PM2 Unit 4 Part 1

PM2 Unit 4 Part 1

This will cover the toughest items based on your pretest​

Key Definitions - Task Management

• Slipped Task -Slippage is the act of missing a deadline. Once a task is complete, if it is not on schedule it has slipped.

• Slipping Task -A task behind schedule but in progress.

• Fast-Tracking - doing things at the same time when the original plan was to do them sequential

• Crashing - Adding additional resources to reduce the duration of a task

• Product backlog - a group of tasks to work on in adaptive projects

Multiple Choice

When you are working on the Prom as a team and you are giving your sponsor an update, which item would be considered a slipped task?

• The food should have been ordered by April 1st, the order was placed April 18th

• The decorations are ordered but we are waiting on the replacement sash

• The team did not buy decorations for the gazebo

• The sales spreadsheet was to be completed before we went home for spring break and it was done a month early

Multiple Choice

In project management, what does "slipped tasks" refer to?

• A task completed behind schedule

• A task completed on schedule

• A task that has not yet been started

• A task completed ahead of schedule

Multiple Choice

Which technique involves overlapping activities that would normally be done in sequence to shorten the project duration?

• Crashing

• Fast-tracking

• Slipped tasks

• Slipping tasks

Multiple Choice

What distinguishes slipping tasks from slipped tasks?

• A slipping task is ahead of schedule, while a slipped task is behind schedule.

• A slipping task is in progress but behind schedule, while a slipped task is completed behind schedule

• A slipping task is completed behind schedule, while a slipped task is in progress but behind schedule.

• A slipping task is completed on schedule, while a slipped task is in progress but behind schedule.

Multiple Choice

How does a project manager identify slipping tasks?

• Change dependencies between tasks

• Fast track the project

• Crash the project

• Track the project schedule

Multiple Choice

Which terms refers to moves task timelines to be done simultaneously with other tasks?

• Delaying

• Fast Tracking

• Crashing

• Slipping Task

• Manager - to be a servant leader (jump in and work with your team and pull work rather than push it) ensure policies are followed and work is completed

• Project Sponsor - Often Pays for the product that adds the most value and is most concerned about finishing within a budget

• Project Manager - tracks the budget but is not as impacted by overages; reports completed deliverables to the sponsor (implement approved changes)

• Team - reports completed deliverables first (carry out implementation tasks of approved changes)

Stakeholder Roles

Multiple Choice

Who actively participates in the project tasks and contributes their skills and expertise to achieve project objectives?

• Project Manager

• Team Member

• Project Sponsor

• Manager

Multiple Choice

Who champions the project at the organizational level, ensures alignment with strategic objectives, and prioritizes adding value while being the most concerned with going over the budget?

• Project Manager

• Team Member

• Project Sponsor

• Manager

Multiple Choice

When a stakeholder tells a project manager that the budget must be closely watched, which is the most likely member speaking?

• Functional Manager

• Team Member

• Project Sponsor

• Manager

Multiple Choice

As part of change management who is responsible for implementing approved changes?

• Team Member

• Project Sponsor

• Project Manager

• Change Control Board

Facts about SCOPE

• Scope Creep is an unauthorized addition to scope causing more cost and longer duration

• Gold plating is delivering more than was promised (without changing scope)

• Scope Variance (as with any) is PV - AV so planned scope - actual scope

• Scope Always changes when change is approved by a change board

• To change the scope use Change Control Board 1 - ID Change 2 - Report to the board 3-Discuss board decision with customer for agreements

Multiple Choice

When the change control board gets agreement from the customer to approve the new costs and timeline associated, what part of the project plan is always affected?

• Quality

• Cost

• Schedule

• Scope

Multiple Choice

When originally agreed upon in the scope become illegal, what should the project manager do first?

• Inform the customer about the resulting delay

• Inform the customer there will be additional costs

• Gold Plate the project to make up for any losses

• Inform the customer and discuss changes to be made to the scope

Multiple Choice

The prom scrum master receives advice from other seniors that we use a professional photographer for this year's prom, what is the first step taken to consider adding this to the project scope?

• Do an survey through email with the entire senior class

• Make the scope change and hire get a photographer

• Send this suggesting to the change review board

• Identify the change to request

Multiple Choice

When using a proper change management process, who is responsible for approving changes to the original project scope?

• Change Control Board

• Executive Board

• Project Sponsor

• Project Manager

Multiple Choice

What should a project manager do to resolve a major problem when a vendor cannot supply something agreed upon in the scope but they find the same product for a higher price with a different supplier?

• Accepted the increased price and pass this cost on to the customer

• Consult with the customer to reach a possible solution

• Pause the project

• Accept this delay in scope

Multiple Choice

When an improvement in a product is made and it was not included in the scope, what is this called?

• Crashing

• Fast Tracking

• Gold Plating

• Scope Creep

Quality

• Quality refers to the degree to which the project fulfills requirements and meets stakeholders' expectations.

• Metrics related to quality measure factors such as conformance to specifications, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

• Quality Assurance focuses on process by which quality is measured and on preventing defects within a product

• Quality control measures a product for a defect, error and focuses on correcting errors and preventing future

Multiple Choice

In tracking a project's progress, which part is measured by metrics in the plan?

• Quality

• Scope

• Cost

• RIsk

Multiple Choice

If a QA team defines the audits for an upcoming project, which part of quality concept is this?

• Quality Control

• Quality Audit

• Quality Planning

• Quality Definition

Multiple Select

When the intermediate school project begins, there is supposed to be a 600-seat auditorium and cafeteria. If an error is made and the space can only hold 550 seats in 2 angled rows, what should be done to address this quality issue? (Choose Two)

• The customer should be told 50 seats cannot be added

• If possible, the arrangement of the seats should be changed to fit the additional 50 seats and the customer should be notified of the reqpair

• The seat installers should look for ways to improve this process to avoid the error in the future

• The seating arrangement should be changed to accommodate the 50 seats at the expense of the customer

Multiple Select

When learning about quality assurance and quality control they were given choices about which phrases best represented quality assurance in project development. (Choose Two)

• The attempt to prevent product defects in a product

• The prevention of future errors in a project

• Finding and fixing defects in a product

• The process by which quality is measured