Exam 2: Project Management

Lauren, a systems analyst, has excellent interpersonal skills. To take advantage of her skills, the functional lead of the project should assign her to program in Java and C++.

PERT chart can be used to track the tasks of a project when task time estimates are fairly uncertain.

To complete a 20 person-month project in 10 months, a team should have 4 full-time staff members assigned to the project.

If end users feel fearful or threatened by a proposed new system, this factor should be included as a part of the _____.

Familiarity with the application and technology are major factors considered under economic feasibility.

When using a function point estimation worksheet, there are 14 factors that impact the complexity of a project. These factors include _____.

Kelly Smith, the vice president of marketing, has provided resources and political support for the new production management information system. She has acted as the project manager for the project.

During organizational feasibility analysis the system users are the stakeholders that are responsible for providing enough budget and promoting the project.

What is a use-case point? For what is it used?

The project champion is a(n)_____.

In order to approve a system request, the approval committee must know

For what reason does a project team create a risk assessment? What value is a risk assessment to the team?

Daniel has just been assigned as the project manager. To motivate his team properly, Daniel's first step is to award bonuses to team members.

The work plan records and keeps track of all of the tasks that need to be accomplished over the life of the project, listing each task, along with important information about it, such as when it needs to be completed, the person assigned to do the work, and any deliverables that will result.

Peter is the vice president of accounting and finance. For the past year he has solely provided the resources necessary to get the just-in-time accounting system through the planning and analysis phases of the SDLC. Other managers have openly stated that the JIT system is not worth the investment. The SEC has just placed Peter under investigation for insider trading and the board has asked him to resign. This project is failing _____ feasibility analysis.

Scope creep is only a minor factor in projects running over schedule, and every effort should be made to incorporate any changes into the present system if they would truly be beneficial.

A limitation of a formal cost-benefits analysis is that it contains the costs and benefits for just one year.

A normal system with 400 unadjusted function points would have _____ adjusted function points when the shortcut method is use to determine the complexity of the project.

Feasibility analysis may be defined as a(n)_____.

A technical lead manages a group of analysts.