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MAN 241; CHAPTER 1
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- 1What is a project?A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result
- 2What is project management?The application of knowledge, skills, tools & techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
- 3What type of constraints are common in most projects?Financial, market place, regulatory, weather conditions
- 4What is the challenge in managing Subject Matter Experts?Are they peripheral to the initiating and planning stages
- 5What makes a person or group a project stakeholder?Anyone who has in interest in making the project succeed
- 6The key factors of a project are:Fixed duration and a project fixed cost
- 7How can project work be described?Temporary, managers need both soft & hard skills, have more responsibility than authority, a project lifecycle
- 8What is operations?Ongoing work to ensure organization functions effectively
- 9What is a functional manager?A person with mgmt. authority over an organizational unit; that makes the product or performs a service
- 10What is a project life cycle?A collection of phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization
- 11The four stages of a project life cycle are:Selecting & initiating, Planning, Executing, Closing & Realizing
- 12PMBOK stands for:Project Management Body of Knowledge
- 13The 5 PMBOK process groups are:Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & controlling, Closing
- 14PMBOK 9 knowledge areas:Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communication, Risk, Procurement Management
- 15In selecting & prioritizing projects, what are the key questions?What is the value? Are the demands understood? Are resources available? Support from internal and external champions? Which projects are best to achieve organizational goals?
- 16What is scope?The sum of products, services & results to be provided as a project
- 17Define qualityThe degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
- 18Name the 4 ways to classify a projectBy industry, size, project scope & application
- 19What are the 3 project executive level roles?Steering team, Chief projects officer & Sponsor
- 20Name the 4 project management level roles:Project mgr, Functional mgr, Facilitator, Senior customer representative
- 21The project associate level roles are:Core team members & Subject matter experts
- 22What does Initiating mean?Defines & authorizes a project or project phase
- 23What does planning mean?Defines & refines objectives & plans actions to achieve objectives
- 24What does executing mean?Directs & manages people & resources to accomplish project work
- 25What is monitoring & controlling?Collects data & checks progress to determine any needed corrective action
- 26What is closing?Formalized acceptance of project outcomes & ending the project
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