Module 4 Quiz >> Initiating and Planning Projects
1. One of the ways a Project Charter can help you as a project manager is:
- It helps you hire team members.
- It does not help you as a project manager because it is for the sponsor.
- It keeps your authority level vague, so you can do what you want.
- It describes your authority level as the project manager.
2. The Scope Management section of your project plan document would include information on:
- What type of scheduling software to use.
- How to ask for more money for the project.
- Who can suggest changes to the project.
- How risks are to be managed.
3. True or False: An important part of the project scope statement is exclusions or out of scope items.
- False
- True
4. As you plan your project, you do so thinking that all team members will be assigned to your project for at least 50% of their available time. This is an example of:
- Poor planning.
- A project demand.
- An assumption.
- Wishful thinking.
5. True or False: The WBS should completely depict the scope of your project that if something is not in the WBS it is because it is NOT part of the project.
- False
- True
6. The 8-80 rule refers to:
- Work packages should be between 8 and 80 hours of effort.
- Work packages over 80 hours should be split between multiple resources.
- Never allow your team to work more than 8 hours per day or 80 hours during a 10-day work period.
- Work packages should NOT be between 8 and 80 hours of effort.
7. Project scope differs from product scope in that:
- Project scope is the work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service, or result.
- Project scope completion is measured against the features, functions, and product requirements.
- Product scope completion is measured against the project management plan including all subsidiary plans.
8. True or False. The Project Charter is a document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project. It provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
- False
- True
9. The Project Scope Statement should include the following:
- Project exclusions, project constraints, project plan.
- Project deliverables, project constraints, project assumptions.
- Project deliverables, project constraints, project team members.
- Project exclusions, project charter, project assumptions.
10. True or False: A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team.
- True
- False
