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Question of the Day

The Project Manager has a project team that can never keep a meeting on track. It always ends up off topic and running longer than anticipated with people bringing up side items and out of scope topics. Which of the following would improve the meetings?


A) Determine who is in charge of the meeting

B)  Send the team to communication training

C)  Create and publish an agenda, and establish the leader of the meeting

D)  Create and publish an agenda

 

Terminology of the Day

 Project Team Directory

 A list of all project team members, their project roles, and their communication needs as they relate to the project

 

Answer and Explanation to Yesterday's Question

The Project Manager is planning how many people he will need on the construction project. This will more than likely require more than one person with each skill set. He is reviewing the level of effort of each skill set that are needed each month on the project. What will he likely use to visually represent this data?

A)  Resource Histogram (Correct)

B)  Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

C)  PERT chart

D)  Pareto diagram

 Explanation: The Resource Histogram will show how certain resources are utilized over time. The Responsibility Assignment Matrix shows who is responsible for what area of the project. The Pareto diagram shows defects in frequency of occurrence. The PERT chart is noise.

For more questions, terminology and other exercises please see the PMP® Exam Success Series: Certification Exam Manual at http://www.crosswindpm.com/