Final Exam essay questions (Chapters 7-13)
1) Estimate Costs: Tools and Techniques: Describe 3 of the 5 Estimating Tools & Techniques, provide an example of each.
2) Develop Human Resource Plan: Inputs. There are 3 Inputs for the Develop Human Resource Plan process: Describe each of them as relates to your Project Management Plan.
3) Project Quality Management. Research & Review a Modern Quality Management Approach (i.e., Deming, Juran, Crosby, etc.); Describe how you can/will implement it in your class Project Management Plan.
4) Manage Project Team: Tools and Techniques: Interpersonal Skills. Describe how a project manager can provide leadership in an environment were the level of authority may not be commensurate with the perceived needs of the position. Think specifically of an organization structured in a matrix environment.
5) Control Costs: Tools and Techniques: Earned Value Management. Is Earned Value Management (EVM) useful or relevant to your project? Use examples and sample calculations to fully detail why it is or is not.
6) Develop Project Team Tools & Techniques includes “Co-Location:” Describe the pros and cons of Co-Location versus distributed teams.
7) Determine Budgets: Inputs. There are 7 Inputs for this Process: Describe 3 in detail, and relate them to your class Project.
8) Control Costs. In your opinion, what is/are the most critical factors in Controlling Costs in a Project? Use PMBOK to justify your answer
9) Argue for or against the following: Communications Management is the most important Knowledge Area and Role for a Project Manager. Support your arguments be referencing the 5 Communication Management Processes: Identify Stakeholders, Plan Communications, Distribute Information, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, and Report Performance. Be persuasive, either side can be correct.
10) Compare the Qualitative and Quantitative approaches to Risk Analysis, note when each is appropriate, and the strengths and weaknesses of each.
11) Consider your class project: select or identify an area or task that may be completed via contract. Outline the make/buy decision, describe which contract type you would use and why.
12) Review your organization’s Conduct Procurement process: outline the process and how they modify or deviate from PM Standards. Use the list of Inputs, Tools & Techniques, and Outputs to describe your response. If your organization does not have a PMO or use PMI standard practices, review them as if there was a PMO or standard PM methodology in place.
13) As a seller of project services what is the most advantageous type of contract and why?
14) What are some ways to manage Stakeholder relationships closely? Give examples of how you might manage relationships differently based upon unique personalities of different people.
15) Describe the type of information that is documented in an issue log. How can you avoid spending too much time documenting and tracking issues. Use your Project Management Plan as an example.
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