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Project Management Weekly Challenge 6_Updating

 

Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project (W2)


1. As a project manager, you’re using the SMART criteria to craft goals for your team. During the process, you ask yourself if a goal is aligned to the organization or the company’s goals. Which SMART criteria does this question represent?

A: Relevant

2. Which of the following scenarios best represents a project that is going out-of-scope?

A: During the project weekly meeting, the project sponsor adds a new deliverable requirement that costs $10,000 USD. This addition surpasses the budget by $5,000 USD.

3. Consider this Office Green scenario: A member of the marketing team suggests allowing customers to choose from an additional three plant colors.

A:
- Create a plan for dealing with out-of-scope requests.
- Get clarity on project requirements.
- Make project plans visible.

4. Fill in the blank: Deliverables help project managers, team members, and stakeholders _____ and realize the impact of the project.

A: Quantify

5. Once a team launches a project, there’s still work to be done. Which of the following scenarios would occur in the landing phase? Select all that apply.

A:
- Check that forms and processes are collecting the necessary data to evaluate project success.
- Gather the project team to discuss what they learned during the project and how to improve the process.

6. Consider the following scenario: The Director of Product requests that the project manager do what they can to finish the project early. However, the Director also states that they cannot spend any additional funds.

Using the triple constraint model, what trade-off could the project manager use to meet the Director of Product’s request?

A: Change the project scope

7. Which of the following indicate whether a project manager accomplishes what they set out to do?

A: Success criteria

8. Which of the following is an adoption metric?

A: A 35% increase in first-time customers.

9. A project manager launches a project to streamline a local city's school bus route schedule to reduce the amount of time students are on the bus by 30%. What scenario below demonstrates that the project manager landed at the intended goal?

A: The project manager reviews the data in 3 months to determine if they reduced the amount of time students spend on the bus by at least 30%.

10. Suppose as a project manager you receive a request from a team member to change a process they believe will make their work more efficient. However, you know that the change may increase the workload for other team members and extend the project’s completion date. How do you best address this potential internal scope creep?

A: Remind the team that any process changes will change project scope and may create unknown risks for the project.

11. Fill in the blank: Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) combine both a goal and a _______ to determine a measurable outcome.

A: Metric



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