Engineering Project Management
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Course Introduction
Engineering Project Management is a comprehensive course designed to introduce students to the principles, methodologies, and tools required to successfully initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close engineering projects. Emphasizing both technical and managerial aspects, the course covers project lifecycle management, scope definition, time and cost estimation, resource allocation, risk assessment, quality control, and leadership in project teams. Students also explore project management software, stakeholder communication, ethics, and the critical factors that contribute to project success or failure, preparing them to effectively deliver results in various engineering disciplines and industries.
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Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Q1) Project management _____ describe the key competencies that project managers must develop.
Answer: knowledge areas
Q2) The _____ is an international professional society for project managers founded in 1969.
Answer: Project Management Institute
Q3) The term "_____" refers to work done in organizations to sustain the business.
Answer: Operations
Q4) Passing the CPA exam is a standard for accountants. Similarly, passing the PMP exam is becoming a standard for _____.
Answer: project managers
Q5) Earned value management is a tool primarily used in resource management.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q6) Stakeholder analyses, work requests, and project charters are tools used in integration management.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Project Management Information
Technology
Context
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Q1) Using a systems approach is critical to successful project management. A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Internal stakeholders include groups affected by the project such as government officials or concerned citizens.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) The project organizational structure is the most efficient choice for most IT projects. A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) It is much more expensive to make major changes to a project during the earlier phases.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Project Management Process Groups
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Q1) The _____ is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work.
Answer: WBS
work breakdown structure work breakdown structure (WBS)
Q2) Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management?
A) initiating B) planning
C) executing D) monitoring and controlling
Answer: B
Q4) A risk register is the output of _____.
Answer: risk management
Q5) _________ issues often occur during project execution, especially conflicts. Answer: Human resource
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Chapter 4: Project Integration Management
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Q1) What are the methods for categorizing information technology projects?
Q2) Which information is included in a business case?
A) business need for the project
B) relevant government or industry standards
C) project objective, high-level requirements, and time and cost goals
D) policies, procedures, guidelines, and systems that influence a project's success
Q3) Payback period is the amount of time it will take to recoup, in the form of net cash inflows, the total dollars invested in a project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A SWOT analysis, being a linear process, cannot be performed using the nonlinear mind mapping technique.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Information systems can help an organization support a strategy of being a low-cost producer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Project Scope Management
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Q1) Which action involves normalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders, such as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the deliverables?
A) Creating scope
B) Defining scope
C) Controlling scope
D) Validating scope
Q2) The scope of a project is clear and specific from the start.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The main purpose of the WBS is to define all of the work required to complete a project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the _____ approach to creating a WBS, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible.
Q5) The main tool for performing scope validation is _____ and group decision making techniques.
Q6) Describe the process of scope validation.
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Chapter 6: Project Schedule Management
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Q1) A(n) _____ determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity in a project.
Q2) _____ is the number of workdays or work hours required to complete a task.
Q3) In a network diagram, it is mandatory for every item on the WBS to be shown instead of only those activities with dependencies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which is true of a finish-to-finish dependency?
A) It is a dependency in which the "from" activity cannot start until the "to" activity or successor is started.
B) It is a dependency in which in which the "from" activity must finish before the "to" activity or successor can start.
C) It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must be finished before the "to" activity can be finished.
D) It is a dependency in which the "from" activity must start before the "to" activity can be finished.
Q5) Duration estimates can be provided as a discrete number, a range, or as a(n) _____.
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Chapter 7: Project Cost Management
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Q1) Accountants define _____ as a resource sacrificed or foregone to to achieve a specific objective.
Q2) It is important for project managers to understand that every cost estimate is unique.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ theory states that when many items are produced repetitively, the unit cost of those items decreases in a regular pattern as more units are produced.
Q4) What type of estimate is a cost estimation tool used to allocate money into an organization's budget?
A) budgetary
B) definitive
C) rough order of magnitude
D) ballpark
Q5) A cost management plan can include organizational procedures links, control thresholds, and process descriptions.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Project managers must conduct cash flow analysis to determine _____.
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Chapter 8: Project Quality Management
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Q1) Performing quality assurance is a subprocess of which project quality management stage?
A) initiating
B) closing
C) benchmarking
D) managing
Q2) In the DMAIC process, the letter "C" stands for _____.
Q3) The purpose of _____ is to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
Q4) Which process is an action taken to bring rejected items into compliance with product requirements or specifications or other stakeholder expectations?
A) process adjustment
B) rework
C) acceptance decision
D) validation
Q5) _____ involves choosing part of a population of interest for inspection.
Q6) _____ is a quality planning technique that helps identify which variables have the most influence on the overall outcome of a process.
Q7) What are the five phases in the DMAIC process? Briefly describe each one.
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Chapter 9: Project Resource Management
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Q1) A RAM is used only to assign detailed work activities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Extrinsic motivation causes people to participate in an activity for their own enjoyment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Blake and Mouton, project managers who use the _____ mode retreat from an actual or potential disagreement.
Q4) According to Covey, project managers must use a win/lose approach in making decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What need is at the highest level in Maslow's structure?
A) deficiency
B) growth
C) safety
D) physiological
Q6) _____ is the ability to influence behavior to get people to do things they would not otherwise do.
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Chapter 10: Project Communications Management
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Q1) _____ are normally provided as status reports or progress reports.
Q2) A(n) _____ allows users to create custom websites to access documents and applications stored on shared devices.
Q3) What documents include a complete set of organized project records that provide an accurate history of the project?
A) project archives
B) forecasts
C) project plans
D) project notes
Q4) A(n) _____ is a document that guides project communications.
Q5) Geographic location and cultural background have no impact on communications.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Using the formula for calculating the number of communication channels, how many channels would five people require?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 14
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Chapter 11: Project Risk Management
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Q1) Identifying risks is a subprocess of the _____ process of project risk management.
A) planning
B) executing
C) monitoring and controlling
D) closing
Q2) Unenforceable conditions or contract clauses and adversarial relations are risk conditions associated with the project _____ management knowledge area.
A) integration
B) quality
C) procurement
D) human resources
Q3) What process involves deciding how to approach and plan the risk management activities for the project?
A) identifying risks
B) planning risk management
C) performing qualitative risk analysis
D) performing quantitative risk analysis
Q4) One main output of the _____ process is a risk register.
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Chapter 12: Project Procurement Management
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Q1) Controlling procurement also involves _____, which is sometimes referred to as contract closure.
Q2) Outputs of the _____ process consist of selected sellers and change requests.
A) closing procurements
B) conducting procurements
C) planning procurement management
D) controlling procurements
Q3) Most organizations are not in business to provide information technology services, yet many have spent valuable time and resources on information technology functions when they should have instead worked on important competencies such as marketing, customer service, and new product design. Outsourcing helps tackle this problem. Which benefit does outsourcing primarily provide in such a scenario?
A) reduces fixed and recurrent costs
B) protects strategic information from being accessible to external suppliers
C) increases accountability even without a written contract
D) helps focus on an organization's core business
Q4) A(n) _____ type of e-procurement that identifies new suppliers for a specific category of purchasing requirements using Internet technology.
Q5) A(n) _____ is also known as a tender or quote, short for quotation.
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Chapter 13: Project Stakeholder Management
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Q1) The main output of the identifying stakeholders process is the _____.
Q2) After identifying and analyzing stakeholders, the project manager and team should develop a(n) ______ to help them effectively engage stakeholders and make sure that good decisions are made throughout the life of the project.
A) stakeholder engagement plan
B) stakeholder register
C) issue log
D) power/interest grid
Q3) Project management software tools normally do not promote the use of Facebook as a forum to promote project activities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A simple way to document basic information on project stakeholders is by creating a(n) _____.
Q5) What is a stakeholder register and what information must be included in it?
Q6) Key stakeholders need not be invited to participate in a kick-off meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Identify and describe the processes involved in project stakeholder management.
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