Deck 4: Visioning and Inventing

Question 1

The process of imagining how a project will be developed and progressed throughout its lifecycle, and how private advantage and public benefit will be combined in future value:

A) Future perfect thinking
B) Projecting
C) Narrating
D) Shaping

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In order to develop the project mission into a compelling narrative for the project that will motivate staff and suppliers and commit stakeholders, it is usually complemented with other materials that communicate the principles underpinning how the project will be done.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Matching
The project narrative can be communicated in various forms:
-Spoken forms

A) videos, pictures, PowerPoint packs
B) reports, business cases
C) talks, presentations

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Matching
The project narrative can be communicated in various forms:
-Visual forms

A) videos, pictures, PowerPoint packs
B) reports, business cases
C) talks, presentations

Question 5

Matching
The project narrative can be communicated in various forms:
-Written forms

A) videos, pictures, PowerPoint packs
B) reports, business cases
C) talks, presentations

Question 6

Matching
There could be distinguished different types of project narratives:
-Counter-narratives

A) Narratives that are about the what project managers tell the team in order to achieve shared understanding and commitment
B) Central to how leaders project under high levels of uncertainty; projecting involves trying to shape that unknowable future in alignment with the project mission
C) Narratives that offer resistance to, either implicitly or explicitly to dominant project narratives
D) Narratives that are not yet fully formed as project narratives are still competing for the attention of stakeholders

Question 7

Matching
There could be distinguished different types of project narratives:
-Project identity narratives

A) Narratives that are about the what project managers tell the team in order to achieve shared understanding and commitment
B) Central to how leaders project under high levels of uncertainty; projecting involves trying to shape that unknowable future in alignment with the project mission
C) Narratives that offer resistance to, either implicitly or explicitly to dominant project narratives
D) Narratives that are not yet fully formed as project narratives are still competing for the attention of stakeholders

Question 8

Matching
There could be distinguished different types of project narratives:
-Ante-narratives

A) Narratives that are about the what project managers tell the team in order to achieve shared understanding and commitment
B) Central to how leaders project under high levels of uncertainty; projecting involves trying to shape that unknowable future in alignment with the project mission
C) Narratives that offer resistance to, either implicitly or explicitly to dominant project narratives
D) Narratives that are not yet fully formed as project narratives are still competing for the attention of stakeholders

Question 9

Matching
There could be distinguished different types of project narratives:
-Reference narratives

A) Narratives that are about the what project managers tell the team in order to achieve shared understanding and commitment
B) Central to how leaders project under high levels of uncertainty; projecting involves trying to shape that unknowable future in alignment with the project mission
C) Narratives that offer resistance to, either implicitly or explicitly to dominant project narratives
D) Narratives that are not yet fully formed as project narratives are still competing for the attention of stakeholders

Question 10

Project image is conveyed internally to the project team and the supply chain whereas project identity is projected to external stakeholders such as investors, campaigners, and policymakers.

Question 11

Constructing a favourable project image narrative is of high importance as the inability to garner legitimacy and support of external stakeholders can affect the delivery of project outputs.

Question 12

Project narratives are temporal in nature so that they do change throughout a project lifecycle.

Question 13

A step change in best practice that could be a product, process and service new to the specific context, not necessarily to the world, that could be economic, environmental, or societal benefits for the owner and its stakeholders:

A) Innovating
B) Designing
C) Creating
D) Engaging

Question 14

Innovating on projects is fundamentally about problem-solving in order to deliver on the owner's project mission - the more complex that mission is, the more challenging that will be.

Question 15

The role in an organization in stimulating and promoting innovation in projects:

A) Owners.
B) Innovators
C) Facilitators
D) Innovation champions