Information Technology Project Management, Revised 7th edition by Kathy Schwalbe Test bank
OBJ: LO: 1-3 NAT: BUSPROG: Technology
TOP: What is Project Management? KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension
15. A(n) _____ is “a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.”
ANS: program
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.17
OBJ: LO: 1-4 NAT: BUSPROG: Technology
TOP: Program and Portfolio Management KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
16. _____ refers to the process in which organizations group and manage projects and programs as a cluster of investments that contribute to the entire enterprise’s success.
ANS: Project portfolio management
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.17
OBJ: LO: 1-4 NAT: BUSPROG: Technology
TOP: Program and Portfolio Management KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
17. The _____ software integrates information from multiple projects to show the status of active, approved, and future projects across an entire organization.
ANS: portfolio project management
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.20
OBJ: LO: 1-4 NAT: BUSPROG: Technology
TOP: Program and Portfolio Management KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
18. Soft skills are also known as _____ skills.
ANS: human relations
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.23
OBJ: LO: 1-5 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic
TOP: The Role of the Project Manager KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
19. The critical path is the _____ path through a network diagram that determines the earliest completion of a project.
ANS: longest
PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.27