Three standard procedures for closing projects include _____. a. Documenting lessons learned, variability review, and contractor feedback. b. Procurement closeout, administrative closeout, and variability closeout. c. Variability review, administrative closeout, and contractor feedback. d. Administrative closeout, documenting lessons learned, and procurement closeout.

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Three standard procedures for closing projects include _____. 

a. Documenting lessons learned, variability review, and contractor feedback.

b. Procurement closeout, administrative closeout, and variability closeout.

c. Variability review, administrative closeout, and contractor feedback.

d. Administrative closeout, documenting lessons learned, and procurement closeout.

 

How does a project plan support project change? 

a. A project plan manages the complex relationships between tasks, resources, time and cost. By making a change on the plan, the plan should then provide an idea of impact on the project such as cost, time etc.

b. The project plan will provide a list of all changes that are allowed within a project.

c. A project plan can minimize the impact of a change to a project.

d. The project plan will ensure the change has no impact to the project.

 

Collaborative tools used by virtual teams rely on _____. 

a. Cloud technology

b. A lot of video conferencing

c. Lots of paper

d. Mainly email

 

Why is the execution phase the longest phase of the project management phases? 

a. because the project team takes too long

b. because the testing phase is the longest

c. because the project management phases are too long

d. because the project is actually developed and delivered to the customer during this phase

 

How did Henry Gantt impact the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)? 

a. He had no impact on designing the PERT, as he mostly focused on total quality management.

b. He was part of the team that helped invent it, but the name was ultimately given based on the lead researcher Thomas Pert.

c. He was the one who developed it as a method to manage information and schedules.

d. He invented a version of the chart which was modernized, and in that way helped create it.

 

3. Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a project? 

A project represents an ongoing activity.

A project is a specific task or collection of tasks.

A project has objectives.

A project has a number of constraints in terms of resources.

 

4. Let's say you are part of a virtual team and would like to work on and edit a virtual spreadsheet with your team. Which of the following tools is the best for this? 

Dropbox

Coggle

Google Docs

Google Drive

 

How did Henry Gantt impact the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)? 

He had no impact on designing the PERT, as he mostly focused on total quality management.

He was part of the team that helped invent it, but the name was ultimately given based on the lead researcher Thomas Pert.

He was the one who developed it as a method to manage information and schedules.

He invented a version of the chart which was modernized, and in that way helped create it.

 

Collaborative tools used by virtual teams rely on _____. 

Cloud technology

A lot of video conferencing

Lots of paper

Mainly email

 

What are the two biggest areas that change can impact a project? *

Project resources and schedule

Dependencies and integration development

Project plan and budget

Time and cost

 

You'd like to upload and share a video with your entire team as well as several large documents. Which of the following could you use? 

Skype

Dropbox

Coggle

AOL IM

 

What is the purpose of the monitor and control phase? 

To measure the performance of the new process after the execution phase

To control the project team's performance

To monitor and control the planning and initiating phases

To monitor the project team

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