11–41 “Expecting trouble.” Good project managers know what type of trouble can occur at the various stages in the development of a project. The activities in the numbered list below indicate the various stages of a project. The lettered list that follows identifies major problems. For each project stage, select and list all of those problems that are applicable.

1. Request for proposal ___________________ 2. Submittal to customer __________________ 3. Contract award ________________________ 4. Design review meetings _________________ 5. Testing the product_____________________ 6. Customer acceptance ___________________

a. Engineering does not request

e. The project–functional interface manufacturing input for end-item definition is poor.

producibility.

f. Improper systems integration has

b. The work breakdown created conflicts and a structure is poorly defined. communications breakdown.

c. Customer does not fully realize the g. Several functional managers did impact that a technical change will not realize that they were have upon cost and schedule. responsible for certain risks.

d. Time and cost constraints are not h. The impact of design changes is compatible with the state of the art. not systematically evaluated.