Unit 3 - A1, A2

What is the purpose of project management?

• Plan, organise, budget and control the project, so it goes against the needs of the customer within the constraints given.

• Plan, organise, budget and control the project, so it meets the needs of the customer within the constraints given.

What is a project budget?

• Is a partial sum of money allocated to undertake and complete a task.

• Is a sum of money allocated to undertake and complete a task.

• Is a sum of money allocated to complete a part of a task.

What does contingency mean?

• An anticipated allowance made for unexpected future events

• An unanticipated allowance made for expected future events.

• An anticipated allowance made for expected future events

• An unanticipated allowance made for expected future events

Why would a PM set milestones and deadlines?

• PM can organise resources in accordance with the overall project

• PM can organise people in accordance with each stage and keep better control over the budget

• PM can organise resources in accordance with each stage and keep better control over the budget

Why is an interim review important?

• Enables the team to organise the entire project.

• Enables the team to organise the work involved in each step in the sequence.

Quality frameworks are designed to...

• Support quality of checks of hardware systems against the objectives and required deliverables of a project

• Support quality of checks of both hardware systems and software products against the objectives and required deliverables of a project

• Support quality of checks of software products against the objectives and required deliverables of a project

What are deliverables?

• The agreed outcomes of each milestone

• The agreed outcomes of each task

• The agreed outcomes of the project

What is the purpose of Quality Standards?

• consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services are fit for their purpose

• consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services aren't fit for their purpose

What is the purpose of using SMART objectives?

• help organisations and individuals set objectives in an ineffective and productive manner

• help organisations and individuals set objectives in an effective and productive manner

• help organisations to complete a project on time

What does SMART stand for?

• Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timewarp

• Specific, Measurable, Achilles, Realistic, Timebound

• Specific, Miners, Achievable, Realistic, Timebound

• Spoon, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebound

• Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebound