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Define Project?
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Enlist important skills and competencies for Project managers?
Important skills: -
- Communication
- Leadership
- Team management
- Negotiation
- Personal organization
- Risk management
Competencies: -
- Execution
- Decision Making
- Strategy Development
- Technical Competence
- Critical Thinking
What are the main processes involved in Project scope management just enlisted?
- Plan scope management
- Collect requirement
- Define scope
- Create the work breakdown structure
- Validate scope
- Control scope
What are WBS and WBS dictionaries?
WBS Dictionary is a document that provides detailed information about each element in the WBS, including work packages and control accounts.
A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) outlines project work by decomposing the work activities into different levels of tasks. The WBS is a deliverable-oriented document that defines the total scope of the project.
Describe two types of software that can assist in project quality management?
- Spreadsheet software, database
- Charting software
- Statistical software and other specified software are greatly useful in project quality management
What do you mean by the hierarchy of needs theory?
Self-actualization: Our need to actualize our potential as humans. Because each of us is unique, this need expresses itself uniquely for each individual.
Esteem: Our needs for achievement, adequacy, recognition, status, appreciation, and mastery.
Belongingness and love: Our need to give and receive affection, to relate to other people, family, and friends.
Safety: Our need for security, stability, and freedom from fear and anxiety.
Physiological: Our fundamental needs for food, water, sleep, touch, shelter, sex, and exercise.
If there are 12 team members, how many communication channels will be there?
The total number of potential communication channels is n (n-1)/2 where n represents the number of stakeholders.
Total Team Member 12 than n is equal to 12
= 12(12-1)/2
= 12(11)/2
= 132/2
= 66 ==>> communication channels
Briefly explain five basic techniques (modes for handling conflicts) conflicts resolution?
- Accommodating
- Avoiding
- Collaborating
- Compromising
- Competing
How to acquire the Project team?
Acquiring a project team is the process of obtaining the people needed to accomplish the project. Sometimes the project management team has control over the selection process. When selecting teammates, there are several base considerations that need to be evaluated. While selecting and deciding on team members, the following acquiring project team criteria should be considered:
- Experience.
- Interest level.
- Qualifications.
- Availability.
- Knowledge.
Explain responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)?
RACI is an acronym that stands for responsible, accountable, consulted and informed. A RACI chart is a matrix of all the activities or decision-making authorities undertaken in an organization set against all the people or roles.
Past Paper 2015
Short Questions
Name and shortly explain triple constraints?
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Q#2 Enlist Important Skills and completeness for the project manager?
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Differentiate direct and indirect costs with examples?
Direct Costs: Direct costs are expenses that are billed directly to the project. Direct costs are costs that can be directly related to producing the products and services of the project.
For example, the salaries of people working full time on the project and the cost of hardware and software purchased specifically for the project are direct costs.
Indirect Costs: Indirect costs are costs that are shared and allocated among several or all projects. Indirect costs are costs that are not directly related to the products or services of the project but are indirectly related to performing the project.
For example, the cost of electricity, paper towels, and so on in a large building housing a thousand employees who work on many projects would be indirect costs.
Define Benchmarking?
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Q#5 Differentiate quality control and quality assurance?
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Q#6 Differentiate Project and Program?
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Q#7 Differentiate qualitative risk analysis and quantitative risk analysis?
Qualitative Quantitative
risk-level project-level
subjective evaluation of probability and impact probabilistic estimates of time and cost
quick and easy to perform time-consuming
no special software or tools required may require specialized tools
Q#8 Name the phases of Project Life Cycle?
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Q#9 Name three techniques of project cost estimation?
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Name the phases of Team Development?
Phase 1: Forming
Phase 2: Storming
Phase 3: Norming
Phase 4: Performing
Phase 5: Adjourning
Long Questions
Q#2 (a)
PV=Rs.10,000, EV=Rs.5000, AC=Rs. 15,000
Calculate schedule variance, cost performance index, schedule performance index?
Schedule Variance: SV = EV - PV
= 5000 - 10,000
= -5000
Cost Performing Index: CPI = EV / AC
= 5000 / 15000
= 0.3333
Schedule Performing Index: SPI = EV /P V
= 5000 / 10,000
= 0.5
(b)
Schedule Variance:
Project is behind or ahead schedule=?
For CPI:
CPI = EV / AC
= 5000 / 15000
= 0.33*100
= 33 %
For SPI:
SPI = EV / PV
= 5000 / 10000
= 0.5 * 100
= 50 %
For schedule variance:
SV = EV – PV
= 5000 – 10000
= -5000
Hence: SPI is less than 100%. So, the project is behind schedule.
Q#3 Define software Configuration Management? Explain its processes in detail by taking relevant examples?
Solved in 2017