Exam 19: Managing Organizational Projects

What is the outsourcing option that includes the most remote location and indirect customer control?

What defines the specifications for product/output of the project and is key for managing expectations, controlling scope, and completing other planning efforts?

Describe the two primary diagrams most frequently used in project planning.

What defines all project roles and indicates what responsibilities are associated with each role?

Project assumptions are specific factors that can limit options including budget, delivery dates, available skilled resources, and organizational policies.

What measures how well a solution can be implemented within existing legal and contractual obligations?

What is political feasibility?

In-sourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house.

A communication plan defines the how, what, when, and who regarding the flow of project information to stakeholders and is key for managing expectations.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a well-defined project plan?

All of the following are challenges of outsourcing, except

Which of the following is a characteristic of a successful project?

What is technical feasibility?

In the past, outsourcing was often used tactically, as a quick-fix, short-term solution to a particular need or problem which did not form part of an overall business strategy.

What statement links the project to the organization's overall business goals?

The executive sponsor is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project.

A kill switch is a logical relationship that exists between the project tasks, or between a project task and a milestone.

Project objectives are quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success.

What measures the project time frame to ensure that it can be completed on time?

Explain the three different types of outsourcing along with their benefits and challenges.