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Projects deliver the firm's strategy. - correct answer ✅True As long as a project management approach is followed, project success can be assured. - correct answer ✅False - Nothing can guarantee a successful project outcome. Projects transform visions into reality. - correct answer ✅True Projects today are characterized by higher levels of complexity and uncertainty. - correct answer ✅True In today's competitive environment, project management approaches must reflect the need for rapid product development. - correct answer ✅True
When the voice of the customer is reflected in the management of a project, we can say that the project is demand-driven. - correct answer ✅True While many projects fail to stay within their budget, they seldom fail to be delivered later than their due date. - correct answer ✅False - they not only fail to stay within budget but they are frequently delivered late. The definition of a project states that it had a definite beginning but not necessarily a definite end. - correct answer ✅False - it has both Projects can deliver ____________. - correct answer ✅Products, processes, and services A report is an example of a physical outcome. - correct answer ✅True The outcome of a project is also referred to as ______. - correct answer ✅Deliverable
Monitoring and controlling is associated with which of the following process groups? - correct answer ✅None of the above (Initiating, Planning, Closing) Which is the first process group in the traditional approach to project management? - correct answer ✅Initiating If you are sure of where you want to go and how to get there, which of the following project management approaches would be preferred? - correct answer ✅Predictive The ability to explicitly incorporate the concept of uncertainty is one of the shortcomings of a predictive approach. - correct answer ✅True There is only one way to implement Agile. - correct answer ✅False, another is called Adaptive Project Framework (APF)
Scrum is based on the word Scrumble. - correct answer ✅False, it is based on scrummage Lean Six Sigma and Scrum are different. - correct answer ✅True Lean Six Sigma focuses on efficiency and quality. - correct answer ✅True Scrum is primarily used in the software industry whereas Agile is used across many industries. - correct answer ✅False, Scrum is used across all industries. True Waterfall methodology places the customer in the driver's seat. - correct answer ✅False In Agile you plan as you go. - correct answer ✅True
Which of the following categories did the Standish group use to establish the success or failure of projects? - correct answer ✅Successful, Challenged, Failed Which of the following represent the percent of all projects that were successful as reported in the Standish report. - correct answer ✅36% According to the Standish report there is no difference in the success rate between Agile and traditional projects. - correct answer ✅False According to the Standish report more Agile projects fail than do Waterfall projects. - correct answer ✅False According to the Agile report which of the following represents the success rates of Agile projects? - correct answer ✅42%
While waterfall lacks the adaptability it does not lack flexibility. - correct answer ✅False, it lacks both. One of the reasons Agile is effective can be attributed to self- managed teams. - correct answer ✅True Based on the Standish report the assumption is that all failures can be eliminated by using the Agile approach. - correct answer ✅ Which of the following project management approaches dominated early efforts at managing projects? - correct answer ✅Waterfall The Waterfall approach follows a/an ____________________ sequence of steps or stages. - correct answer ✅Linear The Waterfall approach implies that the project often returns to earlier stages such as 'initiating' to assure that project goals are
A call center system is being designed. Customer calls must be answered within 30 seconds. This is an example of a ________________. - correct answer ✅requirement A Work Breakdown Structure can be described as a ____________________. - correct answer ✅inverted hierarchical chart Which of the following can be used to assign tasks to individuals? - correct answer ✅Work Breakdown Structure A Gantt chart is used to create a Work Breakdown chart. - correct answer ✅False, because activities need to be identified first, a Work Breakdown Chart precedes the creation of a Gantt Chart. A Gantt chart displays activities and project weeks. - correct answer ✅True A Gantt Chart does not permit the overlapping of activities. - correct answer ✅False
A well-designed project can avoid all risks. - correct answer ✅False, it is impossible to avoid all risks when planning a project. The fact that budgets, resource requirements, risks, and schedules are carefully defined at the beginning of a project is an advantage often attributed to the Waterfall approach. - correct answer ✅True While it is not always justified, the Waterfall approach does suggest that the project management team has confidence in the planning process and project outcome. - correct answer ✅True The Waterfall approach is never useful in large projects. - correct answer ✅False The Waterfall approach tends to focus on the customer more than it does on the stages in a project. - correct answer ✅False, it focuses on the process the project follows more than it does on the customer.
The scrum master is responsible for the product vision. - correct answer ✅False, the product owner is responsible for the product vision. The person most likely to receive praise or blame at the completion of a project is the ____________________. - correct answer ✅Product Owner The product owner is best classified as a coach. - correct answer ✅This is the role played by the scrum master. The product owner and scrum master engage with the development team over the life cycle of the project. - correct answer ✅True The composition of the development team requires that a person be assigned to take the role of manager. - correct answer ✅False, there is no manager on the team. It is self- directed.
Development teams must be large to assure that the work is completed on time. In general, team size must be greater than 20. - correct answer ✅False The product backlog and sprint backlog are classified as ______________. - correct answer ✅Artifacts The product backlog is a list of the features or requirements that the product must deliver. - correct answer ✅True In sprint planning the features described in the product backlog are decomposed into smaller units of work that will be assigned to the sprint backlog. - correct answer ✅True A product increment is the same as an item listed in the product backlog. - correct answer ✅False
The daily scrum is associated with which of the following? - correct answer ✅None of the above (Sprint Planning, Backlog Creation, Release Planning) The practices and procedures followed by scrum change from one project to another. - correct answer ✅False, they are the same, only the domain changes. Scrum begins with a vision. - correct answer ✅True The scrum master is responsible for delivering the vision. - correct answer ✅False, this is the responsibility of the product owner. The product backlog transforms the __________ into concrete features and requirements. - correct answer ✅vision
Sprint planning begins with the product backlog and divides the features and requirements into a set of _____________ for inclusion in the next sprint. - correct answer ✅manageable tasks All work assigned to a sprint must be completed within the timebox. - correct answer ✅True A timebox is between one to two months. - correct answer ✅False, one to four weeks Because tasks vary in size, it is unlikely that two timeboxes associated with a single project will be the same duration. - correct answer ✅False, all timeboxes must be the same duration. The sprint backlog includes all those features and requirements that will be assigned to the next sprint, - correct answer ✅True
During a sprint review, a potentially shippable product is examined and tested. - correct answer ✅True A sprint retrospective reflects on the process that has been followed not on the partially shippable product that the process delivers. - correct answer ✅True The Product Owner is only partially responsible for the project work that must be done. - correct answer ✅False, fully responsible The Product Owner, in conjunction with management, determines the Vision statement. - correct answer ✅True Vision statements are typically long so that they cover as much detail as necessary to deliver a successful product. - correct answer ✅False, they are typically short
The Vision statement shapes the scope of the project and thereby specifies what will and what will not be delivered. - correct answer ✅True The scope statement focuses primarily on customer wants, not needs. - correct answer ✅False, It focuses on needs, not wants. If the benefits of a project are $1,000 and the costs are $500, then the benefit-cost ratio is ___________. - correct answer ✅ 2 Benefit-cost ratios should be greater than 1 before a project proposal is approved. - correct answer ✅True Grooming involves adding, eliminating, or refining items in the Product Backlog. - correct answer ✅True