Questions from General Project Management

Q: What is a critical path?

What is a critical path?  

Q: Contrast a project from a nonproject.

Contrast a project from a nonproject.

Q: How should a PM decide which problems (or potential problems)

How should a PM decide which problems (or potential problems) deserve being reported to management and which are not worth the trouble when attempting to “never surprise the boss.”

Q: Discuss the drawbacks of implementing a project plan without a RACI matrix

Discuss the drawbacks of implementing a project plan without a RACI matrix.

Q: Why do you think most PMs use MSP’s Gantt chart format more

Why do you think most PMs use MSP’s Gantt chart format more commonly than the network format?

Q: What is the difference between the Resource column on the WBS (

What is the difference between the Resource column on the WBS (including personnel needed by the project) and the Assigned To column?

Q: Why is it suggested that factors with less than 2 percent or

Why is it suggested that factors with less than 2 percent or 3 percent impact not be considered in this approach?

Q: How might you use project management in doing a major school work

How might you use project management in doing a major school work assignment?

Q: What advantages are lost if the sum of the weights in a

What advantages are lost if the sum of the weights in a weighted scoring approach does not add to 1.0?

Q: Assume that your class instructor appointed you project manager to lead a

Assume that your class instructor appointed you project manager to lead a dozen of your classmates in writing up the end-of-chapter pedagogy materials (i.e., Review Questions, Discussion Question, Pro...