Deck 27: Systems Development Project Management

Question 1

________ is a knowledge area that concerns contracts with outside vendors for services,materials,and outsourcing of functions.

A)Communications management
B)Quality management
C)Project integration
D)Procurement management

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The ________ is the sequence of activities that determine the earliest date by which the project can be completed.

A)Gantt chart
B)critical path
C)baseline
D)scope

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Systems development projects require the balancing of three critical drivers: requirements,cost,and ________.

A)scope
B)time
C)performance
D)value

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The purpose of risk management is to ensure that managers understand project risks and balance risk factors.

Question 5

Larger projects with longer development intervals will find it easier to keep to the baseline or plan.

Question 6

________ is the knowledge area that refers to the management of the overall project and the construction of the final product.

A)Project integration
B)Communications management
C)Procurement management
D)Quality management

Question 7

________ is a knowledge area that concerns the methods,media,and schedules for exchanging information with the project's sponsors,within the team itself,and with others having an interest in the progress of the project.

A)Procurement management
B)Communications management
C)Quality management
D)Project integration

Question 8

The development of large-scale systems can involve integrating products and services from different companies.

Question 9

Each task in a systems development project should culminate in one or more ________.

A)deliverables
B)zones
C)segments
D)designs

Question 10

Large-scale systems development projects require the balancing of three critical drivers: requirements,cost,and time.

Question 11

The PMBOK® Guide does not describe the details of each practice or technique but instead,identifies those practices that are known to be effective for different situations and briefly describes their use.

Question 12

With respect to WBS,________ means to define the system boundaries.

A)Gantt chart
B)critical path
C)scope
D)baseline

Question 13

Which of the following is a technique that stipulates phases and processes for constructing information systems,but does not address the management of large-scale projects?

A)SDLC
B)PMP
C)PMI
D)ANSI

Question 14

The term ________ refers to a set of management policies,practices,and tools that developers use to maintain control over the project's resources.

A)perceptual mapping
B)coordination control
C)critical path analysis
D)configuration control

Question 15

The biggest challenge in planning systems development is ________.

A)creating
B)scheduling
C)analyzing
D)testing

Question 16

In the PMBOK® Guide,________ refer to different stages in the life of a project.

A)configuration controls
B)knowledge areas
C)process groups
D)resource zones

Question 17

A ________ is a hierarchy of the tasks required to complete a project.

A)baseline
B)work-breakdown structure
C)reliable analysis
D)V-Model

Question 18

________ is the process by which users agree to one set of conditions,then add a bit more,then add a bit more,and so forth.

A)Requirements creep
B)Diseconomies of scale
C)Configuration control
D)Coordination

Question 19

The trade-off between time and cost is a simple process; the time involved in a project can always be reduced by increasing cost.

Question 20

A plan,known as the ________,of a project stipulates the tasks to be accomplished,the labor and other resources assigned to those tasks,and the schedule for completion.

A)baseline
B)data model
C)bottom line
D)database designs

Question 21

The biggest challenge in planning large-scale systems development is scheduling.Describe the three approaches organizations take to address this challenge.

Question 22

The term "configuration control" refers to a set of management policies,practices,and tools that developers use to maintain control over the project's resources.

Question 23

What are the biggest challenges for managing a large-scale systems development project?

Question 24

Requirements creep is the process by which a project manager reduces his/her responsibilities for requirements through miniscule rollbacks.

Question 25

Avoiding the major schedule risks and never developing software in-house is one of the approaches businesses take to address the challenges of scheduling for large-scale systems.

Question 26

Documents,designs,prototypes,data models,database designs,working data entry screens,and the like are examples of deliverables in a systems development project.

Question 27

What is a critical path? How is a critical path analysis done?

Question 28

The biggest challenge in planning systems development is scheduling.

Question 29

Regarding task dependencies,all tasks must begin and end at the same time.

Question 30

A loss of control over a project's configuration is easily fixed through remedial measures.

Question 31

Users must take responsibility for managing requirements changes and for avoiding requirements creep.

Question 32

A well-managed project will never face problems of diseconomies of scale.

Question 33

The critical path is a hierarchy of the tasks required to complete a project.

Question 34

What is the PMBOK ® Guide for project management? List the components of the grid in PMBOK ® Guide 2004.

Question 35

What are the characteristics of large-scale systems development projects?

Question 36

The baseline WBS can be used for monitoring the project.

Question 37

Taking responsibility for requirements is the single most important task a user can perform for a large-scale development project.

Question 38

Function points can be used to determine the number of lines of code,which can then be used to estimate project schedules.