Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 19, Problem 12CQ
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To determine: Who has the correct opinion, whether project manager and consultant?
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All of the following are project management process groups except for which one?
a.
Initiating
b.
Monitoring and Controlling
c.
Implementing
d.
Planning
You are managing a large construction project that’s been broken down intosub-projects (or phases). Each of these sub-projects is scheduled to takebetween three and six months to complete. At the end of each sub-project,you plan to go through the closing processes and document lessons learned.Which of the following BEST describes what you must do at the beginning ofeach sub-project or phase?A. Develop the preliminary scope statement for the phaseB. Make sure you don’t involve the team, to avoid introducing too much projectmanagement overheadC. Use the Earned Value Technique to decide whether or not to finish the projectD. Release all resources from the project and contact sellers to renegotiate allcontracts
The ideal outcome of the planning process group is to complete a project successfully by delivering the agreed-upon project scope within time, cost, and quality constraints
Select one:
True
False
Initiating involves developing a project charter, which is part of the project ______ management knowledge area.
Select one:
a. scope
b. risk
c. communications
d. integration
Estimate activity resources output
Select one:
a. Activity list, activity attributes, milestone list, project
management plan updates
b. Project schedule network diagrams, project documents updates
c. Activity resource requirements, resource breakdown structure,
project documents updates
d. Schedule management plan
As time progresses, the scope of a project should become ...
Select one:
a. more clear and specific
b. more vague
c. more ambiguous
d. more difficult
Chapter 19 Solutions
Operations Management
Ch. 19 - A project has four activities that take 4, 3, 6,...Ch. 19 - Consider the simple dependency matrix shown in...Ch. 19 - Consider a project with two activities that are...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CQCh. 19 - Prob. 5CQCh. 19 - Prob. 6CQCh. 19 - Prob. 7CQCh. 19 - Prob. 8CQCh. 19 - Prob. 9CQCh. 19 - Prob. 10CQ
Ch. 19 - Consider two projects that have the same...Ch. 19 - Prob. 12CQCh. 19 - Prob. 13CQCh. 19 - Prob. 14CQCh. 19 - The key objectives of a project are given by a....Ch. 19 - Which of the following descriptions best captures...Ch. 19 - Prob. 1PACh. 19 - Prob. 2PACh. 19 - Prob. 3PACh. 19 - Prob. 4PACh. 19 - A project activity has an earliest completion time...Ch. 19 - What is the definition of the latest completion...Ch. 19 - Which of the following statements is correct with...Ch. 19 - A project consists of three tasks: A, B, and C....Ch. 19 - Prob. 9PACh. 19 - Prob. 10PACh. 19 - You manage a project with 10 activities....Ch. 19 - Which of the following activities is not part of...Ch. 19 - You have been asked by the CEO of your company to...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...
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