Final Study Guide

"Pixar" is a large animation studio. Pixar has a collection of brands and IP. (Toy story, Monsters Inc, Up, etc.) Pixar decides to create a new brand/story called "Bikes" about the life of a bicycle. This new brand will be created through the production of a new feature length animation, a marketing campaign, and merchandise. All of these have a unified goal to make the "Bikes" brand well known and produce high adoption with younger audiences.

 

Based on our class discussions, who or what would be considered the program?

• merchandise

• the "Bikes" brand

• Collection of Brands

• Marketing Campaign

• A new feature length animation

This document officially authorizes an external project to start between two entities. It is signed by both parties to official start the project.

• Project Charter

• Project Contract

• Project Constitution

• Project Deed

True or False

Other Costs are defined as extraneous costs such as travel, fees, and stock media.

• True

• False

PMI stands for...

• Project Management International

• Project Management Initiative

• Project Management Input

• None of the listed answers are correct

After creating the problem statement for a project, we

• Create Requirements

• Create Objectives

• Define our Project Goal

• Create a Budget

In this PMLC process group we define the problem our client is looking to solve, we set goals, we find potential solutions, and we establish official language around the project. This process stage is called...

• Budgeting

• Discovering

• Planning

• Pre-Production

• None of the listed answers are correct

True or False

The sequence of the activities in a project is based on technical requirements, not on management prerogatives.

• True

• False

You are the project manager for a Pepsi Cola project. Management has requested that you create a document detailing what information will be expected from stakeholders to share, to whom that information will be disseminated, and how that information will be sent to the expected recipients. Management is asking for which one of the following?

• The Scope Management Plan

• The Roles and Responsibilities Matrix

• The Communication Worksheet

• The Communication Management Plan

True or False

When defining "According to Specification" of a Project, we generally understand that the client, or the recipient of the project's deliverables, expects a certain level of functionality and quality from the project.

• True

• False

By changing the Scope of a project due to risk, we are using which risk response? 

• Transfer Risk

• Accept Risk

• Mitigate Risk

• Avoid Risk