Engineering Project Management
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Course Introduction
Engineering Project Management equips students with essential principles and tools for planning, executing, and controlling technical projects within engineering environments. The course covers project life cycles, resource allocation, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, team leadership, and communication strategies. Students learn to apply industry-standard project management methodologies, such as PMBOK and Agile, through real-world case studies and team-based project simulations. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, problem-solving, and the successful delivery of projects that meet technical, time, and budgetary constraints, preparing graduates for successful leadership roles in engineering industries.
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Successful Project Management with Microsoft Project 2010 5th Edition by Jack Gido
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Chapter 1: Project Management Concepts
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Q1) The estimated duration of the project is dependent upon the sequence of activities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Describe what each of the following mean in project planning: what, how, who, how long, and how much.
Answer: Responses will vary.Responses should include the need to describe how the project scope will be accomplished within budget and on schedule and then that plan will be implemented with a project timeline.
Before jumping in and starting the project, the project team or contractor must take sufficient time to properly plan the project.
Q3) The schedule for a project is a timetable with only start times for tasks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) List examples of three projects.
Answer: Answers will vary.Response includes a deliverable, schedule, and budget.
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Chapter 2: Identifying and Selecting Projects
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Q1) The RFP should state the acceptance criteria the customer will use to determine if the project deliverables are completed according to the customer's requirements.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) It is fair to meet with potential contractors and provide information about the potential project while developing the RFP.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The project purpose should
A) summarize the need and justification for the project.
B) state what is expected to be accomplished.
C) state the major end products or items expected to be produced.
D) be concise and create a vision for the end result of the project.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Developing Project Proposals
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Q1) Contractors may outsource some of the work to subcontractors or consultants to perform certain project tasks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The amount of profit on a project is adjusted depending upon the amount of competition for a project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Quantitative and qualitative benefits to the customer should be stated to help convince the customer of the value of the proposed result.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Successful contract opportunities are grounded in relationships.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence
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Q1) Each box for an activity in a network diagram is assigned
A) the next number after its predecessor's number.
B) a unique activity number.
C) an integral number.
D) a rational number
Q2) The ___________ states the specific deliverable that is expected to be completed from the work activities associated with each lowest level-work package.
A) WBS in an indentured list format
B) WBS in a hierarchical graphic chart format
C) responsibility assignment matrix
D) network diagram
Q3) The __________ defines the major tasks or work elements that will need to be performed to accomplish the work that needs to be done and produce all the project deliverables.
A) statement of work
B) project scope document
C) network diagram
D) work breakdown structure
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Chapter 5: Developing the Schedule
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Q1) Eliminating negative slack by reducing durations of activities will involve a trade-off in the form of
A) no change in costs and an increase in scope.
B) a decrease in costs and an expansion in scope.
C) an increase in costs or a reduction in scope.
D) an decrease in costs and no change in scope.
Q2) It is necessary to monitor the progress to ensure that everything is going according to the plan.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The amount of slack should determine the priority with which these concentrated efforts are applied.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When estimating resources for activities to estimate the activity's duration, the A) availability of each resource has to be taken into account.
B) name of each resource has to be taken into account.
C) cost of each resource has to be taken into account.
D) security clearance of each resource has to be taken into account.
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Chapter 6: Resource Utilization
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Q1) The statement, "Network diagrams illustrate the technical constraints among activities," means the activities are constrained because
A) each of the activities are independent from the other activities.
B) one activity cannot be started until the predecessors are finished.
C) the activities use different resources to be completed.
D) some activities use the same resources that may not be available.
Q2) In addition to showing the technical constraints among activities, how does the network logic also take into account resource constraints?
A) Activities that use the same resource may not be able to occur in parallel to each other.
B) Activities that use different resources may be shown in a serial relationship.
C) The activities could be shown in a loop relationship.
D) Resources that are unlimited are not shown in a resource assignment.
Q3) Resource-limited scheduling will not extend the project completion time if necessary in order to keep within the resource limits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Determining Costs, Budget, and Earned Value
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Q1) In many cases, there will be a tradeoff-reducing cost variances will involve a reduction in project scope or a delay in the project schedule.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It's crucial that cost variances and inefficiencies be identified early so that A) corrective action can be taken before the situation gets worse.
B) negotiations can take place for the contract.
C) the project can be monitored for self-correction.
D) time is not applied to the project.
Q3) The total project cost is often estimated during the_______ phase of the project or when the project charter or a proposal is prepared
A) initiating
B) planning
C) performing
D) closing
Q4) Committed costs are also known as discharged or postponed costs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Managing Risk
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Q1) _________ includes taking action to prevent or minimize the likelihood of occurrence or the impact of such unfavorable events.
A) Managing risk
B) Taking chances
C) Identifying the trigger point
D) Naming the person responsible for the risk response plan
Q2) Risks_____ should be given higher priority because if the risk occurs, it would have a greater impact on the schedule than if it was associated with activities on a path that has a large positive value of total slack.
A) that occur first in the project
B) that affect the most costly activities
C) on the critical path
D) that affect the activities near the end of the project
Q3) The project manager needs to set the tone for encouraging open and timely discussion of risks among the project team.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Closing the Project
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Q1) The purposes of __________ should be to determine whether the project provided the customer with the expected benefits, assess the level of customer satisfaction, and obtain any feedback that would be helpful in future business relationships with this customer or with other customers.
A) a post-project evaluation meeting with the customer or sponsor
B) a project progress meeting with project stakeholders
C) an analysis session with the project team
D) a pre-RFP meeting with the customer
Q2) Documentation of lessons learned should be done on an ongoing basis throughout the planning and performing phases of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The open-ended question post-project evaluation meeting should contain an opportunity to talk about possible additional projects and assume permission to use the customer as a reference with potential customers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What type of knowledge base system should be established by the project organization?
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Chapter 10: The Project Manager
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Q1) The project manager is a key ingredient in the success of a project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The effective project manager has a commitment to limiting the training and development of people working on the project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A good project manager believes that all individuals are valuable to the organization and that they can make greater contributions through continuous learning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Effective and frequent communication is crucial for keeping the project moving, identifying potential problems, soliciting suggestions to improve project performance, keeping abreast of customer satisfaction, and avoiding surprises.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe at least three potential subjects of negotiations in which a project manager would participate for a project.
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Chapter 11: The Project Team
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Q1) Brainstorming is a technique used in problem solving in which all members of a group contribute spontaneous ideas.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A punitive process should be established for individuals to report any actions by others that they think is unethical.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Conflict is bad and should be avoided.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Team members can also do things to support valuing diversity and the contributions of all team members.
A)True
B)False
Q5) During the brainstorming sessions, some people will come up with ideas that build on ideas previously mentioned by others.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Communication and Documentation
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Q1) Distribute an agenda well in advance of the project meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is important to keep in mind that a progress report is not
A) a list of completed milestones.
B) an activity report.
C) the current status of project performance.
D) a list of milestones expected to be achieved by the next meeting.
Q3) Projects that involve a design phase, such as an information system project, may require one or more technical ________ to ensure that the customer agrees with or approves of the design.
A) project status review meetings
B) problem-solving meetings
C) design review meetings
D) post-project evaluation meetings
Q4) Sum up your points on a particular item before moving on to the next item on your outline.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the most common types of project meetings.
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Chapter 13: Project Management Organizational Structures
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Q1) _________ allows efficient utilization of resources by having individuals from various functions assigned to work on specific projects.
A) an autonomous project organizational structure
B) a functional organizational structure
C) a matrix organizational structure
D) a project management office
Q2) A disadvantage of a functional organizational structure is that there is a stronger allegiance to the function than to the project or the customer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In _______, project managers come under the projects component of the organization.
A) an autonomous project organizational structure
B) a functional organizational structure
C) a matrix organizational structure
D) a project management office
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Chapter 14: Project Management Information Systems
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Q1) When selecting a PMIS, the ___________ considerations are the memory required, the amount of hard disk space required, the processing speed and power required, the type of graphics display needed, and operating system requirements.
A) procedure requirements
B) installation requirements
C) adoption requirements
D) integration requirements
Q2) An advantage of a project management information system is the affordability because excellent PC-based project management information systems can be purchased for just a few hundred dollars.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Project management information systems can maintain a resource list consisting of resource names, the maximum amount of time resources are available, standard and overtime rates for resources, accrual methods, and textual descriptions of the resources.
A)True
B)False
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