Lesson 2: Start the Project

What does it mean if an “R” is next to your name in a RACI chart?

• You are accountable for the result.

• You should be engaged to provide required inputs.

• You should be kept up to date on the status.

• You are responsible for the activity’s execution.

Which is a good practice for the use of collaboration technology?

• elect tools with the best features.

• Select tools that the team lead has experience using.

• Define team goals and practices before selecting tools.

• Use the tools that the previous project used.

Which of the following is not a stakeholder in a financial project?

• Someone opposed to the project

• Project manager

• Someone who is not interested in the project

• Project sponsor

Which of the following is an artifact that outlines how the team will operate and work together?

• Team charter

• Resource management plan

• Project charter

• Team acquisition plan

Which statement best describes project stakeholders?

• Anyone affected by the project, its outputs, and its operation

• Anyone making money from the project

• A customer paying for the project’s output

• The organization delivering the project’s products

Which of the following would be least likely to be included in a stakeholder engagement plan?

• List of identified project stakeholders

• Documentation of the relationships between project stakeholders

• Amount of money invested by the project stakeholders

• Actions to be used interacting with project stakeholders

Your company has entered into a contract to develop a new and improved website for another company. The contract specifies the major deliverables, with details about what the website will contain, the completion date, and budget. The appendix contains the change control procedures that will be used. What project life cycle should be used to deliver this project?

• Predictive

• Agile

• Hybrid

• Scrum

Is the following statement true or false?

In a predictive project, phase-to-phase relations can be sequential, where a phase can start prior to the end of another phase, or overlapping, where consecutive phases start when the previous phase is finished.

• True

• False

An organization is exploring a new project with many unknowns, and most of the work to be done is designing software to build the best solution in collaboration with the customer. Which project management approach is best suited for this project?

• Agile

• Plan-driven

• Phased

• Predictive

The business determines that the project you are managing must be based on a plan-driven project management approach. This is partially due to the SMART objectives the steering committee has set for the project. In the acronym SMART, what does the T stand for?

• Technical

• Tentative

• Timely

• Testable