Project Planning: Questions
02-Framework-SEC 102
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The project manager must identify _________, determine their requirements, and then manage and influence those requirements to ensure a successful project.
a. stakeholders c. team members
b.
end users
d.
functional managers
____ 2. The ____ focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management.
a. structural frame
c.
symbolic frame
b.
political frame
d.
human resources frame
____ 3. During project planning in a matrix organization, the project manager determines that additional human resources are needed. From whom would he request these resources?
a.
Project manager
c.
Functional manager
b.
Project sponsor
d.
Team
____ 4. ____ describes a holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization.
a.
Systems approach
c.
Systems analysis
b.
Systems philosophy
d.
Systems thinking
____ 5. You have been working on a nine-month project for six months. The project is ahead of schedule when one of the functional managers tells you the resources committed to the project are no longer available. After checking further, you discover the company has another project that just started and is using the resources committed to your project. You believe the new project is not critical, but the other project manager is the son of a member that sits on the board of directors. What is the BEST course of action in this situation?
a.
Determine when resources will become available
b.
Use the reserve to hire contractors to complete the work
c.
Ask upper management to formally prioritize the projects
d.
Negotiate a new schedule with the other project manager
____ 6. An obstacle to team building in a matrix organization is that the:
a.
Team members are borrowed resources and can be hard to motivate
b.
Teams
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The project manager must identify _________, determine their requirements, and then manage and influence those requirements to ensure a successful project.
a. stakeholders c. team members
b.
end users
d.
functional managers
____ 2. The ____ focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management.
a. structural frame
c.
symbolic frame
b.
political frame
d.
human resources frame
____ 3. During project planning in a matrix organization, the project manager determines that additional human resources are needed. From whom would he request these resources?
a.
Project manager
c.
Functional manager
b.
Project sponsor
d.
Team
____ 4. ____ describes a holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization.
a.
Systems approach
c.
Systems analysis
b.
Systems philosophy
d.
Systems thinking
____ 5. You have been working on a nine-month project for six months. The project is ahead of schedule when one of the functional managers tells you the resources committed to the project are no longer available. After checking further, you discover the company has another project that just started and is using the resources committed to your project. You believe the new project is not critical, but the other project manager is the son of a member that sits on the board of directors. What is the BEST course of action in this situation?
a.
Determine when resources will become available
b.
Use the reserve to hire contractors to complete the work
c.
Ask upper management to formally prioritize the projects
d.
Negotiate a new schedule with the other project manager
____ 6. An obstacle to team building in a matrix organization is that the:
a.
Team members are borrowed resources and can be hard to motivate
b.
Teams