Project managers and teams should reexamine the business need for the project during every phase of the

project life cycle to determine if the project is worth continuing.

Project teams should never revise project plans during the project life cycle.

Project management process groups are isolated events.

Process groups occur at varying levels of intensity throughout each phase of a project.

Planning processes are especially important for information technology projects.

The executing process group should not overlap the other process groups.

The ideal outcome of the controlling process group is to complete a project successfully by delivering the

agreed-upon project scope within time, cost, and quality constraints.

Key outcomes of the executing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing

documents, such as a final project report and lessons-learned report.

Some organizations develop their own internal information technology project management

methodologies.

An organization should put considerable thought into project selection to ensure that it initiates the right

kinds of projects for the right reasons.

Critical assumptions and constraints are not included in JWD’s business case.

JWD’s business case includes a discussion of potential risks.

Unfortunately, JWD’s Project Charter did not include a space for comments from the stakeholders.

Executing is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management.

Project management consists of ____ knowledge areas.

One of project management’s knowledge areas is ____.

Projects involve ____ project management process groups.

One of the project management process groups is ____.

____ processes include actions to begin or end projects and project phases.

____ processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure the project addresses the

company’s needs.

A common ____ process is a performance review during which any necessary changes are identified, and

a staff member is selected to analyze and manage those changes.

____ processes include formalizing acceptance of the phase or project and ending it efficiently.

Examples of ____ processes include developing the project team, providing leadership, assuring project

quality, disseminating information, procuring necessary resources, and delivering the actual work.

The PMBOK Guide 2000 identifies ____ outputs.

Clarification of ____ is one of the four outputs listed in the PMBOK Guide 2000.

Some organizations require an approved corporate project request and an initial and detailed business case

in a phase called ____-project initiation.

According to JWD’s business objective, the company’s strategic goals include continuing growth and

____.

The main purpose of a project plan is to ____ project execution.

One of the outputs related to a project’s scope is a(n) ____.

A planning process that belongs to the knowledge area of time is ____ definition.

Creating an organizational ____ is an output involved in organizational planning.

Creating a(n) ____ management plan is an output related to the organizational planning of human

resources.

The scope statement lists the importance of documenting the product characteristics and requirements,

summarizes the ____, and describes project success criteria.

After the project title, date, and the name of the person who prepared the statement, the next section of the

scope statement is the Project ____.

WBS stands for the Work ____ Structure.

On JWD’s WBS, status reports are part of the ____ stage.

The figure above is an example of a ____ chart.

The highlighted boxes in the chart above represents tasks on the ____ path.

Executing the project involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are

____.

It usually takes the most resources to accomplish project ____.

The figure above represents a portion of a ____ report.

____ is the process of measuring progress towards project objectives, monitoring deviation from the plan,

and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan.

Controlling affects ____ other phases of the project life cycle.

The ____ process includes verifying that all of the deliverables are complete and often includes a final

presentation.