RM Review Training Preparation

Which document serves as the official authorization for a project?

• WBS

• Statement of Work

• Project Scope

• Project Charter

If a house remodel project is underway and the builder realizes the doors and windows are no longer going to arrive on time but he can get them for 20% more than scope agreement from another vendor. what should the project manager do FIRST to resolve this problem?

• Consult with the customer to reach a possible solution.

• Accept the increase in price and price the cost onto the customer.

• Pause the project.

• Accept the delay in scope.

Match the task to the stakeholder most likely responsible to complete it.

• Project Manager

• Ultimately determines the quality as acceptable

• Team Member

• Initially report the tasks as complete

• Managers

• Report the completion of deliverables to the project manager

• Sponsor

• Updates key stakeholders on project phase compmletions

• Customer

• Adds the most value to a project

Match the definition to the phrase that best represents it.

• Specific goals.

• Quality Assurance

• Defect prevention; method to measure Q.

• Milestone

• Prevent Future errors; fix defects

• Quality Control

• The end goal.

• Objective

• Significant events.

• Project Purpose

What is a slipped task?

• A task that is in progress and behind schedule

• A task that is changed to being done concurrently with other tasks instead of sequentially

• A task completed behind schedule

• A task that needs additional resources to be completed in less time

What is a slipping task?

• A task that is in progress and behind schedule

• A task that is changed to being done concurrently with other tasks instead of sequentially

• A task completed behind schedule

• A task that needs additional resources to be completed in less time

What is crashing?

• A task that is in progress and behind schedule

• A task that is changed to being done concurrently with other tasks instead of sequentially

• A task completed behind schedule

• A task that needs additional resources to be completed in less time

Which stakeholder is the most concerned with keeping a project within budget?

• Project manager

• Project sponsor

• Team member

• Manager

Which stakeholders make the largest contributions to ensuring the plan objectives are meet?

• Vendors

• Project managers

• Team members

• Managers

During a reflection meeting in closing a project, a manager claims that gold plating has occurred. What has happened to warrant this claim?

• A longer schedule due to more items being delivered than promised

• More deliverables than what was promised were delivered and the project scope changed

• More deliverables than what was promised were delivered and the project scope did not change

• A higher project cost due to more items being delivered than promised