Project Management Overview

Which of the following is a characteristic of a project?

• Temporary

• Strategic

• Specific result

• Progressively elaborated

Which of these scenarios are projects?

• Building an extension on a house

• Shelving books at the library

• Running an assembly line in a toy factory

• Organizing a large conference

Define most of your works, operations or projects, why?

• Operations

• Projects

Which of the following is a Process Group?

• Monitoring and Controlling

• Gathering Requirements

• Initiating

• Closing

▪At the beginning of a project, a software team project manager is given a schedule with everyone’s vacations on it. She realizes that because the software will be delivered to the QA team exactly when they have overlapping vacations, there is a serious risk of quality problems because there won’t be anyone to test the software before it goes into production. What BEST describes the constraint this places on the project?

• Quality constraint

• Time constraint

• Resource constraint

• Risk constraint

Do you see Project Management Office in your organization?

• Yes

• No

Do you think your project will contribute to better manage your organization to realize its benefits and meets its objectives?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following is a responsibility of a project manager?

• Managing stakeholder expectations

• Managing project constraints

• Gathering product requirements

• Sponsoring the project

What competencies are required for a project manager in your organization?

• Education

• Work Experience

• Project Management Education

• Project Experience

• Others...

Which type of organization are you working in?

• Functional

• Weak

• Balanced

• Strong

• Projectized