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Basic Concepts of Project Management

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Project Management is about balancing _____, ____, and ____ while achieving a final goal.
Time, Budget, and Quality.
The Theory of Project Management is based on these 5 Processes
Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling
The ______ _______ is achieved when a series of tasks are completed.
Project Goal
The 9 Knowledge Areas include:
Scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk management, and procurement & project integration.
The triple constraints involve:
Scope, Time, and Cost.
Every project must have a ___ ___ ____ ____.
Start and finish date.
A ____ is a specific action that needs to be completed in order to achieve the project goal. For example, if your goal is to remodel a kitchen (Project End Goal), one ____ might be "buy new appliances".
TASK
Each task has a ________, or an amount of time required to finish the task.
Duration
_________ are the people, equipment, or facilities (such as contractors, trucks, paint, etc.) that need to be assigned to a task in order to complete it.
Resources
A ___________ is a person or entity that may indirectly be affected by a project or holds a positive or negative interest in a project.
Stakeholder
The _______ _______ is the central person who runs the project and ensures the timely execution of the project plan.
Project Manager
_____ is all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them. A clear project goal will help communicate the _____ of the project.
Scope
_______ is the degree to which something meets an objective standard. Almost every project and task has implied _______ standards.
Quality
A _______ _________ is a task that marks a significant point in time or a progress checkpoint.
Project Milestone
One of the leading software tools in Project Management is:
MS Project
What was consider one of the first projects completed:
The Great Wall of China
Most people consider the _________ _______ to be the first project to use "modern" project and technical managers.
Manhattan Project
This is consider the authority in the formal study and profession of Project Management:
The Project Management Institute
The _____ chart is the most common view in MS Project.
GANTT
What pulls the project manager in opposing directions?
The Triple Constraint
Which of the following can be considered a project?
Losing 10lbs by June!
Which of the following criterion is key to recognizing that a set of tasks is a project?
The setting of a start and end date.
A project may require or involve:
Risk or uncertainty, a budget, Resources.
A stakeholder is
A person or entity that holds a positive interest in a project, may indirectly be affected by a project, and that holds a negative interest in a project.
A project to expand an airport in a city may have which of the following as a stakeholder with NEGATIVE interest:
The local residents of the city.
The formal study of Project Management involves the study of:
The nine knowledge areas.
The triple constraint is:
Factors that pull the project manager in opposing directions.
What is the authority in the formal study and profession of project management and offers certification in Project Management theory?
The Project Management Institute
Project Management Quality is:
The degree to which something meets an objective standard.
Which of the following is NOT considered a Project Management knowledge area
Aesthetic value
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