Project Lifecyle and Roles Quiz

What is the term used to describe relationships between tasks based on their sequence in project management?

• Independent tasks

• Continuous tasks

• Recurring tasks

• Task dependencies

Why do project managers need to account for task dependencies early in the planning process?

• To increase the project's complexity

• To improve communication between team members

• Because dependencies can impact the timeline or budget of the project

• To make the project a continuous, ongoing process

How does the Project Life Cycle help in project management?

• By creating a project simulation

• By providing a structure for project delivery

• By avoiding the need for task dependencies

• By making the project manager's role unnecessary

How does the Project Life Cycle enable structured reviews that support governance?

• By avoiding reviews altogether

• By providing a continuous process

• By reviewing progress at each stage

• By making the project manager's role unnecessary

What are some best practices for managing dependencies in project management?

• Ignoring internal constraints

• Staying disorganized

• Identifying and tracking risks

• Avoiding communication with the team

Why is it important to make contingency plans in project management?

• To simplify the project life cycle

• To allocate extra time and money into the schedule and budget

• To ignore dependencies

• To create dependencies intentionally

What is the purpose of regular reviews in project management?

• To create dependencies

• To introduce scope creep

• To ensure project alignment with objectives and prevent scope creep

• To avoid risk management

How does the PDCA Cycle contribute to continuous process improvement in project management?

• By avoiding changes and keeping processes the same

• By implementing changes without analysis

• By making large-scale transformations in one go

• By making small, incremental changes and testing each step's success or failure

Predictive (or waterfall) life cycle is ideal when the project scope is unclear, but the customer still wants the best solution.

• True

• False

Why is the Agile or Adaptive Life Cycle ideal for some projects?

• It follows a linear progression

• It avoids change and adaptation

• It is open to change, and adaptation, and allows for feedback

• It strictly adheres to the original plan