Questions and Answers of Effective Project Management Traditional Agile Extreme Hybrid

What approaches have you eliminated?L01
What new discovery suggests a change in goal direction and definition?L01
Are you converging on a more clearly defined goal that has business value?L01
How does the new goal statement affect the deliverables list?L01
Should some items be removed?L01
Should new items be added?L01
How is the functionality embedded in the new goal statement affected?L01
Can APF be used on an extreme project? Why? Why not? Be specific.?L01
Know how and when to use the Dynamic Systems Development Method(DSDM) Adaptive PMLC model?? LOP69
Know how and when to use the Scrum Adaptive PMLC model? LOP69
Know how and when to use the Adaptive Project Framework (APF) PMLC model? LOP69
Know how and when to use the Adaptive Software Development (ASD)PMLC model? LOP69
Anticipate and resolve the potential problems of using an Adaptive PMLC model? LOP69
Explain the benefits of using an Adaptive PMLC model? LOP69
Use and be able to adapt the Adaptive PMLC model?
Know how and when to use the Rational Unified Process (RUP) Iterative PMLC model? LOP69
Know how and when to use the Prototyping Iterative PMLC model? LOP69
Anticipate and resolve the potential problems from using an Iterative PMLC model? LOP69
Explain the benefits and use of the Iterative PMLC model? LOP69
Use and be able to adapt the Iterative project management life cycle (PMLC)model and variations? LOP69
Know when to use APM? LOP69
Appreciate and understand the history of Agile Project Management (APM) ? LOP69
Are there any projects in the case study that would benefit from any of the PMLC models studied in this chapter? (Remember the six subsystems defined for the case are Order Entry, Order Submit,
What is the impact on your risk management plan for using a Rapid Linear PMLC model instead of a Linear PMLC model — that is, what risks are added and what mitigation plans would you put in
List the advantages and disadvantages of using management reserve.LOP85
You have completed the first few increments and released deliverables to the client. They are now coming to you with changes to what has been released. These changes make sense, but will cause your
How would you go about the task of decomposing the project into meaningful business chunks in preparation for an Incremental approach? Speak to the rules you might employ.LOP85
How would you sell your client on the wisdom of using management reserve?LOP85
Anticipate and resolve the potential problems of using an Incremental PMLC model?? LOP85
Explain the benefits of using an Incremental PMLC model? LOP85
Anticipate and resolve the potential problems from using a Rapid Linear PMLC model? LOP85
Explain the benefits and use of the Feature-Driven Development (FDD)? LOP85 model
Explain the benefits and use of the Rapid Linear PMLC model? LOP85
Use and adapt the Linear project management life cycle (PMLC) model? LOP85
Know when to use TPM? LOP85
Appreciate and understand the history of traditional project management(TPM)? LOP85
Referring to the PDQ case study, what PMLC model would you use for each of the six subsystems (Order Entry, Order Submit, Logistics, Routing, Inventory Management, and Pizza Factory Locator)? Defend
Where in each of the five PMLC models would you expect the greatest risk? What mitigation strategies would you consider? Defend your choices.? LOP5
Where in each of the five PMLC models would you expect the most failures occur? Defend your answer.? LOP5
For each of the five PMLC models, identify the specific points where client involvement is needed. What specific actions would you take as project manager to ensure that involvement? LOP5
Use the Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS) as the key ingredient of the best-fit decision model?? LOP5
Understand the similarities and differences between Linear, Incremental, Iterative, Adaptive, and Extreme PMLC models?? LOP5
Know how cost, duration, market stability, technology, business climate, number of departments affected, organizational environment, and team skills and competencies affect the choice of a best-fit
Know how complexity and uncertainty affect the project landscape? LOP5
Know the characteristics of Traditional Project Management(TPM), Agile Project Management (APM), Extreme Project Management (xPM), and Emertxe Project Management (MPx)? LOP5
Understand and explain the four quadrants of the project landscape? LOP5
Use goal and solution clarity to define the project landscape? LOP5
Can you suggest a cost/benefit approach to selling management on the value of the post-implementation audit? Be specific.? LOP5
I have advocated the use of a checklist as the acceptance test procedure for establishing that the project is finished. What other type of acceptance test procedure might you suggest? Be specific.?
What worked? What didn’t?? LOP5
Explain the significance of each post-implementation audit question? LOP5
Conduct a post-implementation audit? LOP5
Identify the components of project documentation? LOP5
Develop a closing strategy? LOP5
Understand the steps needed to effectively close a project? LOP5
How will you get information from your team and distribute it to the other stakeholders for this project?? P-69
Who are the people that you need to hear from to determine whether they are satisfied with your progress on this project?? P-69
What are the advantages and disadvantages of confirming the accuracy of status reports filed by your team members?? P-69
What Is the Status Meeting Format?? P-69
What Is the Purpose of a Status Meeting?? P-69
When Are Status Meetings Held?? P-69
Who Should Attend Status Meetings?? P-69
Properly identify corrective measures and problem escalation strategies?? P-69
Determine the appropriate corrective actions to restore a project to its planned schedule? P-69
Manage project status meetings? P-69
Build and maintain an Issues Log? P-69
Integrate milestone trend charts and EVA for further trend analysis? P-69
Use earned value analysis (EVA) to detect trends in schedule and budget progress? P-69
Construct and interpret milestone trend charts to detect trends in progress? P-69
Use Gantt charts to track progress and identify warning signs of schedule problems? P-69
Measure and analyze variances from the project plan? P-69
Determine an appropriate reporting plan? P-69
Track the progress of a project? P-69
Understand the reasons for implementing controls on the project? P-69
Identify a business process in your organization with which you are familiar and can envision the need for change. Create As Is and To Be business process flow diagrams for this potential project. In
You have run the COS by the book, and your gut tells you that the client’s wants may be a bit too far-reaching. In fact, you have a strong suspicion that what they need is not what they have told
Traditional project management (TPM) depends heavily on being able to clearly define what the client needs. You cannot create a detailed project plan without that information.Within the framework of
Describe the ending step using the Boundaries symbol. Sometimes a process may have more than one ending boundary. LOP5
Make sure that each decision loop reenters the process or is pursued to a conclusion. LOP5
When a decision step is reached, write a yes/no question in a diamond and develop each path. LOP5
Keep asking ‘‘What happens next?’’ and writing each of the subsequent steps in Operations symbols below the Boundaries symbol. LOP5
Describe the beginning step using the Boundaries symbol. LOP5
Define the beginning and ending steps of the process, also known as boundaries. LOP5
Decide on the process to be diagrammed. LOP5
Can senior management mitigate the identified risks?? LOP5
Are the risks too high and the business value too low?? LOP5
Is the relationship between the project objectives and the success criteria clearly established?? LOP5
Is there sufficient business value as measured by the success criteria to warrant further expenditures on this project?? LOP5
Are the objectives clear representations of the goal statement?? LOP5
Does the goal statement relate directly to the problem or opportunity?? LOP5
How is the project related to our critical success factors (CSFs)?? LOP5
How important is the problem or opportunity to the enterprise?? LOP5
What about future changes?? LOP5
What type of maintenance agreement do you expect?? LOP5
How will problems be resolved?? LOP5
What support must the vendor provide during acceptance of the deliverables?? LOP5
What environment must you provide in order to accept the vendor’s deliverables?? LOP5
What do you expect to be delivered and how will you accept it?? LOP5
How will the deliverables be evaluated?? LOP5
Who will receive the deliverables?? LOP5

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