1) Which of the following is not a purpose/benefit of preparing a R&D Project proposal?

a) Allow you to review and critically evaluate your current research program

b) To set up infrastructure and facilities for your laboratory

c) Convince yourself and others that your research is worth supporting

d) Keep you focused on your research program

e) Develop novel ideas during writing proposal

2)You are about to call together 300 stakeholders from around the country to participate in a week-long planning session for your year-bio-remediation device research project. The project sponsor stops you and suggests this is a waste of resources since there are many aspects of the later phases you know little about. You reply that:

A) He is right. You will use Rolling wave planning, inviting only stakeholders for the first two phases.

B) You must plan the entire project as best you can before you begin executing.

C) He is right. You should do as much of the planning yourself as possible, to avoid the time and expense of gathering stakeholders for a meeting.

D) It is important to get all the stakeholders together when initiating an effort like this to understand their needs and expectations and do team building activities.