PM 2.02 Review

What is the purpose of a project management plan?

• To create a detailed scope statement

• To provide a quick overview of the project budget

• To monitor and control the project execution

• To define, prepare, integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans and project baselines

What are the minimum baselines included in a project management plan?

• Time baseline, budget baseline, and scope baseline

• Schedule baseline, cost performance baseline, and scope baseline

• Quality baseline, risk baseline, and resource baseline

• Communication baseline, procurement baseline, and stakeholder baseline

What is the purpose of a schedule baseline?

• To define the project deliverables

• To monitor the project budget

• To compare actual results to the plan and determine if corrective action is needed

• To measure how project changes affect the budget

What is the purpose of a cost performance baseline?

• To measure how project changes affect the budget

• To define the project deliverables

• To compare actual results to the plan and determine if corrective action is needed

• To compare actual expenditures to planned expenditures and determine if corrective action is needed

What is included in a scope baseline?

• Project schedule, project budget, and project resources

• Project deliverables, project acceptance criteria, and project milestones

• Project scope description, work breakdown structure, and WBS dictionary

• Project risks, project issues, and project assumptions

What is the purpose of chunking in goal setting?

• To make the goal seem more overwhelming

• To break down larger goals into more realistically achievable steps

• To increase the time required to achieve the goal

• To focus only on the end goal without considering the steps

What is the first step in chunking for goal setting?

• Put tasks in chronological order

• Identify smaller goals

• Work backwards from the end goal

• Create a list of everything needed to achieve the goal

What should each step in chunking be?

• Something that is overwhelming and unachievable

• Something that is comfortably do-able

• Something that requires external help

• Something that is unrelated to the end goal

What is the purpose of setting intermediate checks in project baselines?

• To increase the time required to complete the project

• To prevent any real progress towards the final result

• To make the project seem more overwhelming

• To measure progress towards the final goal

What is the Boat Design Challenge used for in the instructional activities?

• To teach students how to sail a boat

• To reinforce the concepts of the five phases of the project management life cycle

• To conduct a science experiment

• To learn about marine biology