ITX304 The Art & Science of Project Management

Which is a supporting function to be performed by a project manager during project planning?

• Scope planning

• Cost planning

• Risk management

• Schedule planning

Which is / are example(s) of project constraint?

• Project baseline

• Project manager

• Project scope

• Project completion deadline

Which of the following 3 are included within a project scope statement?

• Gantt Chart

• Major Deliverables

• Project Constraints

• Project Justifications

Work breakdown structure (WBS) is a tool for​ (a)   .

• defining project scope
• budgeting
• task scheduling
• defining project schedule

Which is / are true for a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

• WBS depends on task decomposition from high level systems to low levels tasks

• WBS is an effective tool for monitoring project progress

• The lowest level tasks aon a WBS is called Work Packages

• It is a tool for defining project schedule

Which is NOT an activity carried out in a project initiation stage?

• Identify stakeholders

• Review user requests

• Implement systems

• Produce project charter

Which is / are NOT a valid viewpoint to determine system requirements?

• Organizational

• Functional

• Technical

• Conceptual

Which is NOT included in the cost benefit analysis?

• Calculate the damages if the project is completed late

• Calculate money earned after the system is completed

• Calculate costs to implement the project

• Calculate savings from using the system

Critical path does not show the longest time in which a project can be completed, true or false?

• False

• True

Slack time represents the buffer time that a given task can afford to wait without affecting the scheduled task completion. Can slack time be found in a critical path?

• Yes

• No