Ch7 Exam Questions - The Delivery Domain

Chapter 07 - The delivery domain

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 1

01) Which of the following is not part of the definition of a project?

a. Temporary endeavour

b. Project mission

c. Repetitive activities

d. Project lifecycle

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 2

02) What needs to be done in order to achieve the project mission is a definition of:

a. Resource mobilisation

b. Project schedule

c. Value creation

d. Project scope

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 3

03) Project mission captures why the project is being done.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 4

04) Project shaping process is the linear process of generating the project scope from the project mission defining the technical specifications for the output and its realisation.

a. True

b. False

Type: matching question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 5

05) The work breakdown structure is the basis for the development of three of the principal elements of the project delivery plan:

Feedback:

The work breakdown structure is the basis for the development of three of the principal elements of the project delivery plan:

• The schedule is a sequential array through time of all the tasks in the WBS and identifies when tasks should be executed, and the critical path through that array is defined as the longest sequence of tasks with no slack;
• Threats to the delivery of the scope on schedule and budget analysed both quantitatively (known knowns) and qualitatively (known unknowns) captured in the threat register of the project.
• The budget provides a cost model of the project broken down by task and therefore sums to the total cost of the WBS to deliver.

A-head reference: 7.2

a. Budget = a sequential array through time of all the tasks in the WBS and identifies when tasks should be executed, and the critical path through that array is defined as the longest sequence of tasks with no slack.

b. Schedule = the delivery of the scope on schedule and budget analysed both quantitatively (known knowns) and qualitatively (known unknowns) captured in the threat register of the project.

c. Threats = provides a cost model of the project broken down by task and therefore sums to the total cost of the WBS to deliver.

Type: matching question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 6

06) The Project Star Model identifies the key parameters in the design of project delivery organization as a whole:

Feedback:

The Project Star Model identifies the key parameters in the design of project delivery organization as a whole:

• Scope, which defines all the tasks that need to be executed to deliver the project output and is a function of the project mission as discussed above.
• Structure, the design of the set of reporting relationships within the project organization across the multiple teams from the different PBFs deployed on the project.
• Processes, the design of the way information flows between the various teams deployed on the projects, and in particular the information loop.
• Incentives, the ways in which teams and their members are rewarded for their contribution to the project.
• Competencies, the skills required of the team members deployed on the project.
• Identity, which is the alignment with the project delivery narrative in both shaping and delivery.

A-head reference: 7.2

a. Structure = the design of the way information flows between the various teams deployed on the projects, and in particular the information loop.

b. Scope = the design of the set of reporting relationships within the project organization across the multiple teams from the different PBFs deployed on the project.

c. Competencies = the alignment with the project delivery narrative in both shaping and delivery.

d. Identity = defines all the tasks that need to be executed to deliver the project output and is a function of the project mission as discussed above.

e. Processes = the ways in which teams and their members are rewarded for their contribution to the project

f. Incentives = The skills required of the team members deployed on the project.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 7

07) All the elements of the SPO Star Model need to be in alignment and support each other with the project delivery identity as the branding ‘DNA’.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 8

08) Learned practices that are carried from project to project and then adapted to meet the needs of particular projects:

a. Routines

b. Knowledge management

c. Tasks

d. Teams

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 9

09) Routines have a number of important features:

a. Act as the repository of know-how in the organisation

b. Provide the basis for action under uncertainty

c. Their use in each project requires improvization, and routines are thereby a source of change as well as stability

d. All of the above

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 10

10) Projects are influenced by schedule, budget and scope only:

a. True

b. False