Yearly Archives: 2022

Part 1: Identify at least 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of reducing project scope to accelerate a project. Discuss what could be done to reduce the disadvantages.   Part 2: As a group, make a list of the 3 most important advantages and the 3 most important disadvantages and indicate the top disadvantage. Discuss why […]

Question 1Motivation can be the chief challenge when wrapping up closure activities.   Question 2Project managers should, when possible, draw comparisons to other team members when conducting individual team member reviews.   Question 3In organizations where projects are managed within a ____________, the team member’s area manager, not the project manager, is responsible for assessing […]

Question 1One of the advantages of using a project cost-duration graph is that it keeps the importance of indirect costs in the forefront of decision making.   Question 2As a project is crashed and project duration is reduced, indirect costs typically   Question 3In selecting the best activity to crash you would first select the […]

Question 1A learning approach to teach cross-cultural fluency that involves raising affective responses by the trainer to elicit cultural insights is known as the   Question 2In this culture, it is important never to display feelings of superiority because this makes others feel inferior, mutual respect is expected at all times, and a lot gets […]

Question 1Which of the following represents the correct order of stages within the project life cycle?   Question 2Project management is important to understand when people are a part of a project team because they   Question 3Project governance does NOT include   Question 4A professional organization for project management specialists is the   Question […]

Question 1If resources are truly limited and activity time estimates are accurate, the resource-constrained schedule will materialize as the project is implemented, not the time-constrained schedule.   Question 2When a company will reduce the number of projects they have to manage internally to only core projects and send noncritical projects to contractors and consulting firms […]

Question 1A fixed price contract is an example of   Question 2While a “can do” attitude is essential during implementation, project managers have to encourage critical thinking when it comes to risk identification.   Question 3The risk identification process should be limited to just the core project team.   Question 4Change management systems involve reporting, […]

             Question 1          When completing a forward pass, you carry the early finish to the next activity where it becomes its early start unless the next succeeding activity is a merge activity. In this case you select the smallest early finish number of all its immediate […]

Question 1After averaging out the underestimates and overestimates, a long-duration project is more likely to be on target than a short-term, small project.   Question 2General and administrative costs are usually allocated as a percent of the total of a direct cost which includes labor, materials, or equipment.   Question 3Which of the following is […]

Question 1The first step of project scope definition is to   Question 2The highest element in the hierarchical breakdown of the WBS is   Question 3Which of the following is least likely to be included in a work package?   Question 4One of the items included on a project scope statement or checklist is the […]