Being on or under budget
Meeting performance criteria
Being completed on time
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To reduce risk, a project should have which one of the following qualities.
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High Clarity
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An organization may convert from an old system to a new system by choosing to run both the old and new systems at the same time until the new system is fully accepted. This is known as __________.
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Parallel Conversion
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This development methodology is more traditional and more structured than other approaches.
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Software development life cycle (SDLC)
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Scope may be divided into product scope and __________ scope.
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project
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Which one of the following software products is NOT an open source software release?
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Microsoft Office
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What type of software is released under a license approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)?
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Open Source Software
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Increasing project success requires gaining commitment from stakeholders. All of the following help to sustain that commitment for the life of the project EXCEPT:
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Surprising the stakeholders by keeping the system's workings a secret
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If someone wants a system cheaply, quickly, and with a large scope, we can conclude:
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That desire represents the three sides of the Project Triangle.
This is normally not possible: you can usually only achieve two of those three objectives at a time.
Management might be providing an impossible goal.
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In today's hypercompetitive business environment, firms that have strong project management skills have a higher likelihood of success because they are able to:
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Adapt processes and systems and therefore innovate faster than their competitors.
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All of the following are indications that the project is successful EXCEPT:
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The project profits are high and last for a very short time period.
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A successful project begins with a ____________ that articulates the purpose and details of the project, benefits and costs, stakeholders, and required resources.
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business case
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This project cycle plan tends to be used for projects that have direct relationships between time and resources.
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CPM
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What is at the center of the project triangle?
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Quality
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The project triangle includes 3 sides - time, scope and ________.
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cost
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To help with organization and complexity, a project manager will break a project up into:
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Subprojects
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To maintain balance in a project with a fixed budget and a well-defined scope, a project team will require flexibility ________.
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with the deadline
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What does PMO stand for?
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Project Management Office
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Open source software _________.
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is free.
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The riskiest approach to system implementation is a parallel conversion.
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False. (Direct Cutover)
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This is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.
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Project
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This project cycle plan chart looks very much like a bar chart and is easy for management to read because of its visual nature.
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Gantt
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A system development life cycle
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Illustrates the steps needed to go from one stage to another: for example, analysis to design to construction to implementation to operation to maintenance.
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Which one of the following is NOT one of the four essential elements of any project?
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System evaluation
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