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Project Management 2nd Edition by Pinto chapter 01
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Project Management, 2e (Pinto)Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Project Management?
1.1 True/False
1) Projects, rather than repetitive tasks, are now the basis for most value-added in business.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 1.0 Introduction
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
2) Projects have a process orientation.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1 What Is a Project?
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective
3) A typical project stays within functional and organizational boundaries.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1 What Is a Project?
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective
4) The special nature of projects relieves project managers from their routine of planning,
organizing, motivating, directing, and controlling.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1 What Is a Project?
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
5) A project exists outside of the standard line organization.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1 What Is a Project?
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
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, 6) The initial goal and technical specifications of the project are developed during the planning
stage.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.3 Project Life Cycles
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
7) Client interest in a project is highest during the termination and conceptual phases.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.3 Project Life Cycles
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
8) The classic triple constraint standard for project performance is composed of time, cost, and
client acceptance.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.4 Determinants of Project Success
Skill: Definition
AACSB Tag: Reflective
9) The business success dimension of project success determines whether the project achieved
significant commercial success.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.4 Determinants of Project Success
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
10) The Atkinson model for assessing project success gathers input from all of the project's
stakeholders.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.4 Determinants of Project Success
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
11) The use of benchmarking allows companies that are relatively immature at project
management to achieve quantum leaps of improvement.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 1.5 Developing Project Management Maturity
Skill: Factual
AACSB Tag: Reflective
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