Most Answers Can Be Found in Chapter 3 of the Book

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Chapter 3 Worksheet

- ½ point for each incorrect answer Most answers can be found in Chapter 3 of the book.

1. What is the focus of project management? Click and type

2. A project manager is typically a

a. Company executive b. Senior programmer c. Systems analyst d. Hardware engineer

3. List the skill set of a project manager (according to your book).

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4. What are the two primary reasons systems development projects are undertaken?

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5. What must be determined before a detailed project analysis is done?

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6. Describe the technique given in the book for establishing a relationship between the project team and its customers. Click and type

of 4 7. Describe the purpose and typical contents of the project repository. Click and type

8. Describe the focus of project planning. Click and type

9. Describe the purpose and general appearance of a Gantt chart. Click and type

10. Describe the purpose and general appearance of a network diagram. Click and type

11. What are the essential characteristics of a project task?

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12. The most important and expensive component of a project is:

a. Hardware b. Development Software c. Consultants d. People e. Snacks

13. List two sources of risk a project manager may have to deal with.

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14. Who is the project scope statement developed for? What is its purpose? Click and type

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of 4 15. Create a spreadsheet to help estimate task durations (5 points)

a. Read Calculating Expected Time Durations Using PERT in your book (around page 74) b. Review the chart on page 84 for Review Question 3-18 (Essentials book) or Problems and Exercises question 6 on page 78 (Modern Systems book). c. Create a new spreadsheet d. Create a Documentation tab (first tab in the workbook) that includes the following information: i. Your name(s) ii. Spreadsheet development date iii. Purpose of the spreadsheet iv. Appropriate labels for the above v. A cool logo or appropriate clipart e. Create a PERT tab (worksheet). f. At the top of the worksheet, include Project Name in one cell and a made up project name in the neighboring cell. g. The book recommends that the Most Likely Time be given a multiplication factor of 4 (*4). Make your spreadsheet more flexible. Include labels and multiplication factor values for Optimistic Time, Most Likely Time and Pessimistic Time. Use the typical multiplication values (1, 4, 1) as the initial values for these cells. h. Create column headings that match those in chart in the book but change the Task (or Activity) heading to Task ID. Insert a Task Name column between Task ID and Optimistic Time, making it wide enough to hold a decent sized task name/description. i. Insert the values for Task A (from the book chart) below your column headings as test data. Make up a Task Name. j. Insert the formula to correctly calculate the Expected Time. You may use multiple columns / formulas if you wish. k. Copy your Expected Time formula(s) 19 times to allow for up to 20 tasks. l. Insert the data for tasks B-J to further test your spreadsheet formulas. m. To further test your formulas, change the optimistic multiplication factor to 2. n. To further test your formulas, change the pessimistic multiplication factor to 2. After you’ve verified your formulas are correct, restore the pessimistic multiplication factor to 1. o. Extra Credit (1 point). Modify your Expected Time formula to only display the result when at least one of the times (optimistic, most likely, pessimistic) is entered. If all the time values in the row are blank, the Expected Time cell should be blank. p. Extra Credit (½ point). Add validation to the Optimistic, Most Likely and Pessimistic time values to ensure the user enters only numbers greater than 0. Include an appropriate error message. q. Extra Credit (1 point). Add validation to the Most Likely Time and Pessimistic Time values to ensure they are greater than or equal to the previous column’s value. Include an appropriate error message. r. Format your worksheet in a professional manner. s. Extra Credit: (½ point) Unlock the cells the user should be allowed to change. Protect the worksheet to prevent the user from changing locked cells. Do NOT designate a password.

of 4 t. Save the worksheet and submit it along with this worksheet.