A. True/False (4 point each) – Highlight your response 1. The question of What,

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A.   True/False (4 point each) – Highlight your response

1.     The question of What, Why and How can always be found in the Project Charter.

True   False

2.     Poor requirements are often the major cause of a project failure

True   False

3.     Just like the management theories, the logic theories are integral to effective project management

True   False

4.     The core principles of Project Management are different from other disciplines   

True   False

5.     A project can be anything, and in fact, most everything that was at one time, a project.

True   False

B. Multiple Choices (5 points each) – Highlight true.

A Gantt Chart:

Does not the show the explicit relationship among tasks

Can be used for reporting projects’ progress

Can be used for Planning

All of the Above

A WBS can be developed using the following tools:

MS Project

Word and other Office Packages

Excel or any other Spreadsheet Software

Any of the above

Only a) and b)

The three features or attributes that distinguish between functional managers and project managers are:

Chain of Authority, Skill Sets Managed, and Established Relationships.

Management of professionals, Budget and Schedule

Stakeholders Relationships, Legal Authority, Project Social Environment

None of the Above

C.   Short and Concise Questions.

1.  Elaborate on three differences between management of operations and management of projects within an organization. Give a practical example to illustrate each of the three differences. (15 points)

Difference 1:

Difference –

Example –

Difference 2:

Difference –

Example –

Difference 3:

Difference –

Example –

2. Compare and contrast the terms: goals, requirements, and deliverables as related to IT projects. Give a practical example of each term to illustrate the criteria for each definition. Be sure to indicate how each term differs from the others. (15 points)

3. Consider the use of four types of charts as applied to project management:

Milestone Chart

Flow Chart

Gantt Chart

Network Diagram

Describe the format or content of each type of chart and give a practical example of when and how each of the four types of chart would be used for an IT project. (17 points)

Identify the top three reasons for information systems project failure as described by Olson (2014). (6 points)

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Provide at least one example of a typical situation related to each of the three reasons. (6 points)

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Describe reasonable approaches a project manager can take to avoid or mitigate each of the three failure modes identified in part 1 of this topic. (6 points)

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Explanation / Answer

True

False

True

               True

False

All of the Above

MS Project

Management of professionals, Budget and Schedule

1.   Elaborate on three differences between management of operations and management of projects within an organization. Give a practical example to illustrate each of the three differences.

(I) An operations manager has daily management activities and many of them occur as usual schedule while a project manager has one responsibility of ensuring the project stays on the exact time

(II) An operations manager is process of product oriented while a project manager is project oriented

(III) An operations manager doesn’t have a start or an end to his activities while a project manager has clearly defined dates for managing a project

2. Compare and contrast the terms: goals, requirements, and deliverables as related to IT projects. Give a practical example of each term to illustrate the criteria for each definition. Be sure to indicate how each term differs from the others.

Goals are the long term aims that the project is intended to accomplish. That is the purpose of the project. Deliverables are tangible, auditable and measurable outputs which are expected to be acquired after completion of a project. A project that wants to train its workers and in turn improve their skills has the following deliverables: trained workers and improved skills. Requirements are quantitative and qualitative expectations and interests of the stakeholders of a project. Their difference from deliverables is that they specify the features of the deliverables (Patel, 2008).

3. Consider the use of four types of charts as applied to project management:

1) Milestone Chart

Milestone charts   can be used in a project to show where deliverables take place. They contain one milestone per line and are usually depicted with triangles unlike bars for Gantt charts

2) Flow Chart

A flow chart is used to show the flow nature of activities in a project and the steps that are involved in the project

3) Gantt Chart

Gantt charts can be used to provide the general project overview. They are tools for monitoring the progress of a project. Its components are: timeline, activities list and a bar for every activity

4) Network Diagram

A network diagram is used to show the relationship between the project activities. It is a roadmap which shows the interconnected network sequence and organization of activities of a project.

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