Multimedia Project Management

A project is a permanent endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Projects have _______________________. (select all that apply)

• vague goals

• a clear beginning and end

• assigned resources

• organized sequence of activities, tasks and events

Project management is a _______ of principles, ______________, procedures and practices used to ensure the “projects” are completed on _______, on budget and as required

• perception, methodologies, time

• major, hardware, schedule

• matter, software, schedule

• set, methodologies, time

Project constraints are ______________________________. (select all that apply)

• time

• cost

• quality

• scope

Project initiation ____________________________________

• consists of those processes performed to observe project execution so that potential problems can be identified in a timely manner and corrective action can be taken

• includes planning of time, cost and resources adequately to estimate the work needed and to effectively manage risk during project execution

• involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan.

• determines the nature and scope of the project

Project planning deals with the following activities EXCEPT _____________

• developing the scope statement

• identifying deliverables and creating the work breakdown structure

• finalize all activities across all of the process groups to formally close the project or a project phase

• estimating the resource requirements for the activities

Project monitoring ________________________.

• consists of the processes used to complete the work defined in the project plan to accomplish the project's requirements

• consists of those processes performed to observe project execution so that potential problems can be identified in a timely manner and corrective action can be taken

• involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan

• generally consists of estimating time and cost for activities

Project closing is ___________________________________.

• processes performed to observe project execution so that potential problems can be identified in a timely manner and corrective action can be taken.

• the processes used to complete the work defined in the project plan to accomplish the project's requirements

• the formal acceptance of the project and the ending thereof.

• to plan time, cost and resources adequately to estimate the work needed and to effectively manage risk during project execution

Project management tools are used to __________________________

• assist project managers and their teams in various aspects of project management

• discuss schedule development with

  the help of Gantt charts, PERT, CPA,

  and critical chain scheduling

• identify how to control changes

  to a project schedule and use

  software to manage time

• define schedules and activities and

  discuss activity duration estimation

Main processes involved in project time management include _______________. (select all that apply)

• Activity definition

• Activity sequencing

• Activity duration estimating

• Schedule development