1. The company you work for is starting a new project. Your boss has heard about agile and is excited to try it out on a project. She knows you had a project management course, so she wants your advice on how to approach this project and to help her determine if an agile approach is a good idea. When you talk to her, you explain that you need to know more about the particular project to determine if agile is appropriate. What questions would you ask her so that you can give her advice on how to approach this project?
2. What is a daily stand up meeting? What information is shared at these meetings?
3. What is a project audit and what is the purpose? When should they be conducted?
4. Define the phases/steps of the traditional (linear) project management life cycle - name each phase and describe the major activities that occur during each.
5. Suppose after completing estimates for all the lowest level activities (tasks) on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), you notice that every estimate exceeds 4 weeks. With activities (tasks) of this duration what negative issues could you face regarding performance monitoring? What about risk management issues? What changes could you make to the WBS to help avoid some of these negative issues?
6. Of the four 'creeps' which one do you consider the most important to manage to help ensure project success? Why? What steps can a project manager take to avoid it?