You are a project manager for the information technology division of a local satellite TV broadcasting company. This spring, the chief information officer for your company gave you the project to convert and upgrade all the PCs in the department to the latest release of a specific desktop application. Prior to this conversion, all manner of desktop software existed on machines throughout the company and had caused increasing problems with sharing files and information across the company. A lot of unproductive hours were spent typing information into several formats. This project came about as a result of which of the following?
A. Technological advance
B. Business need
C. Customer request
D. Legal requirement
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You are a project manager for Capella Systems. Your company writes custom software for accounting and financial systems for medium- to large-sized corporations. Your recent project has experienced some setbacks, and you've been forced to rework the design of one of the programs because it doesn't match the customer's requirements. Since some parts of the program have already been written, it will have to be rewritten so that it matches the design changes. This rework has increased costs, and you're beginning to notice some signs of poor morale because of the rework. Which of the following is true? A. The problems occurred because the WBS was not constructed properly. B. The quality assurance plan was carried out correctly, which is how the design problems were discovered. C. The problems occurred as a result of poor scope definition. D. The Risk Management Planning process details these kinds of risks and the responses you should put into place should they occur.
you are the project manager of a project , customer is asking for a change in scope and agrees that it will be a CR. But you do not want to take the CR for whatever reason. How will you convince the customer in doing so
Scope definition is necessary for all of the following reasons except: A. To subdivide project deliverables into smaller components B. To assess the stability of the project scope C. To facilitate time and cost estimates D. To facilitate responsibility and assignment
All of the following are true regarding the WBS except: A. It is a deliverables-oriented grouping of project deliverables and elements. B. It defines and organizes the work of the project in a hierarchical form. C. It provides a framework for the work of the project, and work not shown on the WBS is not included in the project. D. It defines all the deliverables of the project, but the activities level should not be listed on the WBS.
You know that BAC = 375, PV = 300, AC = 200, and EV = 250. Variances that have occurred on the project to date are not expected to continue. What is the ETC? A. 75 B. 50 C. 125 D. 150
What are the triple constraints? A. Time, schedules, and quality B. Time, availability, and quality C. Time, money, and schedules D. Time, money, and quality
The outputs of the Administrative Closure process include all of the following except: A. Project archives B. Project closure C. Lessons learned D. Formal acceptance
Describe the 4 p’s in software project management.
Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project you're working on. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year. She would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not her primary concern right now. She needs a ball park figure by tomorrow. You decide to use: A. Analogous estimating techniques B. Bottom-up estimating techniques C. Parametric modeling techniques D. Computerized modeling techniques
You are the project manager for Changing Tides video games. You have gathered the inputs for the Activity Duration Estimating process. You will employ which tools and techniques to produce the outputs for this process? A. Activity list, analogous estimating, quantitatively based durations, and alternatives identification B. Activity list, analogous estimating, expert judgment, and quantitatively based durations C. Expert judgment, analogous estimating, quantitatively based durations, and reserve time D. Expert judgment, alternatives identification, quantitatively based durations, and reserve time
All of the following are tools and techniques of the Integrated Change Control process except: A. Configuration management B. Performance measurements C. Change requests D. Additional planning
During contract negotiations, your vendor tells you that the equipment originally bid in the RFP is no longer available. They say the best solution is to buy the new equipment they're offering, which is a higher price than the original equipment. You have concerns that the new equipment might not be compatible with existing equipment and try to discuss this with them. They remind you that this decision was already made during the last contract negotiation meeting so there's no need to continue to discuss it. This is an example of which of the following? A. Proposal B. Compromise C. Storming D. Fair accomplish