PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Mid-SEMESTER exam – Scope, estimation and risk management

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INSTRUCTIONS

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ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS

“A team can produce more than the sum of its parts”

For the questions below, choose the best answer from the choices presented.  

1. What is a team?  Worth 5 points.

1. A group of people who play at athletic events.
2. A group of people who always like each other and intuitively know what to do.
3. A group of people who have a common goal they are working toward.
4. A group of people who look for things to do to stay busy.

1. How can I identify a clear scope for a project?  Worth 5 points.

1. All statements about what needs to be done are well written.
2. The customer approves of what is written up as the scope for the project.
3. The development team agrees with what is written up as the scope of the project.
4. There are a clear set of wants from all the stakeholders written up for the scope.

For the question below, provide the items requested and associated definitions.  Worth 3 points each.

1. There are the five key items that must be contained covered by a Project Management Plan.  List and define these items.  

For the questions below, choose the best answer from the choices presented.  

1. The scope primarily represents:  Worth 2 points.

1. A listing of business constraints on a project.
2. Key concepts and ideas that show what the project will do.
3. Key things that the customer needs.
4. The responsibilities of the customer on a project.
5. The responsibilities of the developers on a project.
6. All of the above.

1. (Fill in the blank)  The ________ is key to the definition of a project.  Worth 2 points.

1. project time is unchangeable.
2. project has a fixed amount of resources to complete it.
3. manager is needed for a project to exist.
4. goal is clear and singular.
5. number of requirements divided by the resources times the hours does not exceed three times the scope development time.

1. To understand clearly what a project is requires elicitation techniques that work well.  How can we best tell if the elicitation techniques we are using work well?  Worth 2 points.

1. The developers say so.
2. The project management states that they are.
3. The customer agrees.
4. The project team is using effort on the project.
5. The requirements are testable.

1. What makes software development so hard and why do we need to capture the scope for a project?  Worth 2 points.

1. Software is complex and understanding is sometimes difficult.
2. People have difficulty understanding software and what it can do.
3. Customers have difficulty understanding software and what it can do.
4. All of the above
5. Other: ___________________________________________________

“The plan is useless, but planning is indispensable”

For the questions below, answer the question or choose the best answer from the choices presented.  

1. Name 3 of the basic estimation techniques you have learned about and a brief description of either how they work or strengths and weaknesses?  Worth 8 points each.

1. Wideband Delphi – Using a group of people to improve an estimate
2. Planning poker – Similar to Wideband, but using a restricted set of numbers (Fibonacci sequence)
3. Expert Judgment – Using experienced people to help generate estimates
4. Top Down – Generate the top parts and then cost smaller and smaller pieces and add them up
5. Algorithmic/Parametric – Using computer models to enter values and generate an estimate for a project
6. WAG – Wild altogether guess  

1. Why do we need to estimate projects?  (T)rue or (F)alse  Worth 1 point each.

1. Provides the engineers with documentation to support future failures. F
2. It provides some idea of the use or resources on the project. T
3. We will be able to make a commitment to our customers as to when and what we can deliver. T
4. Use up front time to better understand a project. T
5. Provides a company with information to guarantee delivery of a project. F 
6. It is a best practice for projects. T
7. They provide a way to charge the customer money. T
8. They provide a better way to see all possible issues with a project. F

“You must manage risk before it manages you.”

1. What is risk? [T(rue) or F(alse)]  Worth 1 point each.

1. Risk can be taught to students using games.  T
2. Risk is neither good or bad it just occurs every time we make a decision.  T
3. Risk management is one of the least used best project management practices.  T
4. Risks are easy to understand with respect to the Threshold of success.  T
5. The faster your project is conducted the less risk you have.  F
6. It is best to represent risks in an IF-Then format.  F

1. Name the five phases of the SEI Risk method and define what they mean?  Worth 4 points each.

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