Quality Control process?

15. You are currently performing the Conduct Procurements process. You are considering two bids from companies on your qualified sellers list. Your project is on a tight budget, and you have been instructed by senior management to consider the cost over any other criteria. You used the company that submitted the lower bid on a previous project, and you were not happy with their work. The company that submitted the higher bid has a reputation for treating their clients well, flying project managers first class, and giving them accommodations in five-star hotels. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?

14. Which enterprise environmental factor defines how work is assigned to people?
20. You have just delivered a product to your client for acceptance, when you get a call that some features they were expecting are missing. WhatÕs the first thing you should do?
19. Which of the following is NOT an input to Perform Quality Control?

18. Which conflict resolution technique is most effective?

23. Which of the following BEST describes the main purpose of the project charter?
22. Tom is the project manager of an accounting project. He has just finished defining the scope for the project and is creating the WBS. He goes to his organizational process asset library and finds a WBS from a past project to use as a jumping off point. Which of the following describes the asset that Tom is using?

29. Which of the following is the correct order of the Monitoring & Controlling processes for Scope Management?

28. You are managing a project with a total budget of $450,000. According to the schedule, your team should have completed 45% of the work by now. But at the latest status meeting, the team only reported that 40% of the work has actually been completed. The team has spent $165,000 so far on the project. How would you BEST describe this project?

27. You are managing a software engineering project. Your team is having trouble completing their object design tasks. One of your team members tells you that her friend at another company sent her a copy of a software package they own that will help your team meet its deadline. Without that software package, your project will probably be late. But you donÕt have enough money in the budget to purchase it. WhatÕs the BEST way to handle this situation?

26. A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?
35. A buyer and seller have a teaming agreement. Which of the following BEST describes their relationship?
36. YouÕre a project manager planning a project that requires that you hire a contractor. Before you can find sellers, you need to develop a document defines the portion of the work that the contractor will do. Which of the following is NOT true about this document?
33. A project manager is in trouble because he took on a contract that overran its budget, and now he has to eat the cost out of his own budget. Which of the following BEST describes his contract?
34. A project manager for a software project hires a subcontractor to build a module that will be used in the rest of the project. When itÕs time to integrate that module into the rest of the code, there are serious quality problems. The subcontractor claims that the module meets its requirements, but the project managerÕs lead developer says that the requirements have clearly been violated. The contract is unclear about how to handle the situation. ItÕs clear that the contract needs to be amended to indicate a solution, but there is no agreement on the exact wording of the change. What BEST describes the next step for the project:
3. Which of the following shows roles and responsibilities on your project?
4. Brandi is a project manager on a software project. About halfway through development, her team found that they had not estimated enough time for some of the technical work they needed to do. She requested that the new work be added to the scope statement and that the time to do the work be added to the schedule. The change control board approved her change. WhatÕs her next step?
1. Which of the following is NOT true of obtaining project plan approval?
2. Joe is a project manager on an industrial design project. He has found a pattern of defects occurring in all of his projects over the past few years and he thinks there might be a problem in the process his company is using that is causing it. He uses Ishikawa diagrams to come up with the root cause for this trend over projects so that he can make recommendations for process changes to avoid this problem in the future. What process is he doing?

8. A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by a month. What is the first thing you should do?

9. When are the most expensive defects most likely to be introduced into a product?

5. Your project has a virtual team. Half of your team members are located in another country, where they are working for a subcontractor. You want to promote the top performing foreign team member to a leadership position, but you are told by the other team members that women are not allowed to hold positions of authority. When you bring it up with their manager, you are informed that it is the subcontractorÕs policy not to promote women, and that in their country, it is culturally considered offensive for a man to take orders from a woman. What is the BEST way to respond to this situation? 6. Which of the following is NOT a source of information about specific project constraints and assumptions?
7. When do you perform stakeholder analysis?

12. Which is the BEST definition of quality?

13. In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?

10. You are the project manager for a railroad construction project. Your sponsor has asked you for a forecast for the cost of project completion. The project has a total budget of $80,000 and CPI of .95. The project has spent $25,000 of its budget so far. How much more money do you plan to spend on the project?

11. Which of the following best describes decomposition?

47. You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:

46. A change has occurred on your project. YouÕve documented the change, filled out a change request, and submitted that request to the change control board (CCB). WhatÕs the NEXT thing that must happen on the project?

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