Projects may be initiated by any of the following except____.
Project team
Sponsor
PMO
CEO
What is required for a project to start and continue running?
Having a Sponsor
Scope approved
Action plan approved
Budget approved
All of the above
What makes the Steering committee approve the (reviewed) budget?
In a non-profit, if the total cost is equal to or less than available funding.
In non-profit organization, If the total cost is less than estimated revenues from direct results.
In profit organization if the total cost is equal to or less than available funding.
In profit organization, If the total cost is less than estimated revenues from direct results.
According to psychological research, what is most important for increasing motivation and productivity in a team?
Respect
Setting clear goals
Encouragement and emotional support
Support on seeing and making progress
What is, according to teamwork research, an ideal team-size?
5-9 people
10-15 people
2-3 people
12-18 people
What is true nowadays about a successful PM during managing and working a project?
Is a classical manager
Is a leader
Has highest technical skills and expertise.
Is always giving and getting feedback
Is very skillful in conflict resolution
Is always under pressure
What are the most important principles in leadership?
Always has the last saying on any issue
Dare to be honest to oneself and the others
Never be something that you are not
Never empower team members
Master the subject in Question
Is a giant in the mildest group of Dwarfs
Which of the following describes a Clam Personality?
A person who is always both seeking and giving feedback
A person who is always seeking feedback but rarely giving any feedback
A person who is always giving feedback but rarely seeking any feedback
A person who is never seeking nor giving feedback
What is the best personality type for a successful PM/PL?
Open
Questioner
Opinionator
Clam
It depends
Which form of feedback is more important?
Giving Feedback
Receiving feedback
Both are equally important
A successful leader gives the team members……
Opportunity to grow
A feeling of belonging
Protection against taking risks and stepping out of their comfort zone
The ability to trust despite perhaps not liking the leader
A positive attitude and commitment
The desire to follow guidance
Never show them personality shortfalls/problems
What make PM continue get more projects to manage?
Success in completing previous projects
Ability to handle challenges
Ability to lead a team
All the above
None of the above
Which of the following is most effective in dealing with annoying employee?
Giving him/her more attention
Disregarding or ignoring him/her
Giving him/her more responsibility
Leaving him/her without responsibility
Giving him/her more attention and close supervision
Giving him or her more freedom
Best is to use a combination of more than one of the above
Always start with the positive attitude. If it does not work go to the negative, but do not continue so for a long time
Which is the best situational leadership Approach?
Coaching/selling
Participating
Delegating
Telling
All are good. The situation dictates which is best.
Which is the best style of conflict resolution to start with?
Forcing
Avoiding
Compromising
Collaborating
Accommodating
Depending on the conflict, situation and conflicting parties, any can be the best starting point
How can we identify the level of experience of the project manager?
Experienced PM has limited number of tools and techniques that he/she has identified to be most effective by experience.
An experienced PM has one leadership style that he/she has identified to be most effective by experience.
By the number of projects he/she concluded.
By how well he/she balances his/her life.
By how well he/she manage to delay conflicts.
What is the PM/PL worst enemy?
Not good at communication (giving and/or receiving feedback)
Poor self-image
Too much self-confidence
Bad life balance
Not being trusted/respected by the team
Not lovable/popular personality
Which of the following best describes challenges facing successful management and working of a project?
The project Manager is an outsider (unknown)
One or more members of the team have problem working together or have personal grudges.
One or more members of the team has personality problems
Not good communication and/or feedback within the team and/or with other stakeholders
One or more members of the team are burned out and/or cannot be motivated
One or more member of the team are forced to work together
The working conditions are unsuitable
Having one or two of the above is fact of life for project teams. Having 3 or 4 is a true challenge. Having 5 or 6 is a high risk. Having all can be a guaranteed one way ticket to failure.
One of a project manager’s main tasks is establishing sufficient project control through seeing to that:
Work is structured according to scope
Progress is evaluated and followed up
Risks are assessed
Scope is changed when deviations occur
What are the basic types of organizational environments - project management perspective?
Hierarchical (Functional or Divisional)
Matrix (weak, balanced and strong)
Projects/program based
Composite (New)
Does the organizational structure/environment have an impact on the way projects´ are executed?
It is one of the dominating factors
It is the only dominating factor
It has no effect
Which of the following is major black-hole in traditional project management
Project-based structure is the best structure for an organization that aims at high success rate in project execution
Vast majority (if not all) organizations try to say that they are more project friendly than reality.
Traditional Project Management is more systematic than Agile PM frameworks thus they are more suitable for traditional industries.
What is true about Execution Phase?
Its the longest stage about 70% to 90% of the project lifetime.
Prevention costs are much less than curative measures.
It is possible to modify the scope at any point of time as long as the project is not closed.
The modifications are made to respond to changes in the project external environment and work progress.
A project is not completed/finished unless the closure/hand over stage is completed.
Which are activities that should be done at the initiation of project execution?
Acquire all resources
Staff the project team
Communicate with stakeholders
Monitor activities
Review and modify action plan and budget.
Kick-of meeting
Which of the following is vital stage to any project but not part of the project life cycle?
Idea
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Closure/handover
Impact assessment
Is the establishment of a project for improving of current recreational services in all Sheraton hotels (worldwide) a principle project?
True
False
What is(are) true as an important aspects needed to achieve successful enterprise project management?
The CEO choose which projects to initiate
Each project manager in liaison with the financial manager allocates resources for his/her project.
Each PM achieve project execution success in his/her own way.
There must be a process for communication within each project only.
The enterprise process and approaches are updated (as needed) based on changes in the external environment and lessons learned
None of the above is true
Please classify the following: A project for developing version XX of Autocad program.
Project
Principle Project
Sub-Project
Program
Portfolio
Please classify the following: A project for developing 2018 version of Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc).
Please classify the following: Projects for developing 2018 version of Word, Excel and Power Point.
Projects
Principle Projects
Sub-Projects
Please classify the following: Projects aiming at continuous development of education quality in Uppsala University.
Please classify the following: Projects aiming at building 1000 new apartments in five different sites in Uppsala.
Please classify the following: A project can be listed under two programs and/or principle projects in the same time.
Difficult to say because not enough data
In the project management career ladder the posts’ titles are unified worldwide.
What initiates change?
Change can be initiated from within the organization
Change can be initiated from outside the organization
Need to review and improve processes, strategies and/or methods
Focus on creating a sustainable approach, where principles and methods produce results over time.
To increase revenues/profits or decrease costs
To become more effective or more efficient
Which of the following is(are) true about projects and change?
Change and Projects are not related.
Projects are effective change through disciplined approach to identify the scope, tasks, activities and deliverables to achieve new state.
Change is achieved through undisciplined approach to empower people to change behavior and process to success in the new state.
Project Management and Change Management are nonrelated.
Project Management is defining, planning and implementing a change.
Change Management is managing the hard side of change.
What of the following is(are) true about Change management leader?
Has to be the CEO or one of the Senior manager of the company.
Change management leader is preferably one of the junior employees of the organization.
He/she role is not related to projects or program management.
Organization support has no impact on his/her success in achieving change.
None of the above is true.
Which of the following issues is(are) important for Change Leader?
Do all the work yourself.
Hurry or force change, do not wait for employees support.
Make sure on becoming a friend with everyone.
Come up with all solutions yourself.
Which of the following affects the success of change projects/initiatives?
Duration, long duration usually results in failure.
Integrity, project team is cohesive and well led.
Commitment, project team are committed to the change project activities only.
Effort, the project team must exhaust double the effort during change project execution.
Who is responsible for the organization competence development?
Board / Owner / Stock holders
Top management
Project Managers
Employees / Staff
External service provider (consultants, training centers, etc)
What is Collective memory?
It is collective experiences and knowledge that is conveyed from one generation to the next
It is the relationship between mentor and mentee.
It is the relationship between master and apprentice
It is the information passed through formal networking
It is also called Wisdom of age