1.7 Questionnaire

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What is a project?

A planned piece of work that has a specific purpose (such as to make something new or unique) and that usually requires a lot of time.

Is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently.



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What is project management?

A planned piece of work that has a specific purpose (such as to make something new or unique) and that usually requires a lot of time.

Is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently.



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Project management can be applied for:

building a new bridge in a valley

developing a new data analysis software

performing a research experiment

planning a wedding event

learning a new language



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What is the scope of a project?

the deadline of a project

expected outcome (unique result) of a project


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What are the major challenges with scope definition?

to agree on resource allocation

to decide what to do and and what not to do


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What will be happen if one of the three constraints changes?

the other two will change as well

at least on other will change too

nothing


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What is a milestone?

a deadline during the project

the start date of a task

a stone on the road


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What are the potential costs of a project?

time, tools, building

people, building, tools

cost, tools, people


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What is not a time related property?

start date

due date

assignee, owner

estimated time


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What is WBS?

Work Breakdown Schema

Work Breakdown Structure

Work Breakdown Server


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How many levels WBS has usually?

2

5

3


Question

Please give four properties of a task / activity!

Title or Name

Description

Work Breakdown Structure

Status

V-model

Due date