EMG 541 Project Management for Engineers and Engineering Managers

10/8/2017

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A. Answer following Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a project?

Constrained by limited resources
Planned, executed, and controlled
Creates a unique product or service
Ongoing and repetitive
2. You are managing the release of a new drug in the market. Your role is that of a:
Functional Manager, because you have good functional knowledge of the
pharmaceutical industry
Project Manager, because you are creating a unique product within specific time
schedules
Operations Manager, because you have to do several repetitive tasks
Program Manager, because you have to manage several projects to do your job
effectively

3. To gather some more details on the customer requirement , you mailed several
stakeholders, as you needed information quickly from more than 1000 people in next
two days. Which technique is being used ?
Interviews
Delphi
Nominal group technique
survey

4. All of the below are inputs to Define Scope process EXCEPT

Project Charter
Requirements Documentation
Organizational process assets
Project Management Plan

5. Verified deliverables is an input to which of the following processes?

Collect requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Validate Scope

6. Project Charter is an input to all of the following processes EXCEPT:

 Collect requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Develop Project Management Plan

7. Which one of the following is NOT TRUE about a project

Temporary
Definite start and end
Interrelated activities
Repeats itself every month

8. Which of the following statements depicts a Project?

Installing weekly antivirus updates
Upgrading servers to new operating systems
Troubleshooting server for a known issue
Server backup

9. The Project Management Process Groups are

Planning , developing , organizing and controlling
Initiating , planning , executing , monitoring & controlling , closing
Planning , developing, checking and acting
Initiating , planning acting and checking

10. Jack, Rusty and Stacy are Project Managers working for an IT firm. In an informal
coffee session, they are discussing about a few things. Jack complains that it is very
difficult to manage a project in the company. Rusty complains that the stakeholders
make too many amendments some of which are necessary, but a few are not, Stacy
also throws some light on an uncooperative environment that exits in the company.
However, Nicole wants to understand the advantages of the Matrix organization as
compared to a Functional organization. Which of the following segments is TRUE for
Matrix organizations?
Project Managers control over resources is better with respect to Projectized
organization.
Two bosses
Smooth Communication
Project Manager has no authority

11. What is the major disadvantage of a Projectized Organization?

Many bosses to whom one reports
Lack of devotion towards the project
Functional Manager is the main reporting manager
Team skills may become generic over a period of time
12. Jack is appointed as the Project Manager of automating recruitment project.
However, he discovers that it is difficult to get the desired level of focused approach
from the team as they are more interested in completing their daily work. Moreover, he
has to go to functional manager for every decision he takes. Can you tell us which type
of Organization is Jack working in?
Functional
Matrix
Projectized
Composite

13. Lilly has been appointed as the Project Manager of an IT Project. It is a matrix
organization. So, she identified that her team
Will report to her
Will report to functional head
Will be motivated
Will report to both functional head as well as project manager

14. You are appointed as a team member in a Projectized organization. Whom would
you report to?
your project manager
functional manager
project expediter
project coordinator

15. You are appointed as a team member in a Projectized Organization. Who do you
think will give you directions?
The project manager
The functional manager
The team
The project coordinator

16. Which of the following is NOT a knowledge area as per PMBOK

Stakeholder Management
Communication Management
Risk Management
Schedule Management

17. Some of your team members want to work on a flexible schedule and others want
all team members to agree on a fixed time schedule. What should you do?
Allow them for flexible time schedules
Allow them for fixed time schedules
Arrange a meeting and allow them to decide
Ask your senior management to decide
18. You are managing a project that is in the execution phase. A large and unexpected
problem occurs that will cause a delay in the schedule. What should you do?
Look for tasks in the project where there is an ability to reschedule to free
resources for this problem
Make overtime mandatory for the project team
Discuss with the stakeholders about getting additional time and budget for the
project
Reduce testing time

19. You are a project manager of Software Product company. After a person is hired,
you come to know that many of this person's ideas were developed by a competitor
company. Are you going to implement the same ideas?
Accept the new ideas
Ignore the ideas because it may be violation of the code of conduct
Ask to sign NDA
Tell the person that he should not mention that the ideas came from another
company

20. Your company policy allows accepting gifts from customer within certain limit. Your
customer is giving you a gift which is beyond limit of your company policy. You have
given a gift to the customer's representative already which has similar in value. What
should you do?
Accept it and don't tell anyone
Contact your company's senior management and ask for assistance
Ask your customer about company policy
Refuse it

B. Analyze following cases that relates to Project Planning and Project Scope
management:

Case 1: The Dirty Little Secret of Project Management: Joe Knight, Roger Thomas, and
Brad Angus, Harvard Business Review, March 10, 2013

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y76pyctez1fjto5/The%20Dirty%20Little%20Secret%20of
%20Project%20Management.pdf?dl=0

Please write 1/2 page summary based on details and points made in this case.

C. Fill in the blanks:

1) A __________ refers to ongoing, day-to-day activities in which an organization

engages while producing goods and services.
2) The goals of a project are sometime called __________.

3) projects are __________-focused.

4) Project Management entails crossing __________ and __________ boundaries.

5) in general, product life cycles are becoming __________ and product launch
windows are becoming__________.

6) __________ serves as an excellent training ground for future senior executives in

most organizations.

7) The stages in a projects develop!ent are known as the __________.

8) Detailed specifications, schematics, and schedules are all developed during the
__________
stage.

9) Creativity is at its zenith during the __________ stage of the project life cycle.

10) The triple constraint of project success is __________.

Answer: ti!e, cost, performance

11) __________ are used to allow organizations to benchmark the best practices of
successful project management