Chapter 09 - Resource Management

You have just been notified by one of your companys senior managers that you will managing their upcoming security system development project. You are currently preparing different project plans and feel you need best of the existing staff in your project team. However, these staff members are already engaged in different projects. Which of the following tools and techniques would be most appropriate to use in this scenario?

• Negotiation
• Pre-Assignment
• Acquisition
• Virtual team

Which of the following is a tool or technique in the Manage Project Team Process?

• Networking
• Ground Rules
• Training
• Conflict Management

You are making efforts to improve the skills of your project team by providing classroom training. You are also working with the team members individually to lower conflict and increase teamwork. Which project process would you use to do the activities?

• Develop Project Team
• Plan Human Resource Management
• Manage Project Team
• Acquire Project Team

You are finalizing your project staff assignment. You want to shortlist a few individuals for some project roles from a list of several candidates available within your organization. You want to select candidates based on their qualifications, prior experience, cost rates and availability. Which of the following should you review to obtain this information?

• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Project Management Plan
• Resource Calendars
• Resource Negotiation Document

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques offers project managers the best option for conflict resolution?

• Smoothing
• Reconciling
• Forcing
• Collaborating

On any project, what are the people skills, technical competencies, overall team environment, and project performance improved by?

• Team language
• Mutual trust
• Technical effort
• Developing the project team

Which of the following is not an input to the Develop Project Team Process?

• Project Staff Assignments
• Organizational Process Assets
• Projects Management Plan
• Resource Calendars

Which of the following is an input to the Acquire Project Team process?

• Project Staff Assignments
• Performance Report
• Organizational Process Assets
• Resource Calendars

Which of the following is considered a project constraint?

• Negotiation
• Pre-Assignment
• Acquisition
• Virtual Teams

Which of the following is an input to the Acquire Project Team process?

• Cost Performance Baseline
• Resource Calendars
• Activity Cost Estimates
• Enterprise Environmental Factors