Mock Question.

(1) A Project Manager is at the project kick-off meeting. He confidently states the vision and mission for the project. This PM is exhibiting the following leadership style:

1.     Hierarchal

2.     Authoritarian

3.     Charismatic

4.     Associative

(2) You are in charge of developing a new product for an organization. Your quality metrics are based on the 80th percentile of each of the last three products developed. This is an example of:

1.     Statistical sampling

2.     Metrics

3.     Benchmarking

4.     Operational definitions

(3) The two closing procedures are called:

1.     Contract close out and scope verification

2.     Contract close out and Close Project

3.     Project closure and product verification

4.     Project closure and lessons learned

(4) During the schedule development process the Project Manager may have to go through several iterations of the schedule before establishing the schedule baseline. All of the following are tools and techniques that may be used during this process:

1.     Critical Path Method, GERT, Resource Requirements

2.     Resource Leveling Heuristics, Mathematical Analysis, Calendars

3.     Duration compression, Resource Leveling Heuristics, PERT

4.     GERT, PERT, Leads and Lags

(5) Which of the following models of conflict resolution allows a cooling off period, but seldom resolves the issue in the long term?

1.     Problem solving

2.     Withdrawal

3.     Forcing

4.     Smoothing

(6) The receiver filters messages based on all but the following:

1.     Culture

2.     Semantics

3.     Language

4.     Distance

5.     Knowledge

(7) How much time does the typical project manager spend communicating both formally and informally?

1.     40-60%

2.     50-70%

3.     60-80%

4.     75-90%

(8) Group brainstorming encourages all of the following except:

1.     Team building

2.     Analysis of alternatives

3.     Convergent thinking

4.     Uninhibited verbalization

(9) The critical element in a project's communication system is the:

1.     Progress report

2.     Project directive

3.     Project manager

4.     Customer

(10) System integration consists of:

1.     Assuring that the pieces of a project come together at the right time

2.     Planning for contingencies that may occur throughout the life cycle of the project

3.     The pieces of the project function as an integration unit

4.     a and c

2. What is a Project ?

Project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service.

Projects are unique.

Projects are temporary in nature and have a definite beginning and ending date.

Projects are completed when the project goals are achieved or its determined the project is no longer viable.

A successful project is one that meets or exceeds the expectations of your stakeholders.

How Unique ?

Product characteristics are progressively elaborated.

The product or service is different in some way from other product or services.

How Temporary ?

Has a definite beginning and end and not an ongoing effort.

Ceases when objective has been attained.

Team is disbanded upon project completion.

1. What is project Management?

Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

Project management is accomplished through the use of the processes such as:

•Initiation

•Planning

•Execution

•Controlling

•Closing

Project managers or the organization can divide projects into above phases to provide better management control with appropriate links to the ongoing operations of the performing organization. Collectively, these phases are known as the project life cycle.

Project managers deliver projects while balancing the following constraints:

•Scope

•Schedule

•Quality

•Resources

•Customer Satisfaction

•Risk

These all are so intertwined that a change in one will most often cause a change in at least one of the others

For example:

If time is extended, the cost of the project will increase.

If time extended with the same cost then quality of the product will reduce.

If scope is extended then cost and time will also extend.

Changes to any of these legs sets off a series of activities that are needed to integrate the change across the project.