project midterm

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Flashcards on project midterm, created by Justo Juan Black on 01/11/2015.
Justo Juan Black
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What is a project? Has a start and a finish Requires a plan Has stakeholders Has costs
Stages of a Project Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing
Name three things done during the initiation phase of a project? A Project Request Form (PRF) or SOW is created A Project Charter is created The charter is reviewed by Subject Matter Experts
Name three things done during the planning phase of a project? Project kick off meeting is held Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is developed Project Schedule is developed
Name three things done in the monitoring phase of a project? Build it Implement it Test it Fix it
Name three things done in the closing stage of a project? Create End Project Report Project Closure Meeting Get Paid
Draw the flow of SOW to Project Plan on the board. sow-projecct charter-project scope-procject plan
Name three of the five team forming stages of Tuckmans model Forming Storming Norming Performing
What happens in the Performing stage of Tuckmans model Clear vision and purpuse focus on goal achivment Delegation
Name three possible areas of conflict in a project. Conflict over project priorities/goals Conflict over administrative procedures  Conflict over cost Personality conflict
Name three things that should be in a project charter Stakeholders High-level Project Description Project Success Criteria
Who should be a project stakeholder? Management Clients Team members
What is the difference between a Business needs and a product/service requirement? The customer business needs are best understood by answering the question, “what problem does our customer(s) want to solve by using the final deliverable? The customer product/service requirements are the specific features the customer is looking for in the final deliverable
What is an SOW and who initiates it? Created by the organization or sponsor that is going to use the end result
What is the purpose of the project charter? A document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and documents the initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder’s needs and expectations
What is the project scope? Formalizes everything to be done as part of the project
What is the project triple constraint? Scope time cost and inside quiality
What are the steps used to create a project scope? Collect Requirements Develop a detailed description of the project/product Write goals Define deliverables based on the goals Customer communication plan Verify
What are the components of a SMART goal Specific Mesurable Action oriented realistic time based
What is scope creep and how do you best prevent it? An unforeseen change in the project due to poor definition or poor planning
What are the four basic elements of a project? Resources Time Money Scope
What are the three types of MS Project resources? Work Resources - People and Equipment Materials Cost
What is the formula MS Project uses to calculate task times? Duration = Work/assignment Units
type of tasks in MS project Fixed Units Fixed Work Fixed Duration
What is a fixed duration task? the task time will not decrease even if you assign more resources to it
What is a Gantt chart? A Gantt chart, commonly used in project management, is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities (tasks or events) displayed against time
What is the difference between manual and automatic scheduling of tasks in Microsoft Project? Manual means the user schedules the resources and automatic means MS project does it
What is a project task? task is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards work-related goals
What is a project milestone? A milestone is a task of zero duration that shows an important achievement in a project
What are the four types of task dependencies in Microsoft Project? Finish-to-Start Start-to-Start Finish-to-Finish Start-to-Finish
What is a tasks lead or lag value mean in a Microsoft Project Task Lead time: This is an overlap between two tasks that are linked by a dependency. Lag time: This is a delay between two tasks that are linked by a dependency
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