Question 1

Identify two objections commonly raised by marketing organizations against the early participation by engineering and manufacturing in the selling process to external customers. Explain how you would counter these objections.

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Question 2

A(n)__________ displays the organizational units responsible for each of the various work elements in the WBS.

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Question 3

Describe the general steps recommended by the authors for designing and using the WBS.

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Question 4

The __________ chart is a tree diagram used to represent a hierarchical plan.

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Question 5

Why is it important for a project manager to consider risks associated with the project's external environment?

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Question 6

The __________ is a graph showing how a statistic is changing over time compared to its average and selected control limits.

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Question 7

Briefly describe the six processes for risk management identified in the PMBOK Guidelines.

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Question 8

Compare the risk response planning techniques for threats and opportunities.

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Question 9

List the seven subprocesses of project risk management.

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Question 10

During initial project planning, activities are identified and sorted. In completing this process, each level in the hierarchy should limit the number of activities to a range between __________.

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Question 11

A __________ must be submitted for any changes requested after the project plan has been approved.

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Question 12

The physical items to be delivered from a project are called __________.

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Question 13

The set of physical elements required to build a project is called the __________.

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Question 14

Identify four important outcomes associated with the project launch meeting.

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Question 15

__________is an approach that breaks the planning task down into the activities that must be done in each managerial level of the organization. Typically, the upper level sets the objectives for the next lower level.

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Question 16

The major tool that a project manager uses during the planning phase is called the __________.

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Question 17

According to the authors, the task of risk identification will be horrendous if the risk management system has no memory. Discuss the important elements of a risk management system that would compensate for alack of memory by the organization.

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Question 18

The __________ provides a description of a task that defines all the work required to accomplish it, including inputs and desired outputs.

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Question 19

__________ is a measure of project progress frequently related to the planned cost of tasks accomplished.

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Quiz 6: Project Activity Planning