2.03 Project Management 1 Review

Angela is a project manager who leads a curriculum project. She is creating an outline of what each team member needs to complete by when to ensure the deliverable is on time, under budget, and within the scope of the project. Which project management process is Angela performing?

• initiation

• planning

• execution

• closing

Lauren is a project manager who is determining the need for a curriculum project. She is researching the job market to make a business case for the project. Which project management process is Lauren performing?

• intiation

• planning

• execution

• closing

Amy has recently completed her newest graphic novel that has taken more than two years to write. The only deliverable included in the project scope statement was a twelve-chapter illustrated novel. Her publisher was so excited about the story that he has asked for Amy to convert the book into a screenplay. This uncontrolled expansion without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is referred to as:

• change control

• scope gifting

• gold plating

• scope creep

Angela is a project manager leading a curriculum project. She is working with her team to create an interior design curriculum project for students in her state. Which project management process is Angela performing?

• initiation

• planning

• execution

• closing

Anu is a project manager for a construction company building a new home for Mia. After two weeks of the project, Mia comes to Anu and asks for an additional bedroom to be added to the home project. Anu tells Mia that they will need to meet to discuss the project. This is known as:

• change control

• gifting

• gold plating

• scope creep

Petrina is the sponsor of a time-sensitive project that must deliver the expected output on a specific date or her organization will face severe penalties. Her expectation at the initiation of the project is to have a detailed report of the project status every Friday throughout the project. On the third status check, the project manager lacks that information. What output is the project manager missing?

• change request

• defect repair

• deliverable

• work performance data

Luke and his team have been working on a new home construction project. The project scope statement originally included a three bedroom and two bathroom ranch-styled home. The customer called and asked to have a small shed built in the backyard with extra materials left from the home construction. This uncontrolled expansion without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is referred to as:

• change control

• gifting

• gold plating

• scope creep

Trey creates a project charter for a birthday party he is hosting. In his catering order, he requests three items: 1. A three-layer chocolate cake with raspberry filling and buttercream frosting 2. A dozen sugar cookies 3. A carafe of French roast coffee The catering manager would refer to the cake, cookies, and coffee as the project:

• change requests

• defect repairs

• deliverables

• work performance data

As a construction company's project manager, Elizabeth leads a team that is painting a house. She agreed with the homeowner to apply two coats of paint to each room. After the second day of the project, the homeowner pulls Elizabeth aside and asks her to instead put one coat of paint on the walls and a third coat of paint on the trim work. This is an example of project:

• change control

• gifting

• gold plating

• scope creep

A customer wishes that her website could display a Twitter feed based on the user login, an option excluded from the project scope. Glenn, the project manager for the website team, works extra hours outside his normal schedule to add this feature without charging more money. He is doing this to impress the customer, because she will renew the contract funding next month. The extra functionality that Glenn is adding outside the project scope is:

• change control

• gifting

• gold plating

• scope creep