Information Systems Project Mgmt - Chapter 3 Quiz

_____ processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase.

a. Initiating

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Monitoring and controlling

a. Initiating

_____ processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization's needs.

a. Initiating

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Monitoring and controlling

b. Planning

Examples of ________ processes include acquiring and developing the project team, performing quality assurance, distributing information, managing stakeholder expectations, and conducting procurements.

a. monitoring and controlling

b. executing

c. planning

d. initiating

b. executing

A common __________ process is reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track.

a. executing

b. closing

c. monitoring and controlling

d. planning

c. monitoring and controlling

Administrative activities, such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project, are often involved in ___________ processes.

a. monitoring and controlling

b. executing

c. initiating

d. closing

d. closing

During __________ processes for a new project, the organization recognizes that a new project exists, and completes a project charter as part of this recognition.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. opening

d. controlling

a. initiating

The project integration management knowledge area maps to the __________ process group through the activities of developing project charters.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

a. initiating

The project scope management knowledge area maps to the __________ process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

d. monitoring and controlling

The project time management knowledge area maps to the __________ process group through the activity of schedule control.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

d. monitoring and controlling

Developing a __________ is a planning process that occurs in the Project Integration Management knowledge area.

a. schedule management plan

b. project management plan

c. WBS

d. quality management

b. project management plan

__________ is a planning process that is within the Project Scope Management knowledge area.

a. Schedule development

b. Developing a project management plan

c. Creation of a WBS

d. Quality planning

c. Creation of a WBS

The project cost management knowledge area maps to the __________ process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

b. planning

The project stakeholder management knowledge area maps to the ___________ process group by identifying stakeholders.

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

a. initiating

__________ is an iterative software development process that focuses on team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members.

a. Agile Unified Process

b. Dynamic Systems Development Method

c. Rational Unified Process

d. Six Sigma

c. Rational Unified Process

Which of the following is a pre-initiation task?

a. Drawing up a work breakdown structure

b. Developing a business case for a project

c. Drafting the project charter

d. Identifying stakeholders

b. Developing a business case for a project

One of the main outputs of the initiation process is __________.

a. creating the work breakdown structure

b. selecting the project manager

c. developing the project charter

d. identifying the project sponsor

c. developing the project charter

The main purpose of project plans is to

a. schedule management plans

b. define project scope

c. estimate activity resources

d. guide project execution

d. guide project execution

The project management plan is the output of the planning process of project __________.

a. integration management

b. quality management

c. scope management

d. procurement management

a. integration management

The most difficult and unappreciated process in project management is often

a. initiating

b. planning

c. executing

d. monitoring and controlling

b. planning

Which of the following is a planning process associated with project scope management?

a. Collecting requirements

b. Performing qualitative risk analysis

c. Planning schedule management

d. Estimating costs

a. Collecting requirements

The __________ provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.

a. scope statement

b. cost management plan

c. work breakdown structure

d. project charter

c. work breakdown structure

__________ are an output of the executing process of project integration management.

a. Deliverables

b. Issue logs

c. Resource calendars

d. Enterprise environmental factor updates

a. Deliverables

Enterprise environmental factors are an output of the executing process of __________.

a. project integration management

b. project quality management

c. project human resource management

d. project procurement management

c. project human resource management

__________ includes measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan.

a. Planning

b. Monitoring and controlling

c. Executing

d. Initiating

b. Monitoring and controlling

The __________ process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and bringing the project, or project phase, to an orderly end.

a. executing

b. closing

c. planning

d. monitoring

b. closing

Organizational process assets update is the output of the closing process of __________.

a. project integration management

b. project quality management

c. project procurement management

d. project time management

a. project integration management

Which of the following is true about the agile method?

a. It is often used when a project team can express the scope early in the product life cycle.

b. It is used when a project team wants to provide a potentially shippable product earlier rather than later.

c. It uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide a product.

d. It is used when project teams want to use the predicative approach to a project.

c. It uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide a product.

Which of the following project parameters would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?

a. Projects with inexperienced and dispersed teams

b. Projects that have a fairly rigid completion date

c. Projects with clear-up front requirements

d. Projects that have more flexible scheduling

d. Projects that have more flexible scheduling

Which of the following activities is a part of the planning process of the Scrum?

a. Determining how many sprints will compose each release

b. Demonstrating the product during a sprint review meeting

c. Completing tasks each day during sprints

d. Creating sprint backlog

d. Creating sprint backlog

The improvement of the product and process in the Scrum method is discussed at the __________.

a. sprint reflection meeting

b. sprint review meeting

c. kick-off meeting

d. daily Scrum meeting

a. sprint reflection meeting

A _____ is usually not necessary to the Scrum method.

a. team contract

b. velocity estimate

c. Gantt chart

d. product backlog

a. team contract

A _____ is an important Scrum artifact used to graphically display progress on each sprint during the monitoring and controlling process.

a. WBS

b. sprint backlog

c. burndown chart

d. product backlog

c. burndown chart

A(n)_____ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.

process

__________ progress from initiation activities to planning activities, executing activities, monitoring and controlling activities, and closing activities.

Project management process groups

The ideal outcome of the __________ process group is to complete a project successfully by delivering the agreed-upon project scope within time, cost, and quality constraints.

monitoring and controlling

__________ the project includes work required to introduce any new hardware, software, and procedures into normal operations.

Executing

A(n) _____ describes how things should be done.

methodology

__________ is a project management methodology that defines 45 separate subprocesses and organizes these into eight process groups.

PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)

__________ are people involved in or affected by project activities and include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents to the project.

Stakeholders

A(n) __________ is a document that includes stakeholders' roles, names, organizations, and contact information.

stakeholder register

A(n) __________ is a meeting held at the beginning of a project so that stakeholders can meet each other, review the goals of the project, and discuss future plans.

kick-off meeting

A risk register is the output of __________.

risk identification planning

The __________ is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

___________ issues often occur during project execution, especially conflicts.

Human resource

A(n) _________ is the person responsible for the business value of the project and for deciding what work to do and in what order when using a Scrum method.

product owner

A(n) __________ is a set period of time, normally two to four weeks, during which specific work must be completed and made ready for review when using Scrum methods.

sprint

A(n) __________ is the person who ensures that the team is productive, facilitates the daily Scrum, enables close cooperation across all roles and functions, and removes barriers that prevent the team from being effective.

ScrumMaster

A(n) __________ is a cross-functional team of five to nine people who organize themselves and the work to produce the desired results for each sprint.

Scrum team development team

In Scrum, a(n) __________ is a useful object created by people.

artifact

A(n) __________ is a Scrum artifact and consists of the highest-priority items from the product backlog to be completed in a sprint.

sprint backlog

__________ are short descriptions written by customers of what they need a Scrum system to do for them.

User stories

The most time and money should be spent on ___________.

executing (execution or project execution)

If done well, the ____________ can produce several releases of useful software.

agile approach (agile method)

List the five process management groups of PMBOK.

1) Initiating processes

2) Planning processes

3) Executing processes

4) Monitoring and controlling processes

5) Closing processes

What is a work breakdown structure?

The WBS is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work. The WBS also provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.

In the Scrum method, what role is played by the ScrumMaster?

The ScrumMaster facilitates four ceremonies or meetings when using Scrum methods:

• Sprint planning session

• Daily Scrum

• Sprint reviews

• Sprint retrospectives

What is a methodology and what are some methodologies other than the PMBOK Guide do organizations use as a basis for project management methodology?

A methodology describes how things should be done, and different organizations often have different ways of doing things. In addition to using the PMBOK® Guide as a basis for project management methodology, many organizations use others, such as the following:

• PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)

• Agile methodologies

• Rational Unified Process (RUP) framework

• Six Sigma methodologies

What are the two main methodologies used on Six Sigma projects?

• DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control)--Used to improve an existing business process.

• DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify)--Used to create new product or process designs to achieve predictable, defect-free performance.

Name two project management methodologies specifically for software development projects.

• Joint Application Development (JAD)

• Rapid Application Development (RAD)

Name a few popular agile methodologies.

• Extreme programming

• Scrum

• Feature-driven development

• Lean software development

• Agile Unified Process (AUP)

• Crystal

• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

Name the eight process groups of PRINCE2.

1. Starting up a project

2. Planning

3. Initiating a project

4. Directing a project

5. Controlling a stage

6. Managing product delivery

7. Managing stage boundaries

8. Closing a project