introduction 1

Which of the following definitions best describes project management?

• Project management coordinates with stakeholders in a project to obtain feedback on deliverables.

• Project management uses specific knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to deliver valuable projects to clients.

• Project management is a detailed scheduling of multiple tasks within a project.

• Project management is the ongoing management of a team of skilled workers that deliver a product to a client.

Which two of the following are benefits of project management?

• Project management increases customer satisfaction by planning and meeting expectations.

• Project management improves communication within teams and overall satisfaction for employees.

• Project management improves productivity, efficiency, and quality of work.

• Project management predicts profits, margins and issues payments to people working on projects.

Imagine the company you work with is beginning an initiative to audit and update internal training resources. Once this initiative is completed the company will present a new training library to employees as a resource for tasks they should complete.

Which of the following terms best describes this initiative?

• An inventory of assets

• A portfolio

• A program

• A project

Which of the following statements best identifies the role of project management in projects?

• Scoping out and creating the initial statement of work for a project.

• Ensuring quality of deliverables.

• Processing the budget and payments from the client.

• Balancing the scope of work, resources, timelines and budget.

Which of the following definitions best describes project management?

• Project management completes contractor payments, client invoices, and financial tasks for a department.

• Project management uses specific knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to deliver valuable projects to clients.

• Project management oversees permanent teams within a company.

• Project management coordinates with clients to action feedback on deliverables.

Which two of the following are benefits of project management?

• Project management improves the relationship between employees and managers.

• Project management provides quality training for individuals that are onboarding to a project.

• Project management addresses project risks proactively.

• Project management manages budgets and timelines so that projects are able to be successfully completed within the planned budget and timeframe.

Which of the following benefits best describes the benefit of project management for this scenario?

• Project management manages budgets so that projects are able to be successfully completed within the planned budget.

• Project management addresses project risks proactively.

• Project management increases customer satisfaction by planning projects.

• Project management improving communication between teams.

Imagine you have been invited to work on a committee that will be working to improve training in multiple departments with multiple projects over the next year.

Which of the following terms best describes this initiative?

• A portfolio

• A project

• A program

Imagine you have joined a company that has three months to create an online course on HTML programming.

Which of the following terms best describes this initiative?

• A portfolio

• A project

• A program

Imagine you have been invited to identify all of the websites created by your company and to work with many different teams to manage many projects to update each site to meet the organization’s sales goals.

Which of the following terms best describes this initiative?

• A program

• A portfolio

• A project