Assignment (1): Basics of project management: Section 1: True of False

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A project cycle basically consists of the various activities of Project management is an art of controlling the cost, time, manpower, Relationship with other management disciplines is not essential for a The analysis and evaluation phase starts with receiving a request to SQC has to be conducted to determine the essential requirements of a Design phase consist of inputs received and output produced. Project feedback analysis and Project execution report is done in post One of the reasons why a project may fail is that Project management If the project objectives are in alignment with business objective, then A project may be stated as a single disciplined team brought together Scope, cost and schedule are some of the parameters used for project Some of the steps of a good project management are: Define the

operations, resources and the limitations imposed on them.

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hardware and software resources involved in a project.

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project to be successful.
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analyze the problem from the Manager.

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project for achieving the target.

6. 7.

completion analysis phase of the project.

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is not observed.
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the project may be a failure.

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for the project.

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negotiation.
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project, reduce it to a set of manageable tasks and obtain appropriate and necessary resources.
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The players in a project management are the individuals and the An experienced project manager and his team can manage only one The team members are responsible for completion of the project as per

organizations.
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project at a time.
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the plans of the project.

Section 2: Fill in the blanks: 1. 2. Project management is necessary because _____ used may change A life cycle of a project consists of understanding the ______ and during the course of project execution. _____of the project, formulation and planning various ______ , project execution and project _______ and ______ the project resources. 3. 4.
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The ________ is responsible to carry out all the tasks of a project. Life cycle of a project manager _____ with the development life cycle Project management consists of interacting processes namely _____ , Project process is classified into ______ and _______ process. _____ and _____ refers to the mechanism applied on the inputs to Five dimensions that must be managed on a project are ____ , _____ ,

in the middle. _____ , interactions, and ________ which are organized in groups. 6. 7. 8.

create desired outputs. Cost, _____ , and staff. Section 3: Open questions:
1. How is a Project different from a program or other activities? Elaborate your

answers with examples.

2. How do Project driven organizations differ from non-Project driven

organizations?