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Bus Project Management. Professor Fred Pentney. Supplement. Wk 8 p. #1
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Project Communication and Documentation
Quiz
True/False
1. In personal
communications people need to be sensitive to body language reflective of
the cultural diversity of the participants.
2. A high degree
of face-to-face communication is especially important early in a project.
3. Project team
members should wait for the project manager to initiate personal communications.
Never - false
6. The heart of
communication is words.
7. Good
listening skills are important if project team members are to be effective in
communicating with one another and with the customer.
8. A project status
review meeting is usually led or called by the project team. No false.
9. Costs, schedule,
and work scope forecasts should not be part of a status review meeting.
10. When a
problem or potential problem is identified by an individual project team
member, that person should promptly call a status review meeting.
16. The two most
common types of project reports are progress reports and the final report.
18. The project
final report is usually an accumulation of the progress reports.
19. If reports
are kept brief, there is a better chance that they will be read.
21. The primary
purposes of a ____________ meeting are to inform, to identify problems, and to
identify action items.
a. status review
b. problem-solving
c. technical design review
d.
communications flow
22. The primary purpose of a _____________
meeting is to identify and resolve problems.
a. status review
b. problem-solving
c. technical design review
d.
communications flow
23. Projects that
involve a design phase, such as an information system project, may require one
or more ________________ meetings to ensure that the customer agrees with or
approves of the approach developed by the project contractor.
a. status review
b. problem-solving
c. technical design review
d.
communications flow
24. In many
technical projects there are ______ design review meetings.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
25. The purpose
of the ________________ meeting is to get the customer’s agreement on the
design approach.
a. detailed design
b.
preliminary design review
c. kick off
d. preliminary status review meeting
status review meeting
32. When allowing
questions during a presentation, it is:
a. always best to let the audience ask them at
any time
b. always best to make the audience wait until
the end
c. don’t allow for questions
d. it depends on the purpose and the type of
presentation
33. The two most
common types of project reports are
a. progress reports and the contract report
b. weekly and monthly
c. progress reports and the final report
d. update only reports and status reports
34. Reports
usually cover a specified period, called the ________ period.
a. daily
b. weekly
c. time range
d. reporting