Questions and Answers of Effective Project Management Traditional Agile Extreme Hybrid

Defi ne scope change processes and change management processes LO1
Know project communications requirements and use LO1
Finalize the project schedule LO1
Describe the format and explain the contents of a work package LO1
Know when to require a work package description LO1
You have recently been promoted to the position of project manager. Your team consists of senior members of the technical staff, and it is time to establish the team operating rules. You expect some
Discuss the concept of the work package as an insurance policy. How is it an insurance policy, and what might it contain that would make it an insurance policy?LO1
Understand the reasons for implementing controls on the project LO1
Determine an appropriate reporting plan LO1
Measure and analyze variances from the project plan LO1
Use Gantt charts to track progress and identify warning signs of schedule problems LO1
Construct and interpret milestone trend charts to detect trends in progress LO1
Use earned value analysis (EVA) to detect trends in schedule and budget progress LO1
Integrate milestone trend charts and EVA for further trend analysis LO1
Build and maintain an Issues Log LO1
Manage project status meetings LO1
Determine the appropriate corrective actions to restore a project to its planned schedule LO1
Properly identify corrective measures and problem escalation strategies LO1
Compare and contrast the two definitions of a project.LO1
Compare and contrast the PMI and business value defi nitions of project management. Include a list of advantages and disadvantages of each.LO1
Where in each of the fi ve PMLC models would you expect the most failures occur? Defend your answer.LO1
Where in each of the fi ve PMLC models would you expect the greatest risk? What mitigation strategies would you consider? Defend your choices.LO1
For each of the fi ve PMLC models, identify a project from your experience that would seem to have been a good fi t. Would using that PMLC for that project have improved the outcome? Why?LO1
Other than the fi ve Process Groups and nine Knowledge Areas approach taken by PMI, how else might you structure your approach to defi ning a project management methodology for your company?LO1
Can you think of a sixth Process Group or tenth Knowledge Area that your company would require of its project management methodology?LO1
Defi ne the fi ve Process Groups LO1
Defi ne the nine Knowledge Areas LO1
Explain the relationship between the fi ve Process Groups and nine Knowledge Areas LO1
Understand what managing client expectations really means LO1
Explain the Conditions of Satisfaction (COS) development process LO1
Develop the COS document LO1
Recognize the importance of maintaining the COS throughout the entire project life cycle LO1
Plan and conduct the Project Scoping Meeting LO1
Build the Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS)LO1
Use facilitated group sessions, business process diagramming, prototyping, and use cases to decompose requirements LO1
Defi ne the basic parts and function of the Project Overview Statement (POS)LO1
Write a saleable POS for your project idea using the language of your business LO1
Understand the role of the POS in the project management life cycle(PMLC)LO1
Write clear goal and objective statements LO1
Establish measurable criteria for project success LO1
Identify relevant assumptions, risks, and obstacles LO1
Discuss attachments to the POS and their role in project approval LO1
Understand the approval process for the POS LO1
From what you know so far about the APF, do you see a conflict between process and people? Explain.LO5
Clients are always reluctant to get too involved in planning. What might you do to sell them on the idea that their full involvement in the APF is needed for this effort to succeed?LO5
Referring to the Pleasantown Playground Project case study in the Introduction, how might you define the version scope if you were to use the APF instead of TPM? Be careful to differentiate between
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of using and not using a project management software tool for this phase of the APF. Discuss your findings. Does either approach win out over the
Suppose you were to use the Pleasantown Playground Project case study results from Discussion Question 3 in Chapter 14 to build your cycle plan.What risks might result from having isolated these
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of using a high-tech approach versus a low-tech approach in this phase of the project.Discuss your findings. Does either approach win out over the
Clearly, this phase is very dependent upon the people on your team.The APF gives team members great discretion in completing their work.If you were managing an APF project, how would you balance your
Compare what happens with a TPM project and an APF project when a team member is taken off the team and is no longer available. What are the effects on each approach? Which approach is least affected
Through no fault of Pepe or the Home Delivery System team, the requirements gathering session is scheduled to occur on the second day of the third week. Critical people were not available until then.
How would you resolve the issue regarding scheduling busy people so as to minimize the impact on the project schedule? Be specific.LO9
Amember of your team is a systems analyst from the old school and justcannot adjust to the APF. Her problem is that the client has decisionmakingauthority over the direction that your software
You are the project manager for one of your company’s first APF projects.You are having trouble getting the client’s involvement. Whatwould you do?LO2
What differences might you see if it were possible to do the same project twice — once using the traditional approach and once using the APF? Be specific. How might project differences affect your
What situations might you envision in which TPM would be a better choice than the APF for PDQ? Be specific.LO1
Suppose a project should have used a traditional approach, but you used the APF. Comment on what might be different. Would the traditional approach have given you a better outcome? Why or why not?Be
What situation would enable you to embed an APF approach in a TPM approach? In other words, what conditions would you expect to see for that approach to be feasible? Give an example and be
How does xPM differ from the APF? Discuss the differentiating characteristics of each.LO8
Can the APF be used on an extreme project? Why or why not? Be specific.LO8
In the formative stages of a project, are there any distinct advantages to using xPM over the APF for an extreme project? If so, identify them.LO8
In the formative stages of a project, are there any distinct disadvantages to using the APF over xPM for an extreme project? If so, identify them.In considering your answer, think about what is
As a class exercise, identify three xPM projects and write the POS for one of them.LO8
Is the APF or xPM more likely to waste less of the client’s money and the team’s time if the project is killed prior to completion? To answer the question, you have to consider when the decision
In what ways, if any, would TPM, APF, and xPM projects affect your project portfolio management process? Be specific.LO4
What criteria (time, cost, value, and so on) must a sequence of activities meet in order to qualify as a project for the portfolio?LO4
What types of data will you need in order to evaluate, prioritize, and select projects for the portfolio?LO4
Given that your PSO is going to support all three types of project management methodologies presented in this book, what advice would you offer about organizational structure, staffing, and functions
Senior management will always ask what business value they will realize from the PSO. How would you measure the return on investment for your PSO?LO6
Traditional project management 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 the
Identify a business process in your organization with which you are familiar and can envision the need for change. Create the As Is and To Be business process flow. In describing the To Be business
Define the As Is and To Be business process flow diagrams for PDQ. You will have to make some assumptions. Just state them in your response.LO3
The Level 1 WBS for the Pleasantown Case Study consists of the following:1.0 Set up administration 2.0 Promote playground 3.0 Recruit volunteers 4.0 Raise funds 5.0 Design playground 6.0 Acquire
The PDQ System consists of four subsystems:◆ Pizza Factory Locator System◆ Order Entry System◆ Routing and Scheduling System◆ Inventory Control System Given those subsystems, answer the
You completed part of the WBS in the last chapter. Try your hand at estimating duration, cost, and resource requirements for that part of the WBS.Please state any assumptions you have to make in
Complete the Pleasantown WBS started in Chapter 4 and construct the project network diagram. Calculate the ES, LF, and critical path. If the project is not completed by the Labor Day deadline,
Discuss the concept of the work package as an insurance policy. How is it an insurance policy, and what might it contain that would make it an insurance policy?LO2
You have already done a WBS and built the project schedule. As the project manager on this project, what assumptions have you made about resources that will give you a good chance to bring this
What are the advantages and disadvantages of holding a JPP session on-site versus off-site?LO4
Using the framework established in this chapter, set up the agenda and details for the Joint Project Planning Session for the Pleasantown Playground Project.LO4
Identify projects from your past experience that would have benefited from each of the three multiple-team team structures. State your reasons why and describe any concerns that you would have had to
For the Pleasantown Playground Project, what team structures would you choose and why?LO5
What are the advantages and disadvantages of confirming the accuracy of status reports filed by your team members?LO4
Who are the people that you need to hear from to determine whether they are satisfied with your progress on this project?LO4
How will you get information from your team and distribute it to the other stakeholders for this project?LO4
Can you suggest a cost/benefit approach to selling management on the value of the post-implementation audit? Be specific.LO3
How will you know when the Pleasantown Playground Project is finished?Did you write some sort of contract with the sponsor at the beginning to ensure that everyone was on the same page as to the
You are a senior project manager in your company. You have 15 years’experience with them and a solid reputation for delivering successful projects. What might you do, acting on your own, to get
Under your leadership, your organization has spent considerable effort to adopt a traditional approach to project management. It has reached maturity level three — that is, there are fully
You are a senior project manager in your company. You have 15 years of experience with them and a solid reputation for delivering successful projects. What might you, acting on your own, do to get
Generate the RBS for the PDQ factory location software application. Comment on the missing or partially defined functions and features. In generating the RBS, consider such questions as the number of
Identify projects from your experiences that you would classify as Q1, Q2, and Q3 projects. Explain your choices. LO1
Identify the points in the project management life cycle where clientinvolvement is needed. What specific action would you take as projectmanager to ensure that involvement?LO2
Where in the five-phase life cycle of a project do you think the most failuresoccur? Defend your answer.LO2
You are the project manager of a caveman group going out to huntmastodons. Describe your efforts at risk mitigation.LO2
For each of the project management approaches identify a project fromyour experience that seems to be a good fit. Explain your choices.LO2
Referring to the PDQ Case Study, what project management approach orapproaches would you use for each of the subsystems? Defend your choice.LO2
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of using a high-tech versus a low-tech approach in this phase of the project. Discuss your findings. Does either approach win out over the other? In
Clearly, this phase is very dependent upon the people on your team. APF gives team members great discretion in completing their work. If you were managing an APF project, how would you balance your

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