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21 1. 2. You work for a software development company that has followed the waterfall development model for more than 20 years. Lately, a number of customers have complained that your company is taking too long to complete its projects. You attended a class on agile development methods and believe that if the company used the agile approach, it could provide products to clients in a shorter time period. However, it would be a major culture change to switch from the waterfall methodology to the agile approach and to train staff members in this new approach. You mentioned this idea to the director of the PMO, and although she liked the idea, she would need approval from the company's portfolio review board to move forward with it. She suggested that you document this idea in a a. Business need description b. Product scope description c. Project charter d. Business case 3. You are managing a large project with 20 key internal stakeholders, eight contractors, and six team leaders. You must devote attention to effective integrated change control. This means you are concerned primarily with a. Reviewing, approving, and managing changes b. Maintaining baseline integrity, integrating product and project scope, and Coordinating change across knowledge areas b. Integrating deliverables from different functional specialties on the project d. Establishing a change control board that oversees the overall project changes 4. You plan to hold a series of meetings as you execute the project plan. While different attendees will attend each meeting, a best practice to follow is to: a. Group stakeholders into categories to determine which ones should attend each meeting b. Ensure the attendees have a defined role c. Be sensitive to the fact that stakeholders often have very different Objectives and invite them to determine the meeting's agenda d. Recognize that roles and responsibilities may overlap so focus on holding Meetings primarily for decision making 5. You are the project manager in charge of developing a new shipping container for Globus Ocean Transport, which needs to withstand winds of 90 knots and swells of 30 meters. In determining the dimension of the container and the materials to be used in its fabrication, you convene a group of knowledgeable professionals to gather initial requirements, which will be included in the a. Project charter b. Bill of materials c. WBS d. Project Statement of Work