1. Review Questions Speculate as to the advantages and disadvantages of appointing project mangers from the ranks of senior systems analyst. The advantage of a senior analyst serving as project manager is that the senior analyst is ideally an extension of the customer and can balance the users ’ expectations of the project against the impact on schedule and budget. Unfortunately, different skills sets and competencies are required for analysts versus project managers. Balancing those skill sets can be difficult. In smaller businesses, it is common for a senior analyst to wear the additional hat of the project manager

2. Review Questions List four criteria for project success The resulting information system is acceptable to the customer. The system was delivered “ on time. ” The system was delivered “ within budget. ” The system development process had a minimal impact on ongoing business operations.

3. Review Questions List five types of resources that can be assigned to a project. The five types of resources are (a) people (b) services (c) facilities and equipment (d) supplies and materials (e) money

4. Review Questions Compare Gantt and Pert charts A PERT chart is a graphical network model that depicts a project ’ s tasks and the relationships between those tasks A Gantt chart is a simple horizontal bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar. Each bar represents a named project task. The tasks are listed vertically in the left-hand column. The horizontal axis is a calendar timeline Gantt and PERT charts are not mutually exclusive. Gantt charts are more effective when you are seeking to communicate schedule. PERT charts are more effective when you want to study the relationships between tasks

5. Review Questions What is a work breakdown structure? Why it is important to project planning? A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a hierarchical decomposition of the project into phases, activities, and tasks A WBS serves to decompose the project goal into manageable tasks that will be needed to complete the project goal. It is these tasks that will be scheduled

6. Review Questions Scope creep usually occurs when system owners or system users add additional business requirements to a previously defined scope. Examples might include asking for additional data to be collected, transactions to be processed, reports to be produced, or inquiries to be supported What is scope Creep?

7. Review Questions Feature creep usually occurs when system designers or system builders get carried away with adding new technical features to a system that do not add any business value. Examples might include excessive animation in screens, and generating reports that are too fancy What is feature creep?

8. Review Questions A statement of work is a narrative description of the work to be performed as part of a project. The statement of work ensures that the project manager, system owners, system users, and rest of the project team agree on the scope, deliverables, schedule, and budget for the project. What role does a statement of work play in scope definition? Why is it important to project management?