MIS573-Chapter3

Question 1

A _____ is usually not necessary to the Scrum method, because Scrum implies that team members work as a self-directed group.

Answer 1

team charter (Because Scrum implies that team members work as a self-directed group, coached by the ScrumMaster, a team charter should not be necessary.)

Question 2

A milestone list is an output associated with the Project Scope Management knowledge area.

Answer 2

False (A milestone list is an output associated with the Project Schedule Management knowledge area.)

Question 3

A sprint review is a meeting in which the team demonstrates to the product owner what it has completed during the sprint.

Answer 3

True (A sprint review is a meeting in which the team demonstrates to the product owner what it has completed during the sprint.)

Question 4

Administrative activities, such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project, are often involved in which processes?

Answer 4

closing (Closing processes include formalizing acceptance of the project or project phase and ending it efficiently. Administrative activities such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project are often involved in this process group.)

Question 5

Agile methods are used when deliverables have a low degree of change.

Answer 5

False (Agile is an adaptive product life cycle used when deliverables have a high degree of change and a high frequency of delivery.)

Question 6

An organization’s project management plan expresses the vision, mission, goals, objectives, and strategies of the organization.

Answer 6

False (The organization’s strategic plan expresses the vision, mission, goals, objectives, and strategies of the organization.)

Question 7

An organizational process assets update is the output of which closing process?

Answer 7

project integration management (The closing process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and then bringing the project or project phase to an orderly end. It includes verifying that all of the deliverables are complete, and it often includes a final project report and presentation.)

Question 8

Decisions and actions taken in one knowledge area at a certain time rarely affect other knowledge areas.

Answer 8

False (roject management is an integrative endeavor; decisions and actions taken in one knowledge area at a certain time usually affect other knowledge areas.)

Question 9

Identifying the project sponsor is a pre-initiation task.

Answer 9

True (It is a good practice to lay the groundwork for a project before it officially starts. Senior managers often perform several tasks, sometimes called pre-initiation tasks. These include identifying the project sponsor and selecting the project manager.)

Question 10

In the Scrum method, during which meeting is the improvement of the product and process discussed?

Answer 10

sprint retrospective (The improvement of the product and process in the Scrum method is discussed at the sprint reflection meeting.)

Question 11

In the Scrum method, team members work as a self-directed group coached by the ScrumMaster.

Answer 11

True (Because Scrum implies that team members work as a self-directed group, coached by the ScrumMaster, a team contract should not be necessary.)

Question 12

Initiating and closing tasks are usually the longest and require the most amount of resources and time.

Answer 12

False (Initiating and closing tasks are usually the shortest (at the beginning and end of a project or phase, respectively), and they require the least resources and time.)

Question 13

Initiating processes are not required to end a project.

Answer 13

False (Initiating processes are also required to end a project. Someone must initiate activities to ensure that the project team completes all the work, documents lessons learned, assigns project resources, and that the customer accepts the work.)

Question 14

Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project.

Answer 14

True (Initiating processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase. Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project.)

Question 15

Key outcomes of the executing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing documents.

Answer 15

False (Key outcomes of the closing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing documents, such as a final project report and lessons-learned report.)

Question 16

Kick-off meeting agendas are usually recorded in a Word document.

Answer 16

True (Kick-off meeting agendas are normally recorded in the form of Word documents.)

Question 17

Project initiation involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are completed.

Answer 17

False (Executing the project involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are completed. It also includes work required to introduce any new hardware, software, and procedures into normal operations.)

Question 18

The burndown chart is a Scrum created artifact that provides a list of features prioritized by business value.

Answer 18

False (A burndown chart shows the cumulative work remaining in a sprint on a day by- day basis.)

Question 19

The DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) methodology of the Six Sigma projects, is used to improve an existing business process.

Answer 19

True (Two main methodologies are used on Six Sigma projects: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) is used to improve an existing business process, and DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify) is used to create new product or process designs to achieve predictable, defect-free performance.)

Question 20

The executing process group generally requires the most resources.

Answer 20

True (The executing process group takes the actions necessary to complete the work described in the planning activities. It should overlap the other process groups, and generally requires the most resources.)

Question 21

The level of activity and length of each process group varies for every project.

Answer 21

True (The level of activity and length of each process group varies for every project. Normally, executing tasks requires the most resources and time, followed by planning tasks.)

Question 22

The organization recognizes that a new project exists and completes a project charter during which processes for a new project?

Answer 22

initiating (While initiating processes for a new project, the organization recognizes that a new project exists, and completes a project charter as part of this recognition.)

Question 23

The output of the stakeholder management strategy results is a project charter.

Answer 23

False (The output of the stakeholder management strategy results is a stakeholder register.)

Question 24

The pre-initiation phase of a project using the Scrum method does not involve project charters, stakeholder management strategy, and kick-off meetings.

Answer 24

False (A project charter, stakeholder register, stakeholder management strategy, and kick-off meeting would be created as part of initiation in a project using the Scrum method.)

Question 25

The project management plan is the output of which project planning process?

Answer 25

integration management (The project management plan,which is part of the planning process, is the output of project integration management.)

Question 26

The project schedule management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activity of schedule control?

Answer 26

monitoring and controlling (The project time management knowledge area maps to the monitoring and controlling process group through the activity of schedule control.)

Question 27

The project scope management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control?

Answer 27

monitoring and controlling (The project scope management knowledge area maps to the monitoring and controlling process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control.)

Question 28

The project stakeholder management knowledge area maps to which process group by identifying stakeholders?

Answer 28

initiating (The project stakeholder management knowledge area maps to the initiating process group by identifying stakeholders.)

Question 29

The Rational Unified Process (RUP) framework is incompatible with the PMBOK process.

Answer 29

False (According to RUP expert Bill Cottrell, “RUP embodies industry-standard management and technical methods and techniques to provide a software engineering process particularly suited to creating and maintaining component-based software system solutions.” Cottrell explained that you can tailor RUP to include the PMBOK process groups because several customers asked for that capability.)

Question 30

The two main items for monitoring and controlling in the Scrum framework are the daily Scrum and the sprint retrospectives.

Answer 30

True (The two main items for monitoring and controlling in the Scrum framework are the daily Scrum and the sprint review.)

Question 31

The WBS provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.

Answer 31

True (The WBS is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work. The WBS also provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.)

Question 32

What important Scrum artifact is used to graphically display progress on each sprint during the monitoring and controlling process?

Answer 32

burndown chart (A burndown chart is an important artifact used to graphically display progress on each sprint.)

Question 33

What is developed in the Project Integration Management knowledge area?

Answer 33

a project management plan (Developing a project management plan is a planning process falling under the Project Integration Management knowledge area.)

Question 34

What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management?

Answer 34

planning (Because planning is not always used to facilitate action, many people view it negatively. However, the main purpose of planning is to guide project execution. As such, plans must be realistic and useful, so a fair amount of time and effort must go into the process.)

Question 35

What is one of the main outputs of the initiation process?

Answer 35

developing the project charter (The main outputs of the initiation process are a project charter and a stakeholder register.)

Question 36

What is the main purpose of project plans?

Answer 36

guide project execution (Developing a project management plan is a planning process falling under the Project Integration Management knowledge area.)

Question 37

What process provides enterprise environmental factors as an output?

Answer 37

project human resource management (Enterprise environmental factors are an output of the executing process of project human resource management.)

Question 38

What processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase?

Answer 38

Initiating (Initiating processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase. Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project.)

Question 39

What processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization’s needs?

Answer 39

Planning (Planning processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization’s needs. Projects include several plans, such as the scope management plan, schedule management plan, cost management plan, and procurement management plan.)

Question 40

What tool provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance?

Answer 40

work breakdown structure (The WBS is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work. The WBS also provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.)

Question 41

Which activity is a part of the Scrum planning process?

Answer 41

Creating sprint backlog (Creating product backlogs, sprint backlogs and release backlogs are all part of the planning process of the scrum.)

Question 42

Which are outputs of the executing process of project integration management?

Answer 42

Deliverables (Deliverables are an output of the executing process of project integration management.)

Question 43

Which framework is an iterative software development process that focuses on team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members?

Answer 43

Rational Unified Process

Question 44

Which is an example of a pre-initiation task?

Answer 44

Developing a business case for a project (It is good practice to lay the groundwork for a project before it officially starts. Senior managers often perform several tasks, sometimes called pre-initiation tasks which include the development of a business case for a project.)

Question 45

Which is true about the agile method?

Answer 45

It uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide a product. (An agile approach is often used for projects in which the business team cannot clearly express the scope early in the product life cycle, but the team does want to provide a potentially shippable product earlier rather than later. An agile project team typically uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide one product.)

Question 46

Which planning process is associated with project scope management?

Answer 46

Collecting requirements (Process improvement plans are an output of project quality management.)

Question 47

Which planning process is within the Project Scope Management knowledge area?

Answer 47

Creation of a WBS (Creation of a WBS is a planning process falling under the Project Scope Management knowledge area.)

Question 48

Which process includes measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan?

Answer 48

Monitoring and controlling (Monitoring and controlling is done throughout the life of a project and involves 9 of the 10 project management areas.)

Question 49

Which process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and bringing the project, or project phase, to an orderly end?

Answer 49

closing (The closing process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and then bringing the project or project phase to an orderly end. It includes verifying that all of the deliverables are complete, and it often includes a final project report and presentation.)

Question 50

Which processes include acquiring and developing the project team, performing quality assurance, distributing information, managing stakeholder expectations, and conducting procurements?

Answer 50

executing (Executing processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out the various plans and create the products, services, or results of the project or phase. Examples of executing processes include directing and managing project work, managing project knowledge, acquiring resources, and conducting procurements.)

Question 51

Which project would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?

Answer 51

Projects that have more flexible scheduling (Projects with heavy constraints, inexperienced and dispersed teams, large risks, generally clear up-front requirements, and a fairly rigid completion date are best done using a predictive approach. In contrast, projects with less rigid constraints, experienced and preferably co-located teams, smaller risks, unclear requirements, and more flexible scheduling would be more compatible with an agile approach.)

Question 52

The project cost management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination?

Answer 52

planning (The project cost management knowledge area maps to the planning process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination.)

Question 53

Monitoring and controlling processes overlap all of the other project management process groups.

Answer 53

True (Monitoring and controlling processes overlap all of the other project management process groups because changes can occur at any time.)

Question 54

The kick-off meeting is always held before the business case and project charter are completed.

Answer 54

False (A kick-off meeting is a meeting held at the beginning of a project so that stakeholders can meet each other, review the goals of the project, and discuss future plans. The kick-off meeting is often held after the business case and project charter are completed, but it could be held sooner, as needed.)