Project Management - Module 1

Developing the schedule is one of the tasks of Project planning, one of the most important activities inside of Project management. Which of the following cases refers to Developing the schedule?

• It is possible that having the activities already defined, the team might need to generate dependency between the activities since some of them cannot start until another task is completed.

• Activities must have a duration; they cannot last forever. Knowing the duration of the activities helps the team to define the duration of the Project

• Once the team has the activities to be completed and so the duration, they proceed to create a document from scratch, where the order, dependencies, and resources of each activity are written down

Which of the following activities are part of the Executing process group?

• It is necessary to make sure the deliverables comply with the requirements specified by the stakeholders.

• As in each project, a Project manager should be selected, also the historical information recollected and identify the stakeholders as well.

• Quality standards become executable activities that are incorporated inside the quality policies

Which of the following activities are part of the Planning process group?

• Quality standards become executable activities that are incorporated inside the quality policies.

• Generate the WBS, which is a document that helps the team to know the deliveries during the Project.

• As in each project, a Project manager should be selected, also the historical information recollected and identify the stakeholders as well.

Which of the following activities are part of the monitoring and controlling process group?

• As in each project, a Project manager should be selected, also the historical information recollected and identify the stakeholders as well.

• It is necessary to make sure the deliverables comply with the requirements specified by the stakeholders.

• Generate the EDT/WBS, which is a document that helps the team to know the deliveries during the Project.

According to the PMI (2017), Projects can be different, but they have the same structure: Beginning of the project, organization and preparation, work execution, and closing of the project. Which of the following scenarios is related to the closing of the project?

• The team works on the deliveries, according to the established dates, until the Project is completed.

• The Project Manager held a meeting with the General Manager of the company to verify that they have correctly delivered everything and complied with what was established.

• The team and the Project manager have decided the functions and tasks of each resource during the Project.

Within organizations there are two authorities, the functional area manager and the project manager. What are the three ways to organize authority between them?

• Small matrix, the functional manager has higher authority.Middle matrix, both points have the same authority.High matrix, the Project manager has the higher authority.

• Weak matrix, the functional manager has higher authority.Balanced matrix, both points have the same authority.Strong matrix, the Project manager has the higher authority.

• Weak matrix, the Project manager has higher authority.Balanced matrix, both points have the same authority.Strong matrix, the Functional manager has the higher authority.

Schedule, WBS, activities, and risks, are deliveries of a process group. Which of the following process do they belong to?

• Initiating process group

• Planning process group

• Monitoring and controlling process group

According to the PMI (2017), a functional organization has some advantages to Projects. From the following options, which is a disadvantage of Functional organizations?

• "Projectitis" syndrome could make the team members feel isolated from the rest of the organization.

• Sometimes, employees have their own daily tasks besides Project duties, so they take more time to complete Project tasks.

• It is possible that, in order to keep the team members together, the organization needs to spend more money.

A project manager should have several interpersonal skills so he can properly coordinate the project. The following scenarios represent the correct way to manage a project, except: 

• The goal of the project is to replace more than 200 old electronic devices. The Project manager decided to take all of them to the garbage, without verifying if some of them could be recycled.

• Two team members have some conflicts while deciding how to move forward with the Project. The Project manager listens to the members and then made an agreement where both can continue working.

• An IT supplier just canceled the remaining orders to the company where the Project is taking place. Immediately, the Project manager contacts another provider to continue the project.

Which of the following scenarios is a good example of the Iteration-based life cycle?

• There are 12 requested modules by the stakeholder. In order to create them, 120 software requirements are needed. Team decided that each block will last two weeks until the Project is done.

• There are 12 requested modules by the stakeholder. In order to create them, 120 software requirements are needed. Team has decided that each block will deliver one module, 12 blocks.

• After reviewing the software requirements with the stakeholders, the team has defined that four modules are necessary to complete the System, so four deliveries will be needed.