The books for this course are A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) 5 th Edition
and Effective Project Management Traditional, Agile, Extreme/7 th Edition Author: Robert Wysocki
1. What does it mean to refer to project management as a discipline? Provide examples and
supporting discussion.
2. Identify and describe the 5 phases of the project lifecycle as defined by PMBOK. Provide
examples and supporting discussion.
3. Identify and describe 3 skills that an effective project management should possess. Provide
examples and supporting discussion.
4. Identify and describe the two main methods of project evaluation. Provide examples and
supporting discussion.
5. Identify, compare and contrast the three different methodologies of project management traditional, agile and extreme – as reviewed in the Effective Project Management text. Provide
examples and supporting discussion.
