product development vs IT services
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Services !! yuk!! improves your management skills
Product development improves you techincal as well as
management skills.
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You are working on a project that is similar in scope to a project performed last year by your company. You might consider which of the following? A. Using the previous project's alternatives identification as a template B. Reusing the previous project's benefit/cost analysis as justification for this project C. Using the previous project's WBS as a template D. Reusing the previous project's product description when writing the scope statement
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
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