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Question 1

Definition of a business case?

Answer 1

1. Temporary
2. Unique
3. Focus on delivering
4. Emerge
   —> we learn on the way
5. Uncertain
6. Integration
   —> affected by all other projects
8. Change
   —> people don’t like to change themselves, only on others

Question 2

Livscykel i ett projekt?

Answer 2

1. 
2.
3. Execution
—> put most of the time here
4.

Question 3

What different dependencies are there?

Answer 3

1. Pooled dependency
   —> Common goal
   —> Same rules and standards
2. Sequential dependency
   —>
3. Reciprocal dependency
4. Matrix and power

Question 4

Different kind of projects?

Answer 4

1. First timers
   —> high on variety but low on volume
   —> high risk & uncertainty
   —> a project when the company never has done anything similar
2. As… But
   —> pretty high on variety but also with higher volume
   —> AS the job we did last time BUT with following differences

3. Painted by numbers
—> average in variety and higher on volume
—> clear instructions
—> process and outcome are well known
—> lower risk and uncertainty
—> e.g. franchise (McDonalds/IKEA)

Question 5

4D model?

Answer 5

1. Define it
2. Design it
3. Do it
4. Develop it

Question 6

Classification of processes?

Answer 6

1. Volume

2. Variety

Question 7

Classification of processes?

Answer 7

1. Volume

2. Variety

Question 8

Challenges within project management?

Answer 8

1. Ready ,fire, aim
   —>
2. It’s all in my head
   —> Lack of documentation
3. We don’t have time
4. Common sense,
   —> we shouldn’t have to do that
   —> not communicating everything

Question 9

external factors?

Answer 9

1. Political
2. Economical
   —> robust now/ robust tomorrow?
3. Social
4. Environmental

Question 10

Difference between project management and general management?

Answer 10

General Management:

1. Managing status que
2. Authority defined by management structure
3. Consistent set of tasks
4. Limited responsibility to their own function
5. works in permanent organizational structures
6. tasks described as maintainance
7. main task in optimisation
8. success determined by achievement of interim targets
9. limited set of variables

Project management
1. Responsible for overseeing change
2. Lines of authority is fuzzy
3. Ever-changing set of tasks
4.

Question 11

AZISPMM Structure?

Answer 11

1. Justify
2. Initiate
3. Plan
4. Execute
5. Close

Question 12

Three different definitions of a project?

Answer 12

1. A project is temporary endeavor undertaken to create a product or service
2. A management environment that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to a specified business case
3. A temporary organisation that is needed to produce a unique and predefined outcome or result at a given time using predetermined resources

Question 13

8 basic definitions of a project?

Answer 13

1. unique
2. temporary
3. focused
4. emergence
5. uncertainty
6. integration
7. social structure
8. Change

Question 14

Challenges within project management?

Answer 14

1. Ready fire aim
2. It’s all in my head
3. We do things in a nanosecond environment, we don’t have time for this stuff
4. we have a procedure for that
5. it’s all just common sense?
6. I’ve got the badge, I’m the manager
7. we have done this lots of times before, it never worked
8. It won’t work here