Quiz 1: Terms and Process Groups

As the project team is collecting the new project’s requirements, the organization’s legal department has informed them of a new law that could affect the project. The team determined that it is mandatory to implement this new law in the project. What is this called?

Peter is working on a project that he knows little about. He was assigned by the project management office (PMO) and they have almost complete control over the project. What type of PMO best describes this scenario?    

Mary’s new project staff are some of the best talents in the company. The team members will use their own methodologies and prefer to be in control of the project; they would only like to be provided templates and lessons learned from other projects. What type of PMO would be best for this project?

Pat is working in an organization where she does project management full time. However, she still needs to consults with functional managers in order to acquire her project team. What organizational structure type best describes this situation?

Ian has been working on an office remodel project for close to 6 months. He feels like the project is going poorly due to a lack of resources from the functional managers and his lack of time to work on the project. Ian spends most of him day doing operational work. What organizational structure best describes this? 

ABX Shipping is a large global company with many departments, some of which are have part-time project management and others, such as research and development, where it is full time. Where the project managers work determines their control over resources. What organizational structure best describes this organization?

Mark has just started a new job as a project coordinator for a company. He will be working with a group to develop their new website. Mark finds working on this project to be difficult due to always needing the company owner’s approval for budget matters. He also has very few resources to work with because the company is very small. What organizational structure best describes this scenario?  

Mark has just started working for a company that has little to no project management framework or functions. He notices that most people manage projects on their own with no oversight or established processes. Mark has spoken the CEO and they have decided to change this. What is this organization lacking? 

Project management and operations management are sometimes managed by the same set of people. What is one of the key differences between project and operations management? 

Mark has gotten a new job at a company that is about to create a new product. This new product will be a very complex software that may take years to create and have many different groups of people. Mark has decided to break up this complex project into smaller subprojects and manage them individually. What is Mark managing? 

Many organizations have different strategic goals. Which of the following helps an organization attain these goals?  

Mary has just completed one of the most important deliverables of the project. She meets with the organization’s senior management, and they have not determined if the project should continue or not, as the current deliverable may be all they need. What would best describe this review?

What best describes an area of project management where the project manager will work with the project team in order to complete the project work?  

Project manager Bill has started planning his project and will gather all requirements from his customers, then build the project deliverable in its entirety. Bill will generally not get any input from the customer while the product is being made, and the customer will only review it at the end. What life cycle best describes Bill’s project?  

Mary has just been awarded a new product development project. After speaking with some of the customers, it seems that they do not know how they would like the product to look and feel. They would like to be more involved in the product development and give Mary continuous feedback. What project life cycle would best fit this project? 

One phase of the project has been completed, and the stakeholders are very happy with the transition of the project deliverable. What would be the next best step on this project?