The Project Management and Information Technology Context Pt1

The Project Management and Information Technology Context True / False 1. Project managers should lead projects in isolation in order to truly serve the needs of the organization. a. True b. False False ANSWER: 2. Using a systems approach is critical to successful project management. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 3. Systems analysis addresses the business, technological, and organizational issues associated with creating, maintaining, and modifying a system. a. True b. False False ANSWER: 4. Project managers and their teams must keep in mind the effects of any project on the interests and needs of the entire system or organization instead of focusing on the immediate concerns of the project. a. True b. False True ANSWER: 5. When you separate business and organizational issues from project management planning, you do a better job of ensuring project success. a. True b. False False ANSWER: 6. According to the symbolic frame, the most important aspect of any event in an organization is not what actually happened, but what it means. a. True b. False True ANSWER: 7. Most colleges and universities have very strong functional organizations. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 8. An organization that uses a project organizational structure earns their revenue primarily from performing projects for other groups under contract. a. True b. False True ANSWER: 9. Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects. a. True b. False True ANSWER: 10. The project organizational structure is the most efficient choice for most IT projects. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 11. Most people believe that the underlying causes of many companies’ problems can be traced to its organizational structure. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 12. The same organization can have different subcultures. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 13. An organizational culture with strong unit integration makes the project manager's job more difficult a. True b. False ANSWER: False 14. Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where activities are organized around individuals. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 15. Internal stakeholders include groups affected by the project such as government officials or concerned citizens. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 16. Project managers must take adequate time to identify, understand, and manage relationships with all project stakeholders. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 17. The best way to sustain a project is to withhold the required money, human resources, and visibility for the project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 18. Project managers must have cooperation from people in other parts of the organization. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 19. Standards and guidelines to follow when performing project management must be devised by top management. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 20. It is much more expensive to make major changes to a project during the earlier phases. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 21. The last phase of the traditional project life cycle is the implementation phase. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 22. The Adaptive Software Development (ASD) life cycle model assumes that software development follows an adaptive approach because the requirements cannot be clearly expressed early in the life cycle. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 23. An organization usually commits more money as a project continues, therefore a management review should occur after each phase to evaluate progress, potential success, and continued compatibility with organizational goals. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 24. The nature of hardware development projects is more diverse than software-oriented projects. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 25. The team members of a virtual team are all of the same nationality. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 26. Leadership style has no impact on the success of virtual teams. a. True b. False ANSWER: False Multiple Choice 27. Projects must operate in a broad organizational environment, and project managers need to consider projects within the greater organizational context. _____ describes this holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization. a. Linear analysis b. Systems thinking c. Reductionism d. The silo approach ANSWER: b 28. _____ refers to a problem-solving approach that requires defining the scope of a system, dividing it into its components, and then identifying and evaluating its problems, opportunities, constraints, and needs. a. Linear programming b. Independent component analysis c. Principal component d. Systems analysis analysis ANSWER: d 29. The _____ perspective of an organization focuses on different groups’ roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management. a. structural b. human resources frame frame d. symbolic frame c. political frame ANSWER: a 30. The _____ frame of an organization focuses on providing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of people. a. structura b. human resources l c. political d. symbolic ANSWER: b