Operations Management
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781260484687
Author: CACHON, Gerard
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 19, Problem 10PA
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To determine: The effect on project when you increase the number of working people from three to six?
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Which one of the following statements is most likely to be true?
a. Increasing the scope of an IT project will increase its budget and/or timeframe
b. Increasing the timeframe of an IT project will increase its scope
c. Reducing the resources available will decrease the scope
d. All of the above are true
Which of the following best explains the reason for planning processes and activities in project
management?
O a. Demonstrate your knowledge and skills as a project manager
O b. Adhere to the project management processes forwarded by the Project Management
Institute (PMI).
O c. Provide a roadmap for project execution, and monitoring and reporting of project
progress.
O d. Satisfy the sponsor's and key stakeholders' requirements
What is project?
O a. Have defined start and end dates
O b. All of these
O c. Have funding limits (if applicable)
O d. Consume human and nonhuman resources
Project management is designed to manage or control company resources on
O a. All of these
O b. Within cost
O c. within performance
O d. Within time
O e. Given activity
Chapter 19 Solutions
Operations Management
Ch. 19 - A project has four activities that take 4, 3, 6,...Ch. 19 - Consider the simple dependency matrix shown in...Ch. 19 - Consider a project with two activities that are...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CQCh. 19 - Prob. 5CQCh. 19 - Prob. 6CQCh. 19 - Prob. 7CQCh. 19 - Prob. 8CQCh. 19 - Prob. 9CQCh. 19 - Prob. 10CQ
Ch. 19 - Consider two projects that have the same...Ch. 19 - Prob. 12CQCh. 19 - Prob. 13CQCh. 19 - Prob. 14CQCh. 19 - The key objectives of a project are given by a....Ch. 19 - Which of the following descriptions best captures...Ch. 19 - Prob. 1PACh. 19 - Prob. 2PACh. 19 - Prob. 3PACh. 19 - Prob. 4PACh. 19 - A project activity has an earliest completion time...Ch. 19 - What is the definition of the latest completion...Ch. 19 - Which of the following statements is correct with...Ch. 19 - A project consists of three tasks: A, B, and C....Ch. 19 - Prob. 9PACh. 19 - Prob. 10PACh. 19 - You manage a project with 10 activities....Ch. 19 - Which of the following activities is not part of...Ch. 19 - You have been asked by the CEO of your company to...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...Ch. 19 - BUILDING A HOUSE IN THREE HOURS Habitat for...
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