8. Choose the scenario where a well thought out Project Organization Chart would add no value as a Project Control Enabler:
A – Involvement by all required groups in an organization leads to a better project plan where nothing is missed
B – If the chart included stakeholders who had no interest in the project (for or against)
C – Project staffing lends itself to organizational resource staffing analysis
D – Project team members can see their roles, which allows the project team to avoid redundant task
9. All of the following create opportunities for a project to go “off track” except:
A- Organizational changes which impact project resources
B – Self Interests of project stakeholders
C – Project team members in-attention to what is being completed
D – Project Manager managing project stakeholders
10. Choose the statement which best describes why Project Methodologies are Project Control Enablers:
A – Creating a unique methodology for each new project promotes diversity in the organization
B – Using a standard project methodology promotes accelerated project startup and allows re-use of previous project plans and schedules
C – Updating project methodologies to correct them for “past sins” gives the new project team an un-fair advantage to be more successful than the previous project teams
D – A methodology is an organizational reminder that it requires too much organizational discipline to bother with.
11. The following project sizes should have project control:
A – Small Projects with a budget of a few thousand dollars
B – Large projects with many external vendors
C – All of these
D – Medium projects which involve only material purchases
12. The real value of a change management plan towards maintaining project control is:
A – It encourages project change
B – It provides a cumbersome process that discourages any form of change
C – It enables an efficient, repeatable change process that gets the project back on track as quick as possible
D – None of the above
13. All of the following are reasons for project teams to be made up of members who perform project roles except:
A – Project roles promote division of labor
B – Project roles funnel the right attention to all project areas
C – Project roles create an opportunity for the organization to train new project managers
D – Project roles concentrate expertise within specific roles
14. While monitoring the project progress, choose the item that the Project Manager is NOT looking for:
A – Deliverable completion
B – Scope Creep
C – Issue Resolution
D – Vendor Invoices for project purchases
15. The best justification for maintaining historical data as a project control enabler is:
A- If a similar project in the past was successful, then repeating past practices will maximize the possibility of current project success
B – It will save time during project startup because you have past project documents
C – It provides an audit trail to show that the past project failure was not the fault of the project team
D – It provides a record of past interactions with vendors
16. Industry best practices suggest that the likelihood of project success increases when which of the following are implemented:
A – Project Control Enablers
B – Deputy Project Managers
C – Approved Project Budgets
D – Weekly status meetings
