C722- Project Management, WGU C722
(Pre), WGU C722 Project Management
Terminology, WGU C722 Project
Management Terminology, WGU C722
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A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business
model that will allow the firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its
customers. To accomplish this, the firm initiates a business management
project. Which aspect of project management applies to this firm's project? -
correct answer ✔Interdependent Tasks
A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business
model to enhance its competitiveness. What can be identified as a strategic
business initiative for this firm? - correct answer ✔Improvement in product
design
A firm begins a strategic business initiative of developing a new business
model that will allow the firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its
customers. - correct answer ✔Project sponsor
Which group is included in the five process groups? - correct answer
✔Closing process group
What does PRINCE2 stand for? - correct answer ✔PRojects IN a Controlled
Environment
Which PMBOK process group is described as the delivery part of project
management where the main activity happens? - correct answer ✔Executing
,Which advantage does the functional (departmentalized) organizational
structure provide for a firm with multiple projects? - correct answer ✔Lines of
authority are clear.
Which two organizations are examples of organizations with the functional
organizational structure? - correct answer ✔(1) The U.S. Department of
State and (2) The U.S Department of Energy
An organization expects to use a project management office (PMO) to support
multiple projects that will be implemented within a projectized organizational
structure. Which implied effect is a benefit to this organization? - correct
answer ✔Project team members gain access to historical data from other
projects.
Regardless of the organizational structure used to manage a project, an
organization elects to use a project management office (PMO). Which benefit
will this organization gain? - correct answer ✔Projects will coordinate
resource usage by monitoring the status of shared resources.
During a certain project phase, specific blueprints are drawn and approved,
materials and labor costs are estimated, prototypes are created, and work
activities and tasks are identified. Also, quality expectations, measurements,
and costs are defined. During which project phase do these activities occur? -
correct answer ✔Planning
Place the project activities in order of occurrence from first (1) to last (5). -
correct answer ✔(1) Collecting customer requirements (2) Developing the
work breakdown structure (3) Working to produce project deliverables (4)
Customers evaluating the project outcomes (5) Capturing lessons learned
,During which life cycle phase is the vast majority of the actual work to produce
the project's deliverables completed? - correct answer ✔Executing
What is the correct term for an intermediate outcome of project work, such as
a signed contract or obtaining a construction permit? - correct answer
✔Deliverable
Which deliverable from a work breakdown structure (WBS) is not specific
enough to measure its completion at project closure? - correct answer
✔User training
The following table shows the Level 1 work breakdown structure (WBS) for
Project A.
WBS ID Description
0.0 Project A
1.0 Project started
2.0 Feasiblity
3.0 Design
4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing
6.0 Distribution
7.0 Project completed
Which approach did the project manager use to structure the WBS? - correct
answer ✔Sequence of project phases
For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the
project manager must complete the scope baseline. In addition to the WBS,
the scope baseline will contain two additional documents.
, WBS ID Description
0.0 Project O
1.0 Project started
2.0 Feasibility
3.0 Design
4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing
6.0 Distribution
7.0 Project completed
What are the other two documents that belong in the scope baseline? -
correct answer ✔WBS dictionary and project scope statement
For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the
project's steering committee held a phase gate review of the Feasibility
results. That review determined that the project's proposed design would be
obsolete before it would reach the marketplace.
WBS ID Description
0.0 Project O
1.0 Project started
2.0 Feasibility
3.0 Design
4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing
6.0 Distribution
7.0 Project completed
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