Project Management Final

What are some characteristics of a project?

Temporary, Uniqueness, Constraints

What are some examples of a project?

-Developing a new product, service, or result

-Conducting research that yields documented results.

-Changing the structure, staffing, or style of a company.

-Developing an information system (hardware/software).

-Constructing a building, industrial plant, or infrastructure.

-Implementing, improving, or enhancing existing business

processes and procedures.

Define Program

A group of related projects, subprograms,

and program activities managed in a coordinated way

to obtain benefits not available from managing them

individually.” (i.e., projects have a common outcome)

Define Work Package

a group of related tasks or activities within a project that is bundled together to produce a specific deliverable or project outcome

How many project constraints are there?

6

Define Activity

A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project

Define milestone

A significant point or event in a project, program, or portfolio.” (Instantaneous)

Define Project Management Process Groups

A logical grouping of project management inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs. Project Management Process Groups are not project phases

What are the Project Management Process Groups?

Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing

Define Agile Life Cycle

An approach that is both incremental and iterative to refine work items and deliver frequently.

Types of Agile Life Cycle

1. Predictive Life Cycle

2. Iterative Life Cycle

3. Incremental Life Cycle

4. Agile Life Cycle

Define Scrum

An agile framework for developing and sustaining

complex products, with specific roles, events, and artifacts

What are Project Manager Responsibilities

Parent Company, Project and Client, Team Members

What are the 3 Management Styles

Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-Faire

Identify the 4 ethic categories

Responsibility, Respect, Fairness, Honesty

Describe Organizational Structures

an enterprise environmental factor, which can affect the availability of resources and

influence how projects are conducted. comprised of both human and nonhuman resources; thus, we should analyze the sociotechnical subsystem when changes are considered.

Define Project Coordinator/Expeditor

has the power to make some decisions, has some authority, and reports to a higher-level manager

Define Project Management Office

An organizational structure that standardizes project-related governance

processes and facilitates the sharing of methodologies, resources, tools, and techniques

What is the main purpose of PMO?

to assimilate good project management practices into the entire organization

What are the Categories of Conflict?

goals, authority, and interpersonal

What are the Conflict Resolution Techniques

Withdraw/avoid, smooth/accommodate, comprise/reconcile, force/direct, collaborate/problem solve

Define Sponsor

person or group who provides resources and

support for the project or program and is accountable for

enabling success

Define WBS

is the process of subdividing the project deliverables and project work

into smaller, more manageable components

Define RACI

A common type of responsibility matrix that

uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform statuses

to define involvement of stakeholders in project activities

Define RAM

is a grid that

shows the project resources that are assigned to each

work package - used to illustrate connections between

work packages or activities and project team members