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Project Management
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- 1what is a project?temporary endeavor with defined beginning and end, to meet unique goals and objectives, to bring about beneficial change or added value
- 2what is the project management triangle or constraint triad consist of?Scope, cost, schedule all constrain center of Quality = Performance
- 3what is the project lifecycle?Initiation--> Planning/Desing--> Execution--> Monitor/Control--> Closing
- 4what is PMBOK?Project Managmeent Body of Knowledge
- 5what happens during project initiation?Clarify goals/requirements, align project with goals/work of org/ develop project charter and approve it before planning
- 6what happens during Project PlanningWhat is defined, How is defined, And How Much !!!
- 7What is the Project Charter?Final Product of project initiation usually includes a blue print for project that inlcl
udes team requirements, goals, objectives, business case, and stakeholder identification - 8what is the work breakdown structure?subdivides deliverables into smaller chunks, contains project subprojects, major deliverables, subdeliverables, and work packages
- 9what dictates the type and number of resources needed for a project?Requirements - functional, business, technical, time constrainst
- 10what is a fishbone/herringbone/ishikawa diagramidentifies causes for an outcome , effect, or problem. head = problem and work backwards to identify possible causes/contributory factors
- 11what two activities are Ishikawa/fishbone diagrams useful for?Project Planning and Failure analysis
- 12what is critical path analysis?use 3 elements to calculate 3 variables
WBS, time for each, dependencies --> longest path, earliest activity can start, and the latest an activity can finish without making project duration longer. - 13What is the Critical Path in a Critical Path Analysis?Sequence of project activities that result in the longest overall duration of the project which equals the shortest possible time to completion of the project
- 14What happens if an activity is delayed on the critical path for a project?The completion day will be delayed
- 15what is Critical Path Analysis good for?Prioritize activities for time management of the project
- 16how can you shorten the critical path?Prune critical path activities, fast track by parallelism, crash the critical path by adding resources to shorten critical path activities
- 17WHAT is PERT?Project Evaluation and Review Technique - used with critical path method
- 18what is a Gantt chart?Bar chart with project schedule
- 19what are 4 factors that cause projects to fail?Poor communication, Failure to recognize project uncertainty and project risks, customer demands exceed scope, difficulty managing stakeholders
- 20what are the 3 biggest challenges to projects?scope creep, managing expectations, balancing competing priorities
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