WorksheetsEPM Project Organization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
You have finished your WBS and now you must determine how best to allocate scarce resources to the project. A wise first step in this process is to prepare:
An organization chart
A Responsibility Matrix
An Organizational Breakdown Structure
A staffing management plan
The staffing management plan is important because its purpose is to:
State the authority and responsibility level of the project manager
Show reporting relationship on the project
Show who is responsible for what activities on the project and who makes what type of decision
State when and how human resources will be brought on and taken off the project team
The organizational structure that differs the most from the functional or traditional structure is the:
Project coordinator structure
Matrix organization
Project based organization
Management and individual activities undertaken to improve team performance are called:
General management skill
Soft skills
Performance appraisal
Team building
A graphic display of project reporting relationship is:
An organizational breakdown structure
An organization chart
A resource assignment matrix
A resource breakdown structure
It is recognized that by first determining the characteristic of the project, the organizational structure that is best first then will follow. on your project, you will have high uncertainty, new technology, a long duration and 1 customer. Then an, appropriate form of organization is:
Functional
Matrix
Project Based
Virtual
The purpose of team development is to:
Enhance individual skills only as a way to then enhance team skills
Select those staff who are recognized team players in the organization so it is easier to get people committed to supporting team goals
Implement a team based reward and recognition system for the project
Develop individual and group skills to enhance team performance
Project managers are likely to have the most authority in:
Functional Organization
Matrix Organization
Project Based Organization
Virtual Organization
All except one of the following is a disadvantage of the project based organization:
Project participants work directly for the project managers
Lack of career continuity and opportunities for project personnel
Maintenance cost are high because of duplication of effort, facilities and personnel
tendency to retain project personnel on a project long after they are needed
Output of organizational planning include all the following except:
Staffing management plan
Organization chart
Role and responsibility assignment
Stakeholders analysis
Supporting detail for an organizational planning typically includes all but one of the following:
Organizational impact
Reward and recognition
Job descriptions
Training needs
In a matrix organization, functional managers are usually responsible for:
Approval of the project schedule
Monitoring personnel performance
Defining project task deliverables
Administering the project budget
An advantage of the matrix organization structure is that:
There is dual reporting
Management goals are different from project goals
Each person has a "HOME" after the project ends
Priorities are continuously changing
Project managers are likely to have least authority in:
Functional Organizations
Matrix Organizations
Project Based Organization
Which of the following is on of the stages of team development
Storming
Need recognition
Delegating
Participating
