Engineering Project Management
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Course Introduction
Engineering Project Management introduces students to the essential principles and practices involved in planning, organizing, and executing engineering projects. The course covers topics such as project lifecycle management, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, risk assessment, quality control, and team leadership. Through a combination of theoretical concepts and practical case studies, students learn to apply project management tools and techniques specific to engineering environments, emphasizing effective communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. By the end of the course, students are equipped to manage complex engineering projects from conception through completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, time, and budget constraints.
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Project Management in Practice 5th Edition by Jack R. Meredith
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Chapter 1: The World of Project Management
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Q1) Project budgets are primarily modifications of budgets for the same activity in the previous period.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) A disadvantage of using the payback period method for selecting projects is that it cannot reflect the time-value of money.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) One reason for the emphasis on project management is that tasks fit neatly into business-as-usual.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Explain what the third alternative is in negotiation.
Answer: Not Answered
Q5) Briefly explain the project portfolio process.
Answer: Not Answered
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Chapter 2: The Manager, the Organization, and the Team
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Q1) Which of the following is not true concerning the difference between the project manager (PM) and the traditional manager TM)?
A) the PM is a facilitator the TM is a technical supervisor
B) the PM is a generalist the TM is a specialist
C) the PM must be able to integrate tasks; the TM must be able to analyze tasks
D) the PM uses an analytical approach the TM uses a systems approach
E) all of the above are true
Answer: D
Q2) The three primary goals of any project are:
A) profit, schedule, quality
B) schedule, budget, quality
C) performance, budget, schedule
D) performance, quality, schedule
E) budget, quality, profit
Answer: C
Q3) An advantage of pure project organization is its great depth of technical knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Planning the Project
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Q1) A limitation of traditional project management planning tools is that they do not address the flow of information.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is not an important advantage of empowerment?
A) high quality solutions
B) micromanagement avoided
C) high degree of worker specialization
D) synergistic solutions
E) timely feedback
Answer: C
Q3) The details of the project work force are discussed in the Resource Requirements section of the project master plan.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Explain the process of developing a WBS.
Answer: Not Answered
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Chapter 4: Budgeting the Project
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Q1) Organizations can use both top-down and bottom-up budgeting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) After major risk are identified which of the following data should NOT be obtained for analysis
A) probability of each risk occurring
B) Range or distribution of possible outcomes
C) probability of each outcome
D) the expected time of each outcome
E) the person responsible for each outcome
Q3) The PMI does not devote much coverage to risk management in the PMBOK
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly contrast the three different perspectives cost can be viewed from.
Q5) List the steps in performing FMEA.
Q6) A key advantage of top-down budgeting is that the overall budget costs can be estimated quite accurately.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Define Top-down and Bottom-Up budgeting.
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Chapter 5: Scheduling the Project
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Q1) Milestones are not depended upon the predecessor activities in the project plan.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The amount of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the start time of any successor activity is known as free slack.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Networks are usually drawn with a "Start" node to the right and a "Finish" node to the left.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A big advantage of AON networks is that they are easier to draw.
A)True
B)False
Q5) To manage a project successfully, the project manager need only pay close attention to tasks on the critical path.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is a merger and what problems do mergers create?
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Chapter 6: Allocating Resources to the Project
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Q1) The as late as possible priority rule is considered the standard scheduling rule.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Projects often compete with each other for the same resources.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Allocating specific, limited resources to specific activities is called
A) resource allocation
B) resource leveling
C) resource tracking
D) expediting a project
E) crashing a project
Q4) Crashing non-critical activities will influence project duration.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One limitation of Microsoft Project is that all resources must share the same availability calendar.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
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Q1) Statistical quality control techniques can be helpful for determining what size variances are significant.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define the terms monitoring and control.
Q3) Everyone associated with the project should receive the same information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not an objective mentioned in the text for data gathered from monitoring?
A) promoting team members
B) keeping management informed
C) auditing
D) learning from mistakes
E) control
Q5) One way of linking planning and control is to monitor project progress on the MSP Gantt chart.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why is control difficult?
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Chapter 8: Evaluating and Terminating the Project
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Q1) According to research, future potential is an important dimension of project success.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Project audits are typically very useful in the initiation project state.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The general audit is usually performed by a person or team with special technical skills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not a type of project termination mentioned in the text?
A) project extinction
B) termination-by-addition
C) termination-by-integration
D) termination-by-starvation
E) termination-by-elimination
Q5) What content should be included in the audit report?
Q6) What criteria should be included in evaluating a project?
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