Quiz Initiating-Integration

You have a meeting tomorrow with your project sponsor to review and obtain approval of the charter of a project to install highly efficient processing equipment in a production facility. As you leave for the day, you mentally review the two documents that you will be bringing to the meeting. The two documents include the completed charter and a report detailing the business case of the project. You feel prepared. However, which type of analysis and planning have you forgotten to complete? which type of source document have you forgotten to complete?

An analysis and detailed plan defining how the benefits will be delivered, obtained, and measured
An analysis and plan for resolve risks, both known and unknown
An analysis and plan to manage the project scope and schedule
An analysis and plan for the project activities required

In response to significant competitive pressure and a recent history of projects that have failed to meet the return on investment projections, your company has released a directive defining that all projects be fully aligned with a set number of core objectives. Upon examination of the three projects that you are leading, you determine that one of your projects is not aligned with core objectives. This project was chartered and is sponsored by your Senior Director. Which of the following is the correct approach that you, as the project manager, should follow?

Continue executing the project as it has been chartered and has support of the Sponsor
Meet with the Sponsor and recommend that the project objectives be realigned to the core objectives.
Close the project and submit the required information to the sponsor and PMO
Adjust the project scope slightly so that the project is more in alignment with the core objectives

In creating the business case, the project manager along with the sponsor are determining the recurring cost of maintaining the research and development facility defined in the proposed project charter. Which of the following contains key information that is the most critical that the project manager and sponsor creating an accurate and beneficial business case document?

The complete project plan
The projected cost of both the project and maintaining the facility
The projected positive and negative impact of the project that will be perceived in the community
The key stakeholders that will be impacted by the project

Angela has newly been appointed as a project manager and has been assigned her first project. She would like to effectively use her power, influence, competence, leadership, and political capabilities to successfully complete the project. Which of the following best describes the most appropriate strategy she should first follow to maximize her effectiveness as a project manager?

She must spend significant time reviewing the technical foundations of project management
She must ensure that the team she obtains has sufficient training to complete the project work
She must spend a majority of her time developing a comprehensive project plan according to organizational practices
She should perform focused analysis to understand where responsibility, accountability, and authority reside within the organization

In creating the charter, the project manager evaluates factors both inside and outside your company and has identified multiple factors that may have an impact on how the project is structured and completed. Which the following is a project constraint?

Twenty percent employee turnover is expected
The technology to be used is cutting-edge
Project leadership may change due to the volatile political environment
The product is needed in 250 days

You work for a large airline manufacturer that is attempting to initiate a project that will utilize recent technological advances to upgrade the safety of the electrical system on their newest line of aircraft. The Director of Engineering captured the projected benefits of the project in the business case document and tasked you in drafting the project charter. After submitting the charter for review you are informed that the boundaries described in the charter and the business case are unaligned. What is the most appropriate action to take next?

Analyze both the business case and literature describing the technological advance driving the project, then recreate the business case and charter.
Study the merits of the technological breakthrough and alter either the business or the project charter as required
Alter the business case to align with the charter
Alter the charter to align with the business case

When approved, which document formally initiates a project?

Project scope statement
Project management plan
Project charter
Risk register

What document establishes a partnership between the performing and requesting organizations?

Project charter
Stakeholder register
Project management plan
Gantt chart

After a high-powered meeting to discuss the benefits of a project idea under consideration, the project’s sponsor approaches Jacob, who was proposed to be the project manager and requests him to begin with the project. The sponsor describes, at a high level, what the charter will contain. He alludes to the resources available for the project, the schedule constraints, and the budget available. The sponsor then directs Jacob to get a head start on the project while the charter is being developed. He suggests that Jacob start developing the project plan and get a small team working on quick win activities. Which of the following best describes what Jacob should do next?

Jacob should begin by identifying the project’s stakeholders and then gathering detailed requirements
Jacob should politely inform the Sponsor that project work should not proceed until the project charter is finalized and signed by the sponsor and he should volunteer to help finalize the charter.
Jacob should set up a meeting with the team, direct them to start completing activities, and then personally draft a project plan to submit to the sponsor.
Jacob should refuse to take the actions that the Sponsor defined and proceed only when the project assumptions and constraints have been identified and assessed.

In the last quarter of each fiscal year, your company requires that all future projects be evaluated prior to starting the chartering process. The evaluation process requires the submission of a projected cost-benefit analysis and a potential customer satisfaction impact summary. As you prepare to submit the information for your next project, what is the name of the document that you will submit to validate from a business standpoint whether your project is worth the required investment?

Business case
Cost baseline
Cost management plan
Schedule management plan

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