Midterm Prep Questions PDF

# Midterm DRAFT v1 ## Page 1 1. Give 2 examples of projects and how each meets the characteristics of a project 2. What are the two main characteristics of a project? 3. What is an example of a Project? 4. What is a Retrospective? - Why is it important? 5. What is Tailoring? - Why is it imp...

# Midterm DRAFT v1 ## Page 1 1. Give 2 examples of projects and how each meets the characteristics of a project 2. What are the two main characteristics of a project? 3. What is an example of a Project? 4. What is a Retrospective? - Why is it important? 5. What is Tailoring? - Why is it important? 6. What is the point of a Project? (35) 7. What (3) ways projects create value? 8. What 2 types of Skills are helpful in managing / working on projects? 9. Provide an example of each and briefly describe ## Page 2 10. What is PMI? 11. What 2 certificates does PMI offer? 12. Briefly describe each certification and the main difference. 13. Describe the characteristics of a Mission Statement? 14. Describe the characteristics of a Vision Statement? 15. List 3 artifacts and briefly describe each. 16. What is the SWOT Method? And how is it helpful? 17. What is a program? 18. What are some advantages of working in programs? ## Page 3 19. What are stakeholders? - Stakeholders can be people,..., an... 20. How can stakeholders effect projects? 21. Provide a specific example on how stakeholders affect projects 22. What are the different steps in Stakeholder Engagement? 23. Briefly describe a few steps in the stakeholder engagement and how are they important? 24. What are the 2 types of communication methods used when communication Methods? 25. What are the two types of communication styles used when communicating with Stakeholders. 26. What are some communication artifacts used to communicate with Stakeholders? 27. What are some of the elements of a status report? ## Page 4 28. What is the purpose of a status report? 29. What are some of the elements of a team charter? 30. What is the purpose of a team charter? 31. The project flow includes...(Business Case, Mission/Visio...) 32. Why is the project flow important? 33. What is a project scope? 34. What are dependencies? 35. Name 3 Project Management Software 36. Provide some pros and cons of the software you are using ## Page 5 37. What are the project phases? 38. What are some characteristics of the Predictive approach? 39. What are some characteristics of the Hybrid approach? 40. What is the difference between Iterative and Incremental? 41. What are some characteristics of the Adaptive (Agile) approach? 42. What is the purpose of the definition of done? 43. List 3 ways to contribute to a project and describe each briefly