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Project Management Book Characteristics

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Who else, besides students studying project management, can benefit from the book according to the text?

Only beginning students
Only prospective project managers
Only senior managers
Senior managers, prospective project managers, and students (correct)

What characteristic of the book is highlighted in the text?

The focus on large engineering-oriented projects
Ignoring the importance of project initiation
Discussing risk and planning in a single section
Treating 'procurement' as a stand-alone issue (correct)

What is the main reason given for not confining the remarks in the book to large engineering-oriented projects?

Senior managers prefer small projects
Small projects require different tools and techniques (correct)
Beginning students focus on large projects
Large projects are more complex

What is suboptimization in project management?

Achieving the best within a function or area but at a cost to the larger whole (D) Signup and view all the answers

Where does project management actually begin?

With the initial concept for the project (D) Signup and view all the answers

How are work packages and tasks related in project management?

Work packages are sub-elements of tasks used to assign costs and values (D) Signup and view all the answers

What are some limitations of project management?

Inflexibility in responding to changes (D) Signup and view all the answers

How do programs, projects, tasks, and work packages differ?

Programs are broader than projects, which are broader than tasks, which are broader than work packages (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a common characteristic of project life cycles, similar to organic entities?

They resist closure (A) Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the interactions between projects within an organization?

They are common and often involve competition for resources (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a key feature of the project mentioned in the text at IT University of Copenhagen?

It aimed to improve traveler-tracking using Bluetooth signals (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a typical trajectory of project growth described in the text?

A slow start, peak, decline, and eventual closure by a due date (C) Signup and view all the answers

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