ITPM_Su22_Q2

In which of the following organizations is the project manager role more likely to be filled as a full-time position?

• Functional

• Matrix

• Projectized

• All

Which of the following choices most properly reflects matching roles to responsibilities? (This question tests your past course knowledge as well as your concepts that has developed after the completion of Module 1 in this course)

• Senior management: Signing the project charter, approving schedule change requests, and naming the project manager.

• Project manager: Signing the project charter, approving schedule change requests, and assigning team resources to activities.

• Senior management: Communicating the strategic vision, matching portfolio options to the goals, and signing the project charter.

• Program manager: Coordinating multiple project dependencies, Communicating the program vision, and assigning project team members to activities.

Which of the following statements about a project is not true?

• A project can involve a single person.

• A project must include all unique elements; otherwise, the work is considered ongoing operations.

• A project may create a capability to provide a service.

• A project may create a result, such as a research document.

In a matrix organization, more power is given to the

• Functional Manager

• Project Manager

• Project Coordinator

• Team members

What is considered to be the most useful skill for a project manager who works in a matrix environment in order to achieve project goals?

• Leadership skill

• Influencing

• Conflict management skill

• Planning skill

Marco is an investor, and Jon is a project team member. Both have intensive technical background for the project that you are managing. However, recently they have disagreed on the next step to take for the project. They both decide to defer to whoever has the authority to make this decision. Who has the authority to decide which direction should be taken for the project?

• Project manager

• Stakeholders

• The project team

• Investors

A strategy is thought oriented.

• True

• False

Strategy is always action-oriented.

• True

• False

_____ is defined as a general set of directions for the corporate to achieve a desirable state in the future.

• Business Strategy

• Corporate Strategy

• Mission

• Vision

In 2014, Google announced that it was selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for roughly $2.91 billion. What is this an example of?

• Business Strategy

• Corporate Strategy

• Mission

• Vision