Purpose of An Approved Project Charter

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of an approved project charter?

formally authorizes the existence of a project

provides detailed information about financial resources

helps the team and sponsor develop a foundational understanding of project requirements

provides project manager with authority to apply organizational resources to the project

Adding to the project after it has already begun without making adjustments to time, cost, or resources, is known as:

scope creep

risk

milestones

acceptance criteria

“It is inconvenient and time-consuming for employees to walk across campus every day to eat lunch, which is why we need an employee lunchroom in our building” is an example of:

project scope

business case

milestone schedule

constraint

What information does the project charter contain that signifies how the customer or user of the final product, service or result will judge the deliverables, in order to determine that they have been completed satisfactorily?

high-level project risks

measurable objectives and acceptance criteria

high level project boundaries

project assumptions

The project charter should include “factors that are considered to be true, real or certain without proof or demonstration.” These are known as _____:

risks

assumptions

high-level requirements

objectives

The signing of the project charter represents all of these EXCEPT:

a formal acknowledgement of the sponsor’s commitment to the project

the formal approval of the detailed project schedule

authorization to transition from high-level project initiation stage into the more detailed project planning stage.

the organization’s commitment to apply resources to the project

What project charter component documents significant points or events in the project, and per the author may be developed most effectively when combined with other information such as acceptance criteria?

network diagram

Gantt chart

stakeholder management strategy

summary milestone schedule

You are the project manager. Upon presenting your charter to your sponsor, she requests several changes. What do you do?

agree to all the changes in order to make your sponsor happy.

refuse to change the charter, since that would be unfair to your team.

have your team vote on whether or not to make the changes and go with the will of the majority.

negotiate with your sponsor to see how you can best accommodate her requests without agreeing to unreasonable expectations.

The charter is the primary deliverable of a project’s ______________ phase.

Selecting

Initiating

Planning

Executing

According to the PMBOK, the rough order of magnitude for the summary budget within the project charter is _____________________.

-100% to +200% accuracy

-25% to + 75% accuracy

-5% to +10% accuracy

none of the above

After identifying potential project risks, the project team should then ____ _____:

develop risk response plans for all identified risks.

wait for the sponsor to conduct a risk assessment.

move on to other components of the charter, since identifying risks is the only risk-related activity in the initiating phase.

assess each risk based on probability and likely impact, and then create a risk response plan for each major risk.

All of the following are characteristics of a projectized organization EXCEPT:

Decision making is streamlined

Coordination is the responsibility of project managers

*c) Functional managers have the majority of authority

Focus is on the customer

Characteristics of an organizational culture can have a major impact on a project’s success. All of these are attributes of an organizational culture EXCEPT:

Motivation and reward systems

Risk tolerance

Code of conduct

Financial control procedures

____ organization structures can be classified as weak, balanced, or strong depending on the relative level of influence between the functional manager and the project manager:

Silo

Matrix

Composite

Projectized

A hierarchical organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area is known as a:

Composite organization

Functional organization

Projectized organization

Weak matrix organization

In an Agile life cycle model _____:

The scrum master controls the team

Detailed planning precedes execution

Customer requirements are gathered early in the project

The team is self-directed

The project sponsor’s responsibilities during the executing stage include:

Reviewing and signing the project charter

Signing off on the detailed project plan

Ensuring communications with key stakeholders

Producing project status reports

Group phenomena that evolve over time and include established approaches to initiating and planning projects, the acceptable means for getting the work done, and recognized decision-making authorities are referred to as:

Organization structures

Roles and responsibilities

Project culture (norms)

Vision and mission

Customer responsibilities on a project might include all of the following EXCEPT:

Perform the work of the project to achieve its objectives

Advise on project requirements

Review and accept project deliverables

Participate in status or kick-off meetings

The Chief Projects Officer’s or PMO’s responsibilities might include:

Signing the project charter

Ensuring enough resources are available to perform the project

Working with the team to create a project schedule and budget

Promoting the project at the executive level of the organization

PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is a guide for project management practitioners that describes the expectations that they should hold for themselves and others. Which of these is not one of the desired behaviors and basic obligations referenced by the code of conduct?

Fairness

Honesty

Authority

Respect

____ is the process of “confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities”.

Plan Human Resource Management

*b) Acquire Project Team

) Develop Project Team

Manage Project Team

All of these are stages of team development EXCEPT:

Adjourning

Storming

Learning

Performing

______ establish(es) clear expectations regarding acceptable behavior by project team members, and may cover topics such as protecting confidentiality, establishing trust and handling conflict.

The employee handbook

Ground rules

Management by objectives

Personnel directives

The objective of the ______ process is to improve competencies, team member interaction, and overall team environment to enhance project performance.

Plan Human Resource Management

Acquire Project Team

Develop Project Team

Manage Project Team

All of these are techniques for managing project conflicts EXCEPT:

Smooth / Accommodate

Withdraw / Avoid

Collaborate / Problem Solve

None of the above

A document used to manage points of discussion or dispute that arise during projects, in order to monitor them and ensure that they are resolved and add them to lessons learned, is called a(n) _____:

Risk register

Stakeholder register

SWOT analysis

Issue log

Which of these is not a challenge of working on global and virtual teams?

competencies

language

time zones

culture

An output of the process Develop Project Team, an evaluation of the team’s success in achieving project objectives for schedule, budget and quality levels, is called team ____.

Project performance review

Performance assessments

Annual review

Work performance reporting

Which of the following steps is not part of the six-step project conflict-resolution process?

Identify causes of conflict

Identify potential solutions

Determine which teammate was in the wrong

Understand the conflict

The sources of most project conflicts can be grouped into those related to ___________ and those related to __________.

relationships; tasks

technical skills; budget

personalities; deadlines

schedule; risks