Question Bank for Ch 17.

1. A project manager may need two skill sets—those of a manager and those of a leader. Explain
2. Explain the term project champion and list some ways to keep a champion involved with the
project.
3. List the steps in risk management.
4. Give some examples of ethical issues that may arise on projects. What can a project manager
do to minimize such issues?
5. What are the key advantages of using project management software?
6. What is a work breakdown structure, and how is it useful for project planning?
7. Identify the term being described for each of the following:
a. A sequence of activities in a project.
b. The longest time sequence of activities in a project.
c. Used when two activities have the same starting and finishing points.
d. The difference in time length of any path and the critical path.
e. The statistical distribution used to describe variability of an activity time.
f. The statistical distribution used to describe path variability.
g. Shortening an activity by allocating additional resources.
8. List the main advantages of PERT. List the main limitations.
9. Why might a person wish to be involved with a critical path activity? What are some of the
reasons one might have for not wanting this association?
10. What are some of the potential benefits of working on a special project in one’s firm? What
are some of the risks?
11. What are some aspects of the project manager’s job that make it more demanding than the job
of a manager working in a more routine organizational framework?
12. What is the main benefit of a project organization over more traditional forms of operations
management for project work?