IT Proj Managament Questions
A. True/False/Fill-in-the-blanks Highlight your response
T/F. The question of What, Why and How can always be found in the Project Gantt Chart.
T/F. IT Outsourcing is trending down globally and not considered to be a critical factor in project management today
T/F. A requirements management plan should describe how requirements activities will be planned, tracked, and reported
T/F. You want to perform active risk acceptance, you should create contingency reserves in resources, money and time.
T/F. The Delphi technique is a quick and economical way to estimate the duration and cost of project activities.
B. Multiple Choices – Highlight true.
1. What is true for modern project management? Project managers need...
a) ... to have a strict standing in negotiating
b) ... to show experience in managing business partners
c) ... to be team players and facilitators instead of "bosses"
d) ... to be strongly linked to local traditions
2. Your project management team includes two external consultants each from a different company. You found that repeated conflicts between the two consultants already slow down project progress and jeopardize achievement of objectives. Which stage of team development can be difficult to overcome in such a situation?
a) Storming from Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
b) Panic from Enthusiasm, Panic, Hope, Solution
c) Kickoff from Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating
d) Frustration from Direction, Frustration, Cooperation, Collaboration
3. A document called ____________ is created by decomposing the project scope into smaller, more manageable elements.
Scope Statement
Network Logic Diagram
Work Breakdown Structure
Requested Change
C. Short and Concise Questions.
1. The discipline of Project Management for IT is based on some fundamental principles. Can you:
a. Name two principles that you learned
b. Describe any one of these principles, as published in literature
(300-400 words) **See attached discussion word document***
Select any single discussion thread out of Discussion Sessions 1-11. Review your selected thread to understand the theme of the discussion (among all participants), and then see if you can do a critical review of the central theme of the thread based on at least two current academic publications.
Note that the purpose of this question is not to summarize articles, but to demonstrate your ability to critically review discussions (that we had) in terms of some larger issue (s) of some interest to the community of interest to highlight the significance of the issue. Do not need to do long write ups, just demonstrate your ability to understand issues in larger context of the discipline (of your course) and not necessarily to write long reviews.
(300-400 words)
List and discuss the advantages of using project management processes when acquiring or developing an IT suite for your business. If no PM process is used, discuss the possible negative impacts or problems. Include answers to the questions: What is a project? What is project management? Plus, describe the relationship between scope, schedule, and budget when managing a project. Identify at least three risk factors with such a project, and describe ways to avoid or mitigate those risks. Avoid using quotes in your response, and demonstrate your grasp of the material by expanding on the basic material from the course texts and notes. Cite at least one ref source and list it in the References.
(300-400 words)
Our readings described effective approaches to communication for managing projects. Conduct a search in academic journals and trade publications for recent (within the past four years) examples or case studies of failed IT/IS projects and select a project in which poor communications played a major role in the failure. (Be sure to find a project event, and NOT an ongoing operational example such as a call center contract, maintenance work, or cloud services.) Briefly describe the project and the parties involved. Identify how communication was not effective and how the poor communication contributed to the project’s failure. Suggest how the project manager might have mitigated or avoided the causes of the project’s failure. Cite the reference source for your example or case and list as reference at the end of this exam.
