41. During project execution you found out that work is often not performed at the right time and in the right order. Deliverables are made by one team member that cannot be processed by another one. This already leads to timely rework and bad morale among team members.
Which project management tool is most appropriate to deal with problems like this?41 o Organization chart o RACI matrix o Communications management plan o Work authorization system
42. Your management is applying the 10 percent solution: It has requested that you reduce the budget for the project which you are currently initiating by 10%. What will this probably mean for your project? 42 o If the budget is cut by 10%, then the project will have an accompanying degradation of quality by 10%. o If the project budget is an honest one, then a reduction in budget must be accompanied by a trade-off in either time or performance. o A 10% reduction in budget will be accompanied by a loss of performance much less than the target reduction in cost. o Most projects have "padded" estimates, and the budgetary reduction will force out the padding from the project.
43. While applying procurement management processes in your project, you identified the need to gain a more objective understanding of sellers' capabilities in order to rank proposals and develop a negotiating sequence.
Which technique may help avoid bias and subjective decisions best?43 o Bidder conference o Weighting system o Oral contract o Letter of intent
44. During code inspection in a major software development project, a project management team identified frequent occurrences of critical programming errors. These errors are scattered across the code and occur without a discernible pattern. Which tool is most likely to help the team identify areas of error concentration in order to develop a prioritized response strategy?44 o Checksheet o Influence diagram o Decision tree o Process decision program chart
45. The term baseline is used in both disciplines project management and configuration management. Which statement is not true?45 o Baselines in system configurations are often also referred to as deltas. o In configuration management, baselines are used to control change. o Project management baselines are used for performance measurement. o In project management, baselines help assess variance and trends.