Project Planning: Putting It All Together Weekly Challenge 1

 

1.

Question 1

Generally, how long should the kick-off meeting last?

One full work day

Less than 20 minutes

Two-hours, and extend if attendees have questions

About one hour

Correct

2.

Question 2

Fill in the blank: During the planning phase of a project, you take steps that help you _____ to achieve your project goals.

analyze customer feedback

depart from the current timeline

avoid stakeholder input

understand the work you need to do

Correct

3.

Question 3

Fill in the blank: After the stakeholders assign the project manager, the goals of the project have to be approved, as well as the scope of the project and its _____.

vendors

manager

deliverables

tools

Correct

4.

Question 4

As a project manager, you’re trying to take all the right steps to prepare for the project. What steps should you take? Select all that apply.

Identify and prepare for risks that could impact the project.

Correct

Understand the work the team needs to do to achieve their goals.

Correct

Coordinate the current budget to match other project budgets.

This should not be selected

Please review the video on the project’s planning phase.

Form the project plan with the team so they have a shared understanding of the project.

5.

Question 5

Suppose that as a project manager you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you discuss the project plan software the team will be using, which is Google Sheets. You also discuss how the team will communicate with each other, which includes a team chat and weekly check-in meetings. What agenda section does this represent?

Roles

Goals and scope

Background

Collaboration

Correct

6.

Question 6

Suppose as a project manager, you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you present the shared project tools and documents. You also tell the team they will communicate through a team chatroom and will receive daily email updates. What agenda item does this represent?

Project purpose

Intended outcome

Collaboration

Scope

Correct

7.

Question 7

Fill in the blank: Reaching a project milestone is an important point within the project schedule that indicates progress and usually signifies the _____ of a deliverable or phase of the project.

time

scope

goals

completion

Correct

8.

Question 8

Imagine that you’re a project manager trying to complete a website design. What three activities might be tasks that must be accomplished to complete the project?

Implement feedback by the designer

Correct

Host a check-in meeting with the team

Test the website for usability

Correct

Create initial mock-ups of the website

Correct

9.

Question 9

When creating milestones as a project manager, what should you avoid? Select all that apply.

Using milestones as tasks because milestones should represent big moments in time and tasks are how to get there

Correct

Setting too many milestones because you want to appear ambitious to stakeholders

Correct

Having no milestones because tasks are all you need to complete the project

Correct

Managing your milestones in one project management tool to stay organized

10.

Question 10

What are two benefits of making a work breakdown structure (WBS)?

You can assign tasks to two or more team members.

This should not be selected

Please review the video on the work breakdown structure.

You have a visualization tool that assists in assigning tasks.

Correct

You and your teammates can easily identify the tasks you assigned to each milestone.

Correct

You can get a sense of each stakeholder’s workload.

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