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Information Systems
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Apr 3, 2024
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Score for this quiz: 35 out of 35
Submitted Feb 17 at 8:35pm
This attempt took 16 minutes.
Question 1
5 / 5 pts
Describe the importance of project communications, and the essential factors to be considered when creating a project communications plan.
Your Answer:
Project communications importance can eliminate many issues in challenging tasks, can help the team stay aligned to the goals, can create clarity and build trust between team members, thus allowing for project to progress successfully. The essential factors for creating a project communication plan are: purpose and goal, structure and key participants, timing, format and method. Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Which of these is NOT one of the three methods of communication that will be documented in a communication plan?
Pull methods
Interactive methods
Push methods
Correct!
Virtual methods
Correct
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
A project communications matrix includes all of the following information EXCEPT:
Who
What
Correct!
Why
Correct
When
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
A principal idea in agile is that the length of daily stand-up meetings should be ___________.
45 minutes or less
Correct!
15 minutes or less
Correct
10 minutes or less
30 minutes or less
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following statements accurately describes a communications management plan?
a formal document that focuses on how the project's financial results will be tracked
Correct!
a living document that considers stakeholders' information desires and guides the project communications.
Correct
a formal document that defines how the project will be terminated and closed
a formal document that describes how the project will be initiated and planned
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
In order to plan for a project meeting, project managers should develop an agenda. Which of the statements below is NOT accurate with respect to a project meeting agenda?
Correct!
the agenda should only be shared with senior management.
Correct
the agenda should list the major topics of the meeting in the order in which they will be covered.
the project manager should assure the agenda is prepared and distributed ahead of time.
the agenda should state the purpose of the meeting.
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
Project stakeholders can be prioritized based upon their level of power, legitimacy and urgency plus a number of additional criteria that might include:
personality
Correct!
impact
Correct
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Question 8
2 / 2 pts
A situation that requires a decision to be made, but one that the team that cannot make now, usually due to needing more information or time, is called a(n) _____:
assumption
constraint
Correct!
issue
Correct
risk
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
By identifying stakeholders and their needs, project managers can be more effective in all the following ways EXCEPT:
serve as good stewards of the organization's resources.
prioritize among competing objectives.
Correct!
derive the final budget
Correct
develop a shared sense of risk.
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
In the Plus-Delta method of evaluating project meetings, the "delta" column is used for team members to offer their opinion about one aspect of the meeting that ________.
Involves the behavior of one of the team members
Was an issue raised in the meeting should be followed up before the next meeting
Was good and should be repeated
Correct!
Was poor and could be avoided (changed) in future meetings
Correct
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Once the project is underway, the project manager and team need to manage communications by doing all of the following activities EXCEPT:
Communicate accurately, presenting information in a manner that people are likely to interpret correctly.
Communicate effectively, taking actions to ensure the receiver understands the communication and acts appropriately.
Correct!
Communicate thoroughly, copying all stakeholders on all e-mails and team status reports.
Correct
Communicate promptly, providing information soon enough so that it is useful to recipients and facilitates timely decisions.
Question 12
1 / 1 pts
A project manager must use effective communications to set and manage expectations of all stakeholders as well as to ensure that project work is completed properly and on time.
Correct!
True False Question 13
1 / 1 pts
The communications management plan is finalized during project planning, and should only be changed through a formal change control process.
True Correct!
False Question 14
1 / 1 pts
During stakeholder analysis, stakeholders can be prioritized based on three factors including "power", which is defined as the time sensitivity and legitimacy of their claim.
True Correct!
False Question 15
1 / 1 pts
Project relationship building activities include encouraging open communications and using shared learning.
Correct!
True
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False Question 16
1 / 1 pts
Project managers should purposefully plan and carry out relationship-building activities with stakeholders that lead to respect and trust.
Correct!
True False Question 17
1 / 1 pts
In order to be sure a project meeting runs according to plan, the project manager should develop an agenda in advance and deliver it to participants as they arrive at the meeting.
True Correct!
False Question 18
1 / 1 pts
During the Manage Communications process, project managers must continuously monitor relationships, communications, and lessons learned in order to manage stakeholder expectations.
True Correct!
False Question 19
1 / 1 pts
An issue log is a document that identifies the specific issues that must be resolved before a particular project management meeting adjourns.
True Correct!
False Question 20
1 / 1 pts
A stakeholder is anyone who will use, will be affected by or could impact the project.
Correct!
True False Question 21
1 / 1 pts
Stakeholders include those affected by the result of the project, but not those affected by the process of performing the project.
True Correct!
False Quiz Score: 35 out of 35