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COMPLETE TEST BANK: Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe Latest Update.
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COMPLETE TEST BANK:Information Technology Project Management 9th Edition
by Kathy Schwalbe Latest Update.
, TEST BANK FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
MANAGEMENT, 9TH EDITION, KATHY SCHWALBE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
TRUE/FALSE
1. UNTIL THE 1980S, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SCHEDULE AND
RESOURCE DATA TO TOP MANAGEMENT IN THE MILITARY, COMPUTER, AND CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES.
ANS: T
UNTIL THE 1980S, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SCHEDULE AND
RESOURCE DATA TO TOP MANAGEMENT IN THE MILITARY, COMPUTER, AND CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES. TODAY’S PROJECT MANAGEMENT INVOLVES MUCH MORE, AND PEOPLE IN EVERY
INDUSTRY AND EVERY COUNTRY MANAGE PROJECTS.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: EASY REF: P.2
OBJ: LO: 1-1 NAT: BUSPROG: TOP:
TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTI
ON
KEY: BLOOM'S: KNOWLEDGE
2. A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS IS THAT OPERATIONS END WHEN THEIR
OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN REACHED, WHEREAS PROJECTS DO NOT.
ANS: F
PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM OPERATIONS IN THAT THEY END WHEN THEIR OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN
REACHED OR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: MODERATE REF: P.4
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: COMPREHENSION
3. EVERY PROJECT SHOULD HAVE A WELL-DEFINED OBJECTIVE.
ANS: T
A PROJECT HAS A UNIQUE PURPOSE. EVERY PROJECT SHOULD HAVE A WELL-DEFINED OBJECTIVE.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: EASY REF: P.6
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: KNOWLEDGE
4. PROJECTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED IN INCREMENTS.
ANS: T
A PROJECT IS DEVELOPED USING PROGRESSIVE ELABORATION. PROJECTS ARE OFTEN DEFINED
BROADLY WHEN THEY BEGIN, AND AS TIME PASSES, THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE PROJECT BECOME
CLEARER. THEREFORE, PROJECTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED IN INCREMENTS.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: MODERATE REF: P.6
, TEST BANK FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
MANAGEMENT, 9TH EDITION, KATHY SCHWALBE
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: COMPREHENSION
, TEST BANK FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
MANAGEMENT, 9TH EDITION, KATHY SCHWALBE
5. RESOURCES IN A PROJECT SHOULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE THEY ARE LIMITED.
ANS: T
A PROJECT REQUIRES RESOURCES, OFTEN FROM VARIOUS AREAS. RESOURCES, HOWEVER, ARE LIMITED
AND MUST BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO MEET PROJECT AND OTHER CORPORATE GOALS.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: MODERATE REF: P. 7
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: COMPREHENSION
6. A PROJECT MANAGER’S PRIMARY ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT.
ANS: F
A PROJECT SPONSOR USUALLY PROVIDES THE DIRECTION AND FUNDING FOR A PROJECT.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: EASY REF:
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: KNOWLEDGE
7. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS CHALLENGING IS BECAUSE OF THE FACTOR OF
UNCERTAINTY.
ANS: T
A PROJECT INVOLVES UNCERTAINTY. EVERY PROJECT IS UNIQUE AND THUS IT IS SOMETIMES
DIFFICULT TO DEFINE ITS OBJECTIVES CLEARLY, ESTIMATE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO COMPLETE,
OR DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT WILL COST. THIS UNCERTAINTY IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS SO CHALLENGING.
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: MODERATE REF: P.7
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: ANALYTIC TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: COMPREHENSION
8. QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW A TEAM WILL TRACK SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE IS RELATED TO A PROJECT’S SCOPE.
ANS: F
PROJECT SCOPE DEALS WITH QUESTIONS SUCH AS, “WHAT WORK WILL BE DONE AS PART OF THE
PROJECT?”, “WHAT UNIQUE PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR RESULT DOES THE CUSTOMER OR SPONSOR EXPECT
FROM THE PROJECT?”, OR “HOW WILL THE SCOPE BE VERIFIED?”
PTS: 1 DIF: DIFFICULTY: MODERATE REF: P.7
OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: TECHNOLOGY TOP: WHAT IS A
PROJECT?
KEY: BLOOM'S: COMPREHENSION
9. IN ORDER TO BE REALISTIC, A PROJECT MANAGER SHOULD ALWAYS SET DISCRETE GOALS
INSTEAD OF A RANGE OF OBJECTIVES.
ANS: F
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