Question 1

Establishing a relationship with a customer is a project initiation activity.

Accepted Answer

As part of project initiation, the project manager will get to know the customer and the needs of his/her department.

Question 2

COCOMO uses parameters that are derived from estimates of planned projects of the same complexity to estimate project size and cost.

Accepted Answer

COCOMO uses parameters that were derived from prior projects of differing complexity.

Question 3

The focus of project management is to ensure that systems development projects meet customer expectations and are delivered within budget and time constraints.

Accepted Answer

Project management is an important aspect of the development of information systems and a critical skill for a systems analyst. The focus of project management is to ensure that system development projects meet customer expectations and are delivered within budget and time constraints.

Question 4

Task sequence depends on which tasks produce deliverables needed in other tasks, when critical resources are available, the constraints placed on the project by the client, and the process outlined in the SDLC.

Accepted Answer

Task sequence defines the sequence of events in which tasks occur in order and depend upon other tasks.

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

Once a potential project has been identified, an organization must determine the resources required for its completion by analyzing the scope of the project and determining the probability of successful completion. After getting this information, the organization can then determine whether taking advantage of an opportunity or solving a particular problem is feasible within time and resource constraints.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The project workbook consists of diagrams, charts and system descriptions. It serves as the central repository for the project.

Question 7

Creating a work breakdown structure requires that you decompose phases into activities and activities into specific tasks.

Accepted Answer

A work breakdown structure is the process of dividing a project into manageable tasks.

Question 8

During project initiation, the focus of developing a communication plan activity is to collect and organize the tools that will be used while managing the project.

Accepted Answer

The goal of the communication plan is to outline the communication procedures among management, project team members, and the customer. The communication plan includes when and how written and oral reports will be provided by the team, how team members
will coordinate work, what messages will be sent to announce the project to interested parties, and what kinds of information will be shared with vendors and external contractors involved with the project.

Question 9

A resource analysis plan determines if the proposed information system makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational standpoint.

Accepted Answer

A feasibility study, conducted by the project manager, involves determining whether the information system makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational standpoint. The study takes place before the system is constructed.

Question 10

Project planning is the first phase of the project management process in which activities are performed to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support later project activities.

Accepted Answer

The first phase of a project is initiation.

Question 11

Project time estimates for task completion and overall system quality are not significantly influenced by the assignment of people to tasks.

Accepted Answer

People are the most important and expensive part of project resource planning. Project time estimates for task completion and overall system quality are significantly influenced by the assignment of people to tasks.

Question 12

A logic model is a graphical representation of a project that shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to its time for completion.

Accepted Answer

A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of a project.

Question 13

A systems development project may be undertaken to take advantage of business opportunities or to solve business problems.

Accepted Answer

Systems development projects are undertaken for two primary reasons: to take advantage of business opportunities and to solve business problems. Taking advantage of an opportunity might mean providing an innovative service to customers through the creation of a new system. Solving a business problem could involve modifying how an existing system processes data so that more accurate or timely information is provided to users.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Each phase of the SDLC has a deliverable as the end product, whether it be a project plan or the actual implementation.

Question 15

Project planning involves defining clear, discrete activities and the work needed to complete each activity within a single project.

Accepted Answer

The second step in a project is project planning, which requires the project manager to define the activities in a project.

Question 16

Gantt charts show how tasks must be ordered and when an activity should begin and end.

Accepted Answer

Gantt charts don't show how tasks should be ordered but simply show when they begin and end.

Question 17

The project manager is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down the project.

Accepted Answer

A project manager is a systems analyst with a diverse set of skills-management,leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship-who is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.

Question 18

The most instrumental person to the successful completion of a project is the database analyst.

Accepted Answer

The most instrumental person is the project manager.

Question 19

The Constructive Cost Model is a method for estimating a software project's size and cost.

Accepted Answer

The Constructive Cost Model uses parameters that were derived from prior projects of differing complexity.

Question 20

Project initiation is the second phase of the project management process, which focuses on defining clear, discrete activities and the work needed to complete each activity within a single project.

Accepted Answer

Project initiation is the first phase of the project management process.

Quiz 3: Managing the Information Systems Project