Information Technology Project Management
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Course Introduction
Information Technology Project Management focuses on the principles, methodologies, and tools essential for successfully managing IT projects. The course covers the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closure, emphasizing the unique challenges faced in technology-driven environments. Topics include requirements gathering, resource allocation, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, quality assurance, and project communication. Students gain practical experience with project management software and frameworks, such as Agile and Waterfall, enabling them to effectively lead teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver IT projects on time and within budget.
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Contemporary Project Management 2nd Edition by Timothy J. Kloppenborg
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Q1) Most projects are conducted with constraints on the amount of time and funding available to the project manager.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When applied to project management,human resource management typically involves which of the following activities?
A) determining the work necessary for project completion
B) estimating, budgeting and controlling project costs
C) identifying, analyzing and controlling project risks
D) organizing, managing and leading the project team
Answer: D
Q3) Projects are considered successful for all of the reasons below EXCEPT:..
A) members of the team learn new skills working on the project.
B) the organization captures lessons learned for future projects.
C) the team has demonstrated heroics to meet project objectives
D) the organization reaps business level benefits.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Project Selection and Prioritization
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Q1) Portfolio alignment helps an organization achieve its goals by:
A) adopting highly similar projects to insure against failure.
B) including a complement of projects with different sizes, risks and time frames
C) decreasing the variety of projects to leverage specialization.
D) providing detailed project management methodologies
Answer: B
Q2) The degree of formality used in selecting projects varies widely across organizations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) All of the following factors influence the opportunities and threats an organization must consider when performing a strategic analysis EXCEPT:
A) competitors
B) suppliers
C) regulatory agencies
D) employees
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Organizational Capability: Structure,Culture and
Roles
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Q1) A matrix organization is any organizational structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is an advantage associated with managing projects in a functional organization?
A) Each unit contains a variety of specialists suited to solving complex problems.
B) Unity of command - one clear supervisor for each worker
C) Rapid communication between the various functions working on the project
D) Combines task focus with technical capability
Answer: B
Q3) Projectized organizations are especially effective at helping team members to maintain their discipline specific competence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Chartering Projects
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Q1) The milestone schedule in the project charter accomplishes all the following EXCEPT:
A) divides the project into many detailed activities to derive the milestones
B) lists major milestones and deliverables the project team needs to complete.
C) identifies planned completion dates for major milestones.
D) divides the project into a few (3 to 8) intermediate points whose completion can be verified.
Q2) A well-written business case should persuade decision-makers to support the project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The purpose of a project charter includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A) authorizes the project manager to proceed
B) develops a common understanding between the sponsor and the project team
C) quickly screens out obviously poor projects
D) describes skill sets needed
Q4) Describe how you might use lessons learned from previous projects to improve the quality of the project charter on a new project.
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Chapter 5: Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Planning
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Q1) In order to be sure a project meeting runs according to plan,the project manager should develop an agenda in advance and deliver it to participants as they arrive at the meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A project management plan is a formal document that defines how the project will be initiated and planned.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Power and urgency are among the aspects that project managers should consider in prioritizing stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Stakeholders can be either internal or external to the organization performing the project.
A)True B)False
Q5) Describe the approach you would use to build relationships with key external stakeholders.
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Chapter 6: Defining Scope and Constructing Work
Breakdown Structures (WBS)
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Q1) If a problem occurs during project execution,the Work Breakdown Structure can be used to understand exactly where and why the problem occurred.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The best project scope statements are brief,succinct and limit their focus specifically to the work to be performed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Organizing the second level of the Work Breakdown Structure by major design components facilitates rolling wave planning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) For each component in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),the WBS dictionary includes all the following fields that will be progressively elaborated EXCEPT:
A) a brief scope description
B) name of team member(s) that will be responsible for creating the deliverables
C) a list of associated activities
D) defined deliverables
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Chapter 7: Scheduling Activities
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Q1) Consider the System Integration Project depicted in Figure 7-3. Based on the information provided,which activities can be delayed one day without impacting the expected project completion date?
A) Activity E - Install Software and Activity F - Test System
B) Activity C - Purchase Software and Activity E - Install Software
C) Activity C - Purchase Software and Activity D - Prepare Test Plan
D) none of these
Q2) GANTT refers to the Generalized Activity Network Tracking Technique which was developed to better understand how variability in the duration of individual activities impacts the expected project duration.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The length of time to perform an activity is often dependent upon who will do that work.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how you would use the members of your project team to develop and execute a project schedule.
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Chapter 8: Resourcing Projects
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Q1) Estimate Activity Resources focuses exclusively upon the identification of the number of human resources required to perform each scheduled activity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When identifying people to work on the project,it is helpful to consider their professional disciplines,skill levels and their physical location.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Even when a project team does not identify individual activities,it will still need to determine how many resources are needed to complete the project
A)True
B)False
Q4) A common tool project teams use is a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM). Typically,this chart will depict:
A) the date each activity will begin.
B) the duration of each activity.
C) the roles key members of the team will play on each activity.
D) organizational reporting structure
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Chapter 9: Budgeting Projects
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Q1) The document that establishes the activities and criteria for planning,structuring and controlling the project costs is the project financial plan.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Early in a project when very little detail is known about a project,it is impractical to render even a rough estimate of the final project cost.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Activity based costing allocates indirect costs based on different types of cost drivers. Which of the following cost drivers serve as a basis of allocation when activity based costing is used?
A) number of units produced
B) direct labor hours
C) direct material costs
D) direct equipment costs
Q4) Typically,expedited costs are preferred over regular costs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Project Risk Planning
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Q1) It is impossible to remove all sources of risk on a project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following describe the appropriate application of Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis in project management EXCEPT:
A) Large, complex and risky projects stand to benefit from the additional rigor of quantitative risk analysis techniques.
B) Quantitative techniques are used when it is critical to predict the probability of completing a project on time or within budget with confidence.
C) Brainstorming techniques are used by the team and other stakeholders to identify as many project risks as possible.
D) Monte Carlo Simulation and Fault Tree Analysis are examples of useful quantitative risk analysis techniques.
Q3) How would you approach the prioritization of the risk events identified by your project team and subject matter experts? How would you use the results of this prioritization effort to guide the development of risk responses?
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Chapter 11: Project Quality Planning and Project Kick: off
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Q1) There are so many important outcomes to achieve in a project kick-off meeting. Prepare a brief agenda for your project kick-off that identifies the key activities you would include in a kick-off meeting and the desired outcomes associated with each activity.
Q2) The purpose of process control is to be able to have confidence that outputs are predictable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Perform Quality Assurance is the process of auditing the quality requirements,and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The goal of empowered performance is to improve performance results each and every period.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Supply Chain Management
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Q1) All of the following entities are typically included in the supply chain EXCEPT:
A) suppliers
B) public relations
C) consumers
D) project team
Q2) A description of the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products,services or results is known as:
A) the procurement statement of work.
B) the contract clauses and special provisions
C) the supply invoice
D) the purchase order
Q3) Buying from an outside supplier to meet project needs is generally frowned upon because it invariably proves to be more expensive than obtaining materials and services internally.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast traditional project procurement management with the more contemporary approach - project partnering. What are the advantages associated with project partnering?
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Chapter 13: Leading and Managing Project Teams
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Q1) When a project team member is not performing,rewards may not prove as effective as a coercive approach that threatens the team member with undesired consequences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The personal values of team members on high-performing teams can be enhanced through which of the following team behavior practices?
A) a constant focus on improvement
B) specification of individual routines and independent efforts
C) unilateral initiatives and personal competition
D) emphasis on formal procedures
Q3) Great team synergy can help make a team's capability better than the individual team member's capabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Project managers can further team development by securing agreement on common goals and objectives for the project.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Determining Project Progress and Results
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Q1) When reporting performance to sponsors and management,it is often helpful to organize the information in terms of three time periods: the past,the current and the future.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When project managers authorize project work,they should empower others to the extent possible,yet control to the extent necessary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) While the project is underway,effective information distribution often requires the project manager and team to accomplish all of the following activities EXCEPT:
A) determine any information needs beyond those addressed in the communication plan
B) establish an information retrieval and distribution system
C) report progress to all stakeholders
D) conduct stand-up meetings to maximize efficiency
Q4) Describe the essential aspects of integrated change control.
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Chapter 15: Finishing the Project
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Q1) Which of the following attributes can serve as a useful factor for coding lessons learned?
A) type of project
B) stage in project life cycle
C) primary issue
D) all of these
Q2) Which of the following reasons might lead to an early contract termination for convenience?
A) The buyer faces changing priorities.
B) The seller faces unexpected difficulties.
C) The seller needs change.
D) The buyer and seller negotiate a settlement
Q3) The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
A) product acceptance.
B) system turnover.
C) verify scope
D) control scope
Q4) Describe the approach you would take to implement a viable lessons learned program on your project.
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