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Prior to completing the assignment, be sure to
review the selected MS Project tutorial videos
located in Week 2 of the Blackboard online course.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you
summarize your thoughts on Microsoft Project:
1. Give your opinion on how easy or difficult MS
Project seems to be from a user experience
standpoint.
2. Suggest at least two (2) challenges you foresee
in using MS Project in this course.
3. Describe why it is important to use a tool like MS
Project instead of using other tools (e.g., MS Word,
MS Excel) to manage and track your schedule.

4. Format your assignment according to the
following formatting requirements:
o Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman
font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
o Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover
page is not included in the required page length.

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Assignment 2
Project Proposal
Due Week 6 and worth 150 points
You have been selected to be the project manager
(for a project of your choice). The project you
choose here will be used again in Assignment 4
(Week 6) and you may be asked to reference this
project in subsequent weekly discussions. The
project that you decide to use should meet the key
criteria of a project, such as (a) having a beginning
and an end; (b) results in something being
delivered to someone; (c) requires a series of

activities that must be done to complete the
project; and (d) requires resources (e.g, people,
materials) to complete the work. The project can
be one of a personal or professional nature.
Write a two to three (3-4) page paper in which you
define the scope of your chosen project. In your
paper you must:
1. Provide a brief summary of your chosen project.
2. Describe at least three (3) project goals and
three (3) project objectives.
3. Identify the key customer(s) and at least two (2)
stakeholders for your project. Remember, you are
delivering the project to your customer(s);
however, there are others (stakeholders) who
have a vested interest in your project.
4. Describe at least three (3) key milestones and
/or deliverables for your project.
5. Describe a high-level timeline that includes key
tasks and deadlines.
6. Estimate the project’s overall cost and any key
staffing and non-staffing resources needed.
7. Examine your project’s greatest challenge and
provide a recommendation for addressing the
challenge in question.
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• Include a cover page containing the title of the

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Greendale Project ReDux
This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a project
schedule, and a written response. You must submit
both parts as separate files for the completion of
this assignment. Label each file name according to
the part of the assignment it is written for.
Part A: Project Schedule
(Submit as one [1] Microsoft Project file)
1. Create a multi-level work breakdown structure
(WBS) and detailed project schedule, using the

information from the “Greendale Stadium Case”
located at the end of Chapter 6, and incorporating
the following constraints.
Note: When you create your MS Project schedule,
you will need to update your project per the
following constraints:
o The project must consist of at least twenty (20)
tasks.
o Each task must have a start and finish date that
matches the duration noted in the assignment.
o Each task must be assigned to a resource (e.g.,
Demolishing Crew; Construction Crew;
Landscaping Crew).
o Assume that the crew works during normal
weekdays (no weekend work) under normal
conditions (8 hours per day).
o In terms of holidays, you can assume no work
will be done the following days: New Year’s Day,
President’s Day, Good Friday, Good Monday, Friday
before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, the business
day before Independence Day, Independence Day,
the Friday before Labor Day, Labor Day, the day
before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black
Friday (day after Thanksgiving), the business day
before Christmas, Christmas Day, the business day
after Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.
Part B: Written Response

(Submit as a Microsoft Word file)
1. Respond to the following questions in a one to
two (1-2) page paper based on your project
schedule.
o When will the project be completed?
o What is the critical path for the project?
o How much slack / float is in your project? What
activities have the greatest slack / float?
o Identify the top three (3) activities that you
believe could impact the project completion date.
o What additional activities you would add to this
project to make it more complete, from a project
management viewpoint?
Format your assignment according to the
o Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman
o Include a cover page containing the title of the

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Project Schedule
This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a project
schedule, and a written response. You must submit
both parts as separate files for the completion of
this assignment. Label each file name according to
the part of the assignment it is written for.
Part A: Project Schedule
(Submit as one [1] Microsoft Project file)
1. In Assignment 2, Launch of African Print Bags,
you developed a project plan. Now, using the
information from your project proposal, create a

multi-level work breakdown structure (WBS) and
detailed project schedule. Your project must
include the following criteria:
• The project must consist of at least twenty-five
(25) tasks.
• Each task must contain a start date, a finish date,
and have main staffing and non-staffing resources
assigned.
• Assume that your work activities are completed
during normal weekdays (no weekend work)
under normal conditions (8 hours per day).
• In terms of holidays, you can assume no work
will be done the following days: New Year's Day,
President's Day, Good Friday, Good Monday,
Friday before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, the
business day before Independence Day,
Independence Day, the Friday before Labor Day,
Labor Day, the day before Thanksgiving Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday (day after
Thanksgiving), the business day before Christmas,
Christmas Day, the business day after Christmas
Day, and New Year's Eve.
Part B: Written Response
(Submit as a Microsoft Word file)
Write a one to two (1-2) page response in which
you:

1. Analyze your project in terms of project
completion, critical path, and slack / float.
Specifically, be sure to answer the following:
• When will the project be completed?
• What is the critical path for the project?
• How much slack / float is in your project? What
activities have the greatest slack / float?
2. Summarize the recommendations or
improvements you would make to your project
schedule. Specifically, be sure to answer the
following:
• Identify the top three (3) activities that you
believe could impact the project completion date.
• What additional activities would you add to this
project to make it more complete, from a project
management viewpoint?
• Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman
• Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the student's name, the professor's
Grading for this assignment will be based on
answer quality, logic/organization of the paper,

and language and writing skills, using the
following rubric.

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• Question 1 Most of the scheduling methods
available today require the project manager to
classify the project as either _______ constrained or
______ constrained.
• Question 2 In reviewing the status of her project
with top management, Shirley was told that there
are only two programmers that she can use for her
project. Her project is classified as __________
constrained.
• Question 3 Gene is trying to order the concrete
needed to continue his project. However, the
supplier will not be able to deliver it until next
week. This is an example of what kind of resource
constraint?
• Question 4 Resources are adequate, but demand
varies widely over the life of the project. Delaying

noncritical activities to lower peak demand on
resources is known as resource
• Question 5 All resource leveling techniques
involve
• Question 6 When a company will reduce the
number of projects they have to manage internally
to only core projects and send noncritical projects
to contractors and consulting firms this is called
• Question 7 Tony has realized that two activities
in his project cannot be done at the same time
because not enough resources are available.
Activity 3 is critical and has a duration of 5 days.
Activity 4 has 2 days of slack and a duration of 2
days. How will he decide which activity should be
scheduled first?
• Question 8 Which of the following is NOT a
potential consequence of failing to identify limited
resources before project implementation?
• Question 9 In a Project Cost-Duration Graph,
total project costs are a sum of
• Question 1 0 The direct cost for completing an
activity in the shortest time it can realistically be
completed in is called its __________ cost.
• Question 11 Which of the following projects
would be least benefited if additional resources
were added?
• Question 12 It is going to cost $80,000 a day

simply to house and feed a construction crew in
the farthest reaches of northern Alaska. This
would be an example of a situation requiring
reducing the project duration due to
• Question 13 Which of the following is NOT
considered a project indirect cost?
• Question 14 When reducing project duration, the
duration for a project that is optimal is at the point
where
• Question 15 Before crashing, direct costs for an
activity represent normal costs, which typically
mean low-cost, efficient methods for completing
the activity in a(n) ________ amount of time.
• Question 16 The shortest possible time an
activity can be completed realistically is called
___¬¬¬_____ time.
• Question 17 The attempt to recognize and
manage potential and unforeseen trouble spots
that may occur when a project is implemented is
known as
• Question 18 The cost impact of a risk event
occurring as a project proceeds through its life
cycle tends to
• Question 19 An uncertain event or condition
that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on
project objectives is termed a
• Question 20 Organizations use __________ in

conjunction with work breakdown structures to
help management teams identify and eventually
analyze risk.
• Question 21 Which of the following is NOT one of
the steps in the risk management process?
• Question 22 The risk management tool that is
divided into three color-coded zones representing
major, moderate, and minor risks is the risk
• Question 23 _______________ focuses on how to
respond to events that have a positive impact on a
project.
• Question 24 Risks that can result in a system or
process that will not work are known as
• Question 25 Tools such as a risk assessment
form and a risk severity matrix are used to
Set 2
• Question 1 Ed is looking over the actual results
of projects and comparing them to what was
estimated. He notices that the projects that took
six months or longer to complete were noticeably
more off the estimates. Which of the following
factors is he recognizing?
• Question 2 The salary of the project manager
would be an example of what type of cost found in
a project?
• Question 3 Which of the following does NOT help

describe a bottom-up estimating approach?
• Question 4 Which of the following would best
represent direct project costs?
• Question 5 Accounting would be an example of
which of the following costs typically found in a
project?
• Question 6 Which of the following is a good
condition for top-down estimating?
• Question 7 Which of the following methods is
NOT considered a top-down approach to
estimating project time and cost?
• Question 8 Which of the following top-down
methods is used when projects closely follow past
projects in regard to features and costs of those
features, and result in costs being assigned by
percentages to major segments of the project?
• Question 9 What is the relationship between
organizational culture and estimating?
• Question 10 Refining estimates may be
necessary for a number of reasons. For example,
people working on prototype development
needing time to interact with the design engineers
after the design is completed is a good example of
• Question 11 Which of the following describes the
consensus method?
• Question 12 Rob is responsible for estimating a
work package that has a significant amount of

uncertainty associated with the time and cost to
complete. Due to the uncertainty involved he will
be making a low, an average and a high estimate.
Rob is using which estimating approach?
• Question 13 Companies are using which of the
following for improving the estimating process for
future projects?
• Question 14 Tom is responsible for ordering
hardware for a custom home his company is
building. The contractor installing the hardware is
scheduled to start in 5 working days, but the
hardware is on backorder and will not arrive for
another 9 working days. Fortunately, Tom has 10
days of slack; however, he shares this slack with
the hardware installer. He will have to let the
contactor know that the hardware will be ready 4
days later than expected and that the slack for the
installer has been reduced by 4 days. Tom and the
installer share 10 days of
• Question 15 Which of the following correctly
calculates the late start for an activity?
• Question 16 System documentation cannot end
until three days after testing has started. This is an
example of which kind of lag?
• Question 17 If testing cannot be completed any
earlier than four days after the prototype has been
built, what type of lag exists?

• Question 18 Which of the following does NOT
help describe a project network?
• Question 19 Information to develop a project
network is collected from the
• Question 20 ________ activities are to be completed
immediately following a particular activity.
• Question 21 A(n) _________ activity has more than
one dependency arrow flowing from it.
• Question 22 The likelihood the original critical
path(s) will change once the project is initiated is
referred to as
• Question 23 A sequence of connected, dependent
activities is termed a(n)
• Question 24 The critical path in a project
network is the
calculates the early finish for an activity?

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• Question 1 Which of the following is used at
Hewlett-Packard for building relationships with
key players that will determine a project's
success?
• Question 2 One difference between project
management and project leadership is that project
management includes
the aspects of leading by example?
• Question 4 In terms of commonly traded
organizational currencies, sharing tasks that
increase someone's skills and abilities and letting
others have ownership and influence are examples
of _______-related currencies.

• Question 5 The closest relationships in a project
network of relationships are between the project
manager and
• Question 6 The key to exercising influence is
• Question 7 Which of the following would be
defined as the ability or skill to perceive, assess
and manage the emotions of one's self and others?
• Question 8 How can a project manager support
and encourage functional conflict?
• Question 9 Researchers have found that high-
performance teams have norms for team
interaction. Which of the following is NOT one of
those norms?
• Question 10 Establishing a team identity is
facilitated by
the tips for alleviating communication problems of
virtual teams?
• Question 12 Experience and research indicate
that high-performance project teams are much
more likely to develop under all the following
conditions EXCEPT
• Question 13 The first project meeting is critical
to the early functioning of the project team. Which
of the following is NOT true regarding this
meeting?
• Question 14 Each retrospective is assigned a(n)

_________, typically a team member who is very
interested in and familiar with the retrospective.
This individual will serve as the contact point for
anyone needing information relating to the
retrospective.
• Question 15 When the project may be completed
early with some parts of the project eliminated
this is considered to be ___________ closure.
• Question 16 Performance appraisals generally
fulfill two functions. The first is to identify
individual strengths and weaknesses and to
develop action plans for improving performance.
The second involves salary or merit adjustments.
Why should these two functions be addressed at
different times?
• Question 17 It is imperative that the closure
facilitator possess the following characteristics
EXCEPT
• Question 18 This type of closure occurs when the
project may never seem to end. At some point the
review group should recommend methods for
bringing final closure to this type of project. This is
considered to be ___________ closure.
• Question 19 Which of the following summarizes
project performance and provides useful
information for continuous improvement?
• Question 20 Which of the following methods of

variance analysis is the best indicator of how far
off the budget a project will be at completion?
• Question 21 When someone familiar with each
task estimates what percent of the task has been
completed or how much of the task remains, they
are creating a method for assigning costs to the
baseline called the
• Question 22 The third step in the project control
process for measuring and evaluating project
performance is to
• Question 23 Of the following costs, which are
NOT included in baseline?
• Question 24 Nancy tells her supervisor that as of
right now, $1.05 worth of work has been
accomplished for each $1 worth of scheduled
work. Nancy got this information from viewing the
• Question 25 Jessica just received the following
information on her project: PV = 200, EV = 300, AC
= 250, BAC = 1500, EAC = 1208. In terms of cost at
completion.
Set 2
• Question 1 Which part of the final report
highlights the key findings and facts relating to the
project implementation?
• Question 2 It is imperative that the closure
facilitator possess the following characteristics

EXCEPT
• Question 3 The typical mechanism for the
evaluation of teams is normally
• Question 4 Which part of the final report
examines in detail the underlying causes of
problems, issues, and successes relative to the
project and includes concise, factual review
statements of the project?
• Question 5 The process for capturing lessons
learned continues to evolve, but there are still
many barriers to effectively capitalizing on lessons
learned that have been identified. The following
are examples of these barriers EXCEPT
• Question 6 The following are distinguishing
characteristics of retrospectives methodology
EXCEPT
• Question 7 A ___________ Gantt chart is a simple
and effective way to depict progress on a project.
• Question 8 The earned value system starts with
the time-phased costs that provide the project
baseline, which is called the
• Question 9 The indicator that tells you the
amount each remaining dollar must earn in order
for the project to stay within budget is the
• Question 10 Nancy tells her supervisor that as of
right now, $1.05 worth of work has been
accomplished for each $1 worth of scheduled

work. Nancy got this information from viewing the
• Question 11 The first step in the project control
process for measuring and evaluating project
performance is to
• Question 12 The cost variance for a project is
calculated by
• Question 13 During which stage of team
development do close relationships develop and
the group demonstrates cohesiveness?
• Question 14 The first step in facilitating group
decision making is to
• Question 15 During the delivery phase of a
project's life cycle, the most significant source of
conflict is
• Question 16 Which of the following would be an
appropriate situation to require facilitating group
decision making?
• Question 17 During which stage of team
development do team members establish ground
rules and try to find out what behaviors are
acceptable and what performance expectations
are?
• Question 18 When recruiting project team
members, which of the following factors is NOT
something a project manager might consider?
• Question 19 Which of the following would be
defined as the ability to lead and manage yourself

by establishing a sense for who you are, what you
stand for and how you should behave?
the aspects of leading by example?
• Question 21 The closest relationships in a
project network of relationships are between the
project manager and
• Question 22 Stakeholders such as human
resources, information systems, purchasing
agents, and
• Question 23 Research consistently points out
that project success is strongly affected by the
degree to which a project has the support of top
management. The following are ways a project
manager can manage upward relationships
EXCEPT
• Question 24 When managing stakeholders, a
project manager should
• Question 25 A well-defined project that
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• Question 1 Which of the following combinations
represents the extremes of project organization?
• Question 2 All of the following are organizational
considerations when determining the right project
management structure EXCEPT
• Question 3 Which of the following is a
disadvantage of a projectized organization?
• Question 4 All of the following are disadvantages
of organizing projects within a matrix
arrangement EXCEPT
• Question 5 In which of the following is the
balance of authority strongly in favor of the
functional managers?
• Question 6 Corporate downsizing has increased

the trend toward
• Question 7 Which of the following activities is
the best example of a project?
• Question 8 In the _____________ stage of the project
life cycle you are more likely to find status reports,
changes, and the creation of forecasts.
• Question 9 Project governance does NOT
include
• Question 10 Which of these is NOT part of the
"sociocultural dimension" of project
management?
NOT considered a project?
• Question 12 Which of these is NOT part of the
"technical dimension" of project management?
example of a program?
• Question 14 Which of the following is typically
the responsibility of a project manager?
• Question 15 Which of the following is NOT true
about project management?
• Question 16 There are 5 steps involved when
defining a project; which of the following is the
first?
• Question 17 After reviewing the project scope
statement, the owner specifies that costs MUST
stay within $400,000. This criterion is classified as

• Question 18 The ability of a 911 emergency
system to identify the caller's phone number and
location is considered to be a
• Question 19 The _________ is used to assist in
making project trade-offs among schedule, budget,
and performance objectives.
• Question 20 All of the following are ways the
WBS helps in managing projects EXCEPT
• Question 21 All of the following are usually
included in a work package EXCEPT
• Question 22 "To construct a high-quality, custom
home within five months at costs not to exceed
$150,000" is best classified as
second?
• Question 24 Jose is looking at a document that
outlines the specific deliverables and sub
deliverables required to complete the writing of a
technical support manual. He is most likely
viewing
• Question 25 The lowest element in the
hierarchical breakdown of the WBS is
Set 2
• Question 1 Bill is working on a project involving
the upgrading of a management information

system. The project is being managed by the
information systems department with the
coordination of other departments occurring
through normal channels. He is working in a
_________ organization.
• Question 2 _________ organization is a hybrid form
in which a horizontal project management
structure is "overlaid" in the normal functional
hierarchy.
• Question 3 Which of the following is a
disadvantage of a projectized organization?
• Question 4 All of the following are disadvantages
of organizing projects within a matrix
arrangement EXCEPT
• Question 5 Which of the following is an
advantage of a functional project management
organization?
• Question 6 One of the primary jobs of a project
manager is to manage the trade-offs associated
with the project. Which of the following is NOT one
of the basic classifications of project priorities?
• Question 7 When work packages are integrated
with organizational units, a control point is
last?
• Question 9 The first step of project scope

definition is to
• Question 10 The project scope statement
indicates that the client is responsible for training
the people who will be using the equipment and
that the project team will train the client's
trainers. This is
• Question 11 An expected output over the life of a
project would be classified as
• Question 12 The _________ is used to assist in
making project trade-offs among schedule, budget,
and performance objectives.
• Question 13 After reviewing the project scope
statement, the owner specifies that costs MUST
stay within $400,000. This criterion is classified as
• Question 14 If a project is small and does not
require an elaborate system to assign tasks, which
of the following is a good choice?
• Question 15 Scott has just been given a project
that has a specific completion date. After a
discussion with top management he finds that
while the date is important the cost is more
important and a slip in delivery would be
acceptable if required to meet the cost targets. The
completion date is best classified as
• Question 16 A professional organization for
project management specialists is the
• Question 17 A series of coordinated, related,

multiple projects that continue over an extended
time period and are intended to achieve a goal is
known as a
• Question 18 Project management is ideally suited
for a business environment requiring all of the
following EXCEPT
• Question 19 Which of the following is typically
the responsibility of a project manager?
• Question 20 Which of the following is NOT a
reason why project management has become a
standard way of doing business?
NOT considered a project?
• Question 22 In the _____________ stage of the project
life cycle project the product is delivered
• Question 23 Which of the following represents
the correct order of stages within the project life
cycle?
the driving forces behind the increasing demand
for project management?
• Question 25 Two dimensions within the project
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the recommended guidelines for developing useful
work package estimates? .
• Question 2 Janet is forecasting how much money
her department needs to support a new project.
She estimates that two people and $25,000 in
expenses will cover her needs. Because
management typically insists on reducing
forecasts by 20 percent, she increases her
estimates to allow for that reduction. Which of the
following factors is illustrated in this situation?

• Question 4 Refining estimates may be necessary
for a number of reasons. For example, resource
shortages, in the form of people, equipment, or
materials, can extend original estimates. This is a
good example of
• Question 5 Refining estimates may be necessary
for a number of reasons. For example, a manager
getting further into a project and obtaining a
better understanding of what needs to be done to
accomplish a project and meet the needs of the
customer is an example of
• Question 6 Which of the following is NOT true in
regard to the level of detail estimates should
contain?
• Question 7 Jose is forecasting project time and
cost for constructing a new building by multiplying
the total square footage by a given dollar amount.
Which of the following methods is he using?
• Question 8 The bottom-up approach for
estimating times and costs that uses costs from
past projects that were similar to the current
project is known as

the bottom-up approaches to estimating project
time and cost?
• Question 10 Richard is collecting estimates for a
house that he will have the funding to build in 12
months. Which of the following factors does
Richard need to consider in regard to the quality
of these estimates?
condition for bottom-up estimating?
• Question 14 Tom is responsible for ordering
hardware for a custom home his company is
building. The contractor installing the hardware is
scheduled to start in 5 working days, but the
hardware is on backorder and will not arrive for
another 9 working days. Fortunately, Tom has 10
days of slack; however, he shares this slack with

the hardware installer. He will have to let the
contactor know that the hardware will be ready 4
days later than expected and that the slack for the
installer has been reduced by 4 days. Tom and the
installer share 10 days of
• Question 15 System documentation cannot end
until three days after testing has started. This is an
example of which kind of lag?
• Question 16 Which of the following will correctly
calculate the total slack in an activity?
the basic rules to follow when developing project
networks?
• Question 18 When translated into a project
network, a work package will become
• Question 19 Bill is building a project network
that involves testing a prototype. He must design
the prototype (activity 1), build the prototype
(activity 2), and test the prototype (activity 3).
Activity 1 is the predecessor for activity 2 and
activity 2 is the predecessor for activity 3. If the
prototype fails testing, Bill must redesign the
prototype; therefore, activity 3 is a predecessor for
activity 1. This is an example of

calculates the late start for an activity?
• Question 21 ________ activities must be completed
immediately before a particular activity.
• Question 22 The backward pass in project
network calculations determines all of the
following EXCEPT
• Question 23 The critical path in a project
network is the
calculates the early finish for an activity?
• Question 25 If a project has more than one
activity that can begin when the project is to start,
a common start node should be used to indicate a
clear project beginning on the network. Without a
common start node, each path is a
Set 2
• Question 1 The likelihood the original critical
path(s) will change once the project is initiated is
referred to as
• Question 2 Bill is building a project network that
involves testing a prototype. He must design the
prototype (activity 1), build the prototype (activity

2), and test the prototype (activity 3). Activity 1 is
the predecessor for activity 2 and activity 2 is the
predecessor for activity 3. If the prototype fails
testing, Bill must redesign the prototype;
therefore, activity 3 is a predecessor for activity 1.
This is an example of
• Question 3 The assumption that all immediate
preceding activities must be 100% complete is too
restrictive in some situations. When an activity is
broken down into smaller segments in order to
start the succeeding activity sooner, this is called
• Question 4 The minimum amount of time a
dependent activity must be delayed to begin or
end is referred to as
• Question 5 Which of the following represents an
activity on an activity-on-node (AON) project
network?
• Question 6 ________ activities must be completed
immediately before a particular activity.
• Question 7 If, for some reason, the project must
be expedited to meet an earlier date, which of the
following actions would the project manager take
first?

• Question 8 Which of the following can be used
without coordinating with managers of succeeding
activities?
• Question 9 An activity that has more than one
dependency arrow flowing into it is termed a(n)
• Question 10 A(n) _________ activity has more than
one dependency arrow flowing from it.
• Question 11 Which of the following does NOT
help describe a project network?
• Question 12 Arrows on an activity-on-node
(AON) project network represent
• Question 13 Companies are using which of the
following for improving the estimating process for
future projects?
• Question 14 Which of the following describes the
consensus method?
• Question 15 The process of forecasting or
approximating the time and cost of completing
project deliverables is called

condition for top-down estimating?
• Question 18 In practice, estimating processes
are frequently classified as
people working on prototype development
needing time to interact with the design engineers
after the design is completed is a good example of
resource shortages, in the form of people,
equipment, or materials, can extend original
estimates. This is a good example of
• Question 21 Which of the following is NOT true
in regard to the level of detail estimates should
contain?

• Question 23 Rob is responsible for estimating a
work package that has a significant amount of
uncertainty associated with the time and cost to
complete. Due to the uncertainty involved he will
be making a low, an average and a high estimate.
Rob is using which estimating approach?
• Question 25 The bottom-up approach for
estimating times and costs that uses costs from
past projects that were similar to the current
project is known as

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Week 1 Discussion: You as a Project Manager Many
of you may believe that you have never worked in
project management, but in reality, most of you
have already at some point in your life. Think back
to a time when you organized a key event (e.g.,
birthday parties, weddings, yard projects, house
renovations, family vacations, projects at work)
which meets the definition of a project.
Describe the event you planned.
Summarize the things that went well and / or
things that went wrong.
Be sure to reference some of the key skills covered
from the chapter.

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Week 2: You have been hired to lead a project (the
project of your choice). As the project manager,
you know it is important to get the project off to a
good start. Using the tools provided in the
required readings, provide a quick summary of
your project, including the scope and objectives of
your project. Be sure to include a high-level WBS
for your project.

Week 3: Last week, you were given the mantles
of a project. You have properly defined your
project. Now, it is time to estimate your budget.
Using the information covered in the required
readings, describe the budget you will need to
support your project as well as how long it will
take to complete it (using the materials we
covered this week).

Week 4: You have added some new staff to your
project team. They have very little understanding
of your project and you don’t have a lot of time to
educate them on the project’s specifics. Using the
tools provided in Online Lecture 1, describe how
you plan to get your new staff members up to
speed on your project.

Week 5 You are now deciding on resources for a
project team. You have a choice to staff a team
of resources who will be dedicated (or allocated)
100% to the project, or staff a team of resources
who will be dedicated (or allocated) part time to
your project; however, they will dedicate 100% to
the activities you assigned them. Using
information from the readings, which set of
resources will you choose? Or, will you choose a
combination of both? Why?

Week 6 You are ready to move forward with your
project, but you realize you have not done a good
job in identifying risks for your project. Using
information that you learned from both online
lectures, describe a key risk (either one that is
technical, external, or organizational) that could
impact your project. Then, recommend a risk
response for it.

Week 7 Your business sponsor and customer are
impressed with your project schedule, but due to
some factors out of your / their control, you’ve
been told to deliver your project early. Using the
information from the readings, explain how you
would go about assessing the possibility of
delivering your project early. How will that affect
scope, costs, and schedule?

Week 8 Your business sponsor and customer
informed you that you have to deliver your project
much sooner than anticipated. When you break
the news to your team, they are not happy with the
decision for they are concerned that the project
will now fail. Using the information you learned
from readings, what can you do as a leader to
ensure your project team that this is the right
thing to do? What will you do to motivate them?

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Week 9 Educating Your Business Sponsor on EVM
Your business sponsor is not familiar with earned
value management (EVM). You have been asked to
provide him with a quick overview of EVM. Using
the information covered in the online readings,
suggest the top three (3) EVM performance
measures you would educate your business
sponsor on. Provide a rationale for your selection
of topics

Week 10 You have now delivered the project to
your customer. Now, it is time to reflect on what
went well and what didn’t go so well. Based on
feedback throughout the course, what would you
have done differently in terms of scope, resources,
and / or schedule, and why?

Week 11 Suppose you have graduated from
Strayer University with your degree and you have
been working in the management field for at least
five (5) years. During your five (5) years, you have
worked on a variety of projects. Now, you are
thinking you are ready to pursue a certification in
project management, but you are not sure which
one to get. After visiting the PMI certification
website, you see several certification options.
Select the certification that would most interest
you and explain why you chose such a certification.

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