Project Management 1

What is the purpose of organizing an operation, regardless of whether the organization is a private company, a public authority or a non-profit organization?

In the organizational theory, what does the structure of an organization include? Give 2 examples of what it can include.

What do we mean when we talk about “the culture of the organization”? Give two examples of organizational culture elements and explain.

What is lean?

What is/are the risk/s associated with traditional resource allocation?

In which type of business activity is it easier to achieve high workflow efficiency?

Describe the four levels that can describe Lean.

What does the Japanese concept “Kaizen” mean?

What is an organizational plan?

Give 2 limitations of organizational plans.

When is a project a suitable work form?

Draw a hierarchical structure.

Draw a matrix structure

Draw a project-oriented structure

How is work organized in a hierarchical organization? 

What are the 2 weaknesses of a hierarchical organization?

How is work organized in a matrix organization?

What are the 2 main weaknesses of a matrix organization?

What are the 2 main differences between a weak matrix and a strong matrix?

In the project methodology, what are the three main characteristics that define a process?

What is the difference between the core process and the support process/es?

Draw a typical project lifecycle

What are the phases of a project life cycle? Explain each of them.

What is a decision point in the project model?

What are the four alternative decisions that can be taken at a decision point in the project model?

In the traditional project organization, what are the tasks of the project owner?

In the traditional project organization, what are the tasks of the steering committee?

In the traditional project organization, what are the tasks of the project manager?

In the traditional project organization, what are the tasks of the project group?

What are the similarities between agile methods and LEAN? Name 3 similarities.

What are four pillars of the agile manifesto?

The 12 agile principles. Name 5 of them.

What are agile methods particularly good at in complex and uncertain projects?

What is Scrum and what does it mean in practice?

What are daily scrum meetings organized and what is done during these meetings?

What are the five conditions needed for a cohesive self-organizing team?

What are three components of Kanban Board?

In agile project management, what are the tasks of the product owner?

In Agile project management, what are the tasks of the Scrum master?

If you compare the traditional project management and the Agile project management, what are the main differences with regard to the roles present in the project organization?

According to the course book, what is the definition of a project?

Use the definition of a project to figure out if a ski trip to cervinia for you and your friends week 17 this year with a budget of 15 00 sek is a project?

What is the purpose of forming a business case?

A project has different kinds of goals. Which of the following goals are business impacts goals, product goals and project goals?

The project should provide a NPV of 200000 sek

By the 5th of May there should be a working prototype

The cost of warranty claims is not to exceed 100 000 sek

Maximum energy consumption of the product is 500 kWh per

98 % of the users should be satisfied or very satisfied

What does SMART mean in a project setting?

What needs to be specified in a project charter?

What is the purpose of a requirement specification and why is it sometimes difficult to make such a document?

What does the abbreviation WBS stand for?

What are the benefits from making a WBS?

What information is preferably (can be) given in work package?

What does the 100% rule describe?

What is the purpose of the asking “why” several times method?

What is the label of each corner of the project triangle?

What is the label of each corner of the project triangle?

On the project triangle, where is it suitable to situate the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo? Motivate.

What is a SWOT-analysis and how is it used in a pre-study setting?

What different groups of stakeholders exist? What is the basis for the classification?

What is a PENG analysis and how should it be used?

What are the three types of benefits that the result of a project creates?

Give examples of the different categories of benefits that the bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen can create. Motivate.

What dos the MOSCOW stand for in a project setting? Explain.

Why and how should MoSCoW be used?

What is a milestone plan and how is it used?

Two persons ride in a car. Person A says “there is a coffee shop over there, do you think they have coffee” person B says “yes” and drives by the coffee shop. Person A gets irritated. Use the Shannon and Weaver communication model to explain what went wrong.

What are the different learning styles (Kolb) and why is it fruitful to mix them in a project?

What is the purpose of a communication plan?

What are the criteria for defining level/type of communication?

What is the purpose with the six thinking hats?

What are the benefits of visualizing your project?

Why is it important to keep a project diary?

What is the difference between a plan and a strategy?

Name 8 elements/headings included in a project plan.

Draw a sequential development planning model/waterfall planning model.

Draw a concurrent engineering planning model.

Draw a rolling wave planning model

Draw an agile sprint planning model

What is rolling wave planning? Explain.

What are pros and cons of concurrent engineering planning? (Name one + and one -).

What is sequential development planning? Explain.

What are the pros and cons with sequential development planning? (+ and -)

What are the 8 steps in the planning chain?

What are the 5 resources usually needed in projects?

What does a Gantt chart illustrate and why is it used?

What does a logical network illustrate and why is it used?

What does a resource histogram illustrate and why is it used?

What does a Work Breakdown Structure illustrate and why is it used?

To plan for uncertainties is an important aspect of project planning. Name two strategies of estimate uncertainties. Explain each of them.

Why is it risky to have the project manager select the project group?

In a well-functioning matrix organization, how should the process of staffing the project-group take place?

What is procurement process?