Project Management Fundamentals
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What are the primary constraints in project management?

  • Quality, budget, and stakeholders
  • Time, risk, and stakeholders
  • Scope, quality, and resources
  • Scope, time, and budget (correct)
  • How are projects different from business as usual (or operations)?

  • Projects do not aim to bring about beneficial change or added value
  • Projects are repetitive, permanent activities unlike operations
  • Projects have no constraints unlike business as usual
  • Projects are temporary and unique endeavors with a defined beginning and end (correct)
  • What is the primary objective of project management?

  • Reform the client's brief to suit the team's objectives
  • Produce a complete project that complies with the client's objectives (correct)
  • Minimize the allocation of necessary inputs
  • Maximize profits for the organization
  • How should the client's objectives influence decisions made by people involved in the project?

    <p>The client's objectives should influence all decisions made by other people involved in the project</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the secondary challenge in project management?

    <p>Optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key difference between projects and business as usual (or operations)?

    <p>The key difference is that projects are temporary and unique endeavors with a defined beginning and end, while business as usual (or operations) are repetitive, permanent, or semi-permanent functional activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of project management?

    <p>The purpose of project management is to lead a team to achieve project goals within given constraints and produce a complete project that complies with the client's objectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does project documentation contribute to project management?

    <p>Project documentation describes the information about the project, such as constraints, objectives, and client's brief, and is created at the beginning of the development process to guide the project management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the primary factors that project managers need to optimize in project management?

    <p>Project managers need to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives, while considering the constraints of scope, time, and budget.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important for project management objectives to be clearly established?

    <p>It is important for project management objectives to be clearly established so that they can influence all decisions made by other people involved in the project, to avoid detrimental decision-making.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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