Introduction to Project Management Quiz

Please complete the sentence below with three attributes of Projects that are highlighted by the definitions presented at the beginning of this Lesson.

Projects _________.

What are the reasons to start activities as soon as possible in projects?

Think back to the Worry Curve videos.  In an informal approach to project management, if you were to take the average across the team, given the fact that there are many other projects underway, and some of those are in serious trouble, what would the average level of worry about this particular project be at time-zero?

In the Worry Curve videos, what was the third phase of a project using an informal approach to project management called?

Which of the three components of project success covered in this Lesson - Time, Cost or Quality - is most often sacrificed because of pressure on the other two?

What is the level of worry, anxiety or focus at the beginning of a project that uses a formal approach to project planning and control?

When following a formal project planning and control approach we may realize early in the project that we are in jeopardy of missing our deadline date. What happens to the level of worry when this occurs?

Which project management approach allows the team to be in control?

What process is used to shift the Worry Curve to earlier in the project?

When is the ideal time in the life-cycle of the project to reduce scope?

On your projects, if one or more of the Time, Cost, or Quality knobs needs to be turned, who is in the best position to decide which one is most adjustable?

Which project dimension is the key to achieving success with all three dimensions?

If a team member estimates the duration of their project activity as 40 hours, have they told us anything about the time dimension of that task?

Where should activity duration estimates come from to ensure team member commitment?