Managing Organizational Projects

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Business Driven Technology
Identifying Competitive Advantages
Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages
Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives
Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives
Valuing Organizational Information
Storing Organizational Information-Databases
Accessing Organizational Information-Data Warehouse
Enabling the Organization-Decision Making
Extending the Organization-Supply Chain Management
Building a Customer-Centric Organization-Customer Relationship Management
Integrating the Organization From End to End-Enterprise Resource Planning
Creating Innovative Organizations
Ebusiness
Creating Collaborative Partnerships
Integrating Wireless Technology in Business
Developing Software to Streamline Operations
Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations
Managing Organizational Projects
Developing a 21st-Century Organization
Appendix: Business Basics
Appendix: Business Process
Appendix: Hardware and Software Basics
Appendix: Mis Infrastructures
Appendix: Networks and Telecommunications
Appendix: Information Security
Appendix: Ethics
Appendix: Operations Management
Appendix: Sustainable Mis Infrastructures
Appendix: Business Intelligence
Appendix: Global Information Systems
Appendix: Global Trends

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Question 1

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What is the number one reason that IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?

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Change in business goals during the project.

Lack of support from business management.

Poor planning or poor project management.

Change in technology during the project.

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Question 2

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What are the three primary variables (or triple constraints)in any project?

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Time, cost, expense

Time, expense, requirements

Time, cost, scope

Time, cost, quality

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Question 3

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What is a project deliverable?

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A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.

Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

Represents key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed.

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Question 4

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What is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house?

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Insourcing

Outsourcing

Business process outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing

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Question 5

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What is it called when a company uses organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems?

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Insourcing

Outsourcing

Business process outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing

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Question 6

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Which of the following is a benefit an organization can receive from outsourcing?

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Financial savings

Increased technical abilities

Market agility

All of these

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Question 7

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Which of the following is the most common function outsourced?

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MIS

Finance

Marketing/sales

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Question 8

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Which of the following is the least common function outsourced?

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Finance

Marketing/sales

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Question 9

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Which of the following is the primary reason why companies outsource?

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Tap outside sources of expertise.

Concentrate resources on core business.

Reduce headcount and related expenses.

Better manage the costs of internal processes.

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Question 10

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Which of the following is the most uncommon reason why companies outsource?

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Tap outside sources of expertise.

Concentrate resources on core business.

Reduce headcount and related expenses.

Better manage the costs of internal processes.

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Question 11

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Which of the following are the influential driver(s)affecting the growth of outsourcing markets?

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Core competencies

Rapid growth

Industry changes

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Question 12

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What is the outsourcing option that includes the closest location and direct customer control?

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Onshore outsourcing

Nearshore outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing

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Question 13

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All of the following are challenges of outsourcing except:

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Contract length.

Competitive edge.

Confidentiality.

Reduced frustration and expense related to hiring and retaining employees in an exceptionally tight job market.

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Question 14

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Which of the following is an outsourcing challenge caused by contract length?

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Difficulties in getting out of a contract

Problems in foreseeing future issues

Problems in reforming an internal IT department

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Question 15

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What is a project management office (PMO)?

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Measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

Represents key dates when certain groups of activities must be performed.

An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project plan, and tracks the plan to ensure the project is completed on time and on budget.

An internal department that oversees all organizational projects.

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Question 16

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What is a project milestone?

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Measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

A key date by which a certain group of activities must be performed.

An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project plan, and tracks the plan to ensure the project is completed on time and on budget.

An internal department that oversees all organizational projects.

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Question 17

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Human resources is the most commonly outsourced function.

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True

False

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Question 18

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Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems.

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True

False

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Question 19

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In-sourcing is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house.

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True

False

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Question 20

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Offshore outsourcing is using organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems.

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True

False

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