Exam 3: Managing the Information Systems Project

The process of dividing the project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks defines:

The project workbook serves as a repository for all project correspondence,inputs,outputs,deliverables,procedures,and standards established by the project team.

A scheduling technique where the order and duration of the sequence of activities directly affect the completion date of a project refers to:

What would be the estimated time for completion if the time estimates for report design are as follows: optimistic = 3 weeks; pessimistic = 9 weeks; realistic = 6 weeks?

When compared to network diagrams,Gantt charts are more useful for depicting the activities associated with large projects.

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Does not show time overlap,but shows what activities could be done in parallel.

__________ is a controlled process of initiating,planning,executing,and closing down a project.

Automated tools available to help you manage a development project are referred to as:

Match each of the following project management phases with the activities associated with it.(Answers may occur more than once.) -Close the customer contract

A __________ is an end product in a phase of the SDLC.

Which of the following states correctly the formality and use of hallway discussions?

Identify and briefly discuss the four phases involved in managing a project.

Getting projects completed through the effective utilization of resources describes the __________ project manager activity.

Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence,personality,and abilities describes the __________ project manager activity.

Project time estimates for task completion and overall system quality are significantly influenced by the assignment of people to tasks.

In order to determine the resources required for project completion,an organization should analyze the project's scope and determine the project's probability of successful completion.

Gantt charts visually show the time overlap of tasks whereas a network diagram does not show time overlap but does show which tasks could be done in parallel.

An on-line or hard copy repository for all project correspondence,inputs,outputs,deliverables,procedures,and standards that is used for performing project audits,orientation of new team members,communication with management and customers,identifying future projects,and performing postproject reviews is called:

Match each of the following activities with its corresponding skills. -Interpreting system requests and specifications,defining activities and their sequence,making tradeoffs between alternative solutions,designing solutions to problems

Which of the following is a true statement regarding network diagrams?