Solutions Manual for Contemporary Project Management, Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches, 5th Edition by Kloppenborg (Ch 1 – 15) Download as Pdf File

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4; Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Table of Contents f f




Chapter Review Questions—Suggested Answers ........................................................................ 2
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Discussion Questions .................................................................................................................. 6
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PMP Exam Study Questions ....................................................................................................... 11
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Integrated Example Projects ..................................................................................................... 14
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Suburban Homes Construction Project ..................................................................................................... 14
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Student Questions.................................................................................................................................... 15
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Heritage Arboretum Development Project ............................................................................................... 15
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Arboretum Introduction ................................................................................................... 15
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Anderson Township and Green Space Introduction ............................................................. 15
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Related Links ...................................................................................................................... 16
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Student Questions .............................................................................................................. 16
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Arboretum Grading Suggestions ............................................................................................................... 16
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Semester Project Instructions .................................................................................................... 18
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,Chapter Review Questions—Suggested Answers
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1. What is a project? (Objective #1-1, p. 4)
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ANS: The narrow answeris: Aproject is a new,time-
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bound effort that has a definite beginning and a definite ending with several related and/or
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interdependent tasks to create a unique product or service. f f f f f f f f




The broader answer is: A project is an endeavor that requires an organized set of work eff
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orts that are planned in a level of detail that is progressively elaborated as more informatio
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n is discovered. Projects are subject to limitations of time and resources such as money a
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nd people. Projects should follow a planned and organized approach with a defined begin
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ning and ending. Project plans and goals become more specific as early work is complete
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d. The output often is a collection of a primary deliverable along with supporting deliverabl
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es such as a house as the
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primary deliverable and warranties and instructions for use as supporting deliverable
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s. Each project typically has a unique combination of stakeholders people and groups w
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ho can impact the project or might be impacted by either the work or results of the projec
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t. Projects often require a variety of people to work
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together for a limited time, and each needs to understand that completing the project wi
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ll require effort in addition to their other assigned work.
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2. What is project management?(Objective #1-1, p. 4)
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ANS: Project management is the art and science of using knowledge, skills, tools, and t
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echniques efficiently and effectively to meet stakeholder needs and expectations. This i
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ncludes work processes that initiate, plan, execute, control, and close work.
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Project management includes both administrative tasks for planning, documenting, and
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controlling work and leadership tasks for visioning, motivating, and promoting work ass
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ociates.

3. How are projects different than ongoing operations? (Objective #1-3, p. 6)
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ANS: Projects are temporary, while operations are ongoing.
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4. What types of constraints are common to most projects? (Objective #1-4, p. 12)
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ANS: Project performance, comprisingscope(size) and quality (acceptability of the results), i
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s constrained by cost and schedule.
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5. What are the three components of the Talent Triangle? (Objective #1-4, p. 11)
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ANS: The core objectives include those that the Talent Triangle classifies as technical, be
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havioral, and strategic. f f

, 6. At what stage of a project life cycle is the majority of the ―hands-
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on‖ tasks completed? (Objective #1-3, p. 8)
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7. During which stage of the project life cycle are loose ends tied up? (Objective #1-2, p. 8)
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ANS: Closing. f




8. What are the twelve project delivery principles? (Objective #1-6, p. 17)
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ANS: Stewardship, stakeholders, interactions, tailor,complexity, adaptability, team, value, l
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eadership, quality, risk, change. f f f




9. What are the eight performance domains, according to the PMBOK 7e? (Objective #1-
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6, p. 17)
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ANS: Stakeholder, team, approach, planning, work, delivery, measurement, uncert
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ainty.

10. What are the four corevalues of Agile? (Objective #1-7, p. 20)
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1. Value individuals more than processes. f f f f


2. Value working software more than documentation. f f f f f




3. Value customer collaboration more than negotiation. f f f f f




4. Value response to change over following a plan. f f f f f f f




11. What are Agile‘s twelve principles? (Objective #1-7, p. 21)
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1. Customer satisfaction is given the highest priority. f f f f f f


2. Unlike a plan- f f


driven approach, changes in requirements are appreciated at any point in the proje
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ct with a view to exploit competitive advantage for the customer.
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3. Present working software to the client frequently during the project execution pha
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4. People representing business and development teams must work together con
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stantly.
5. A project team comprising motivated people must be engaged in the project; sup
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port and trust must be extended to the project team.
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6. Face-to-
face communication must be employed, which is considered effective and efficient
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. In other words, it is preferable to have a co-located project team.
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