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what is a project management?
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Answer Posted / hardik
Project management is the discipline of planning,
organizing and managing resources to bring about the
successful completion of specific project goals and
objectives.
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Explain the difference between Project management and IT management.
You are a project manager for Bluebird Technologies. Bluebird writes custom billing applications for several industries. A scope change has been requested. You know change is concerned with all of the following except: A. Managing change B. Verifying change C. Influencing causes of change D. Determining that a change occurred
All of the following are true regarding configuration management except: A. Requires all acceptance decisions to be made through the CCB B. Serves as a change control system C. Describes the physical characteristics of the product of the project D. Controls changes to the characteristics of an item or system
What is the w5hh (wwwwwhh) principle given by barry boehm?
You are a project manager working on contract. You’ve performed earned value analysis and discovered that the project will be completed on time and under the original estimated amount. This means the profit to your company will decrease as will your personal bonus. Which of the following should you do? A. Add activities to the project to increase the cost enough to meet the original estimated amount. B. Tell the customer you're adding additional requirements to the project chat were originally cut because of cost constraints. C. Inform the customer that the project is completed and has come in under budget. D. Bill the customer for the full amount of the contract as this was the original agreed-upon price.
You do not expect the types of variances that have occurred on the project to date to continue. If BAC = 300, ETC = 275, PV= 300, AC = 200, EV = 250, and CPI = 1.25, what is the EAC? A. 240 B. 250 C. 475 D. 150
You are the project manager for a large construction project. The project objective is to construct a set of outbuildings to house the Olympic support team that will be arriving in your city 18 months from the project start date. Resources are not readily available as they are currently assigned to other projects. Jack, an expert crane operator, is needed for this project two months from today. Which of the following skills will you use to get Jack assigned to your project? A. Negotiation and influencing skills B. Communication and organizational skills C. Communication skills D. Problem-solving skills
What are the tools and techniques of the Contract Administration process? A. Contract change control system, payment system, payment requests B. Contract change control system, contract negotiations, payment system C. Contract change control system, contract negotiations, contract changes D. Contract change control system, performance reporting, payment system
You are the project manager for Lucky Stars nightclubs. They specialize in live country and western band performances. Your newest project is in the Planning process. You are working on the WBS. The finance manager has given you a numbering system to assign to the WBS. Which of the following is true? A. The numbering system is a unique identifier known as the code of accounts, which is used to track the costs of the WBS elements. B. The numbering system is a unique identifier known as the WBS dictionary, which is used to track the descriptions of individual work elements. C. The numbering system is a unique identifier known as the code of accounts, which is used to track time and resource assignments for individual work elements. D. The numbering system is a unique identifier known as the WBS dictionary, which is used to assign quality control codes to the individual work elements. ?
What is triple constraint triangle in 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
Which of the following are tools and techniques of the Initiation process? A. Project selection methods and expert judgment B. Project selection criteria and expert judgment C. Constraints and assumptions and expert judgment D. Expert judgment and project charter
As a project manager, you're responsible for maintaining and ensuring integrity for all of the following except: A. Personal integrity of others B. Project management process C. Personal integrity D. Product integrity
You've constructed the WBS for your recent project. Level two assignments have been made, and you've requested that the sub project manager’s report back to you in 3 weeks with each of their individual WBS constructed. All of the following are true except: A. The work package level facilitates resource assignments. B. The work package level is the lowest level in the WBS. C. The work package level defines the agreed-upon deliverables. D. The work package level facilitates cost and time estimates. ?
You are a project manager for a software manufacturing firm. The project you've just finished created a new software product that is expected to become a number-one seller. A friend of yours is a certified software instructor. They have asked you for a copy of the software prior to the beta release through the marketing department so they can get familiar with it. What is the most appropriate response? A. Since your friend is certified to teach your company's brand of software, provide them with a copy of the software. B. Ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement before releasing a copy of the software. C. Decline the request since you stand to gain from this transaction by receiving free training. D. Decline the request because the software is the intellectual property of the company.
