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What is a common mistake project teams make regarding problem definition?
What do project teams mistakenly rely on to provide all the answers?
What mistake involves jumping to a solution?
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What is a behavior project teams exhibit while ignoring the problem?
What is stakeholder analysis concerned with?
- Who has an interest or “stake” in the project outcome?
- What resources will be needed to accomplish the project
- Who will need to action
- Who will be impacted
- Who thinks they will be impacted
- This may change based on project phase and specific activities
Who are the key resources in the project?
- Vice president, operations
- Warehouse manager
- Project leader
- Parts manager
- Vice president, customer services
- Shipping department
What tool is used to sort through potential stakeholders?
What is a mistake management makes regarding project scope?
What are the conflict sources at the project formation stage?
- Schedules
- Priorities
- Manpower
- Technical opinions
What does "Responsible" mean in the RACI matrix?
Which conflict sources are present at the early program phases?
- Schedules
- Priorities
- Manpower
- Technical opinions
- Procedures
- Cost
- Personality
What is the management mistake involving team dynamics?
What are some sources of conflict in a project?
- Sources of conflict can vary over the life of a project, and include:
- Schedules
- Project priorities
- Workforce resources
- Technical opinions and performance trade-offs
- Administrative procedures
- Personality conflict
- Cost & allocated funds
What is a management mistake involving project oversight?
What does "Accountable" mean in the RACI matrix?
What conflict sources are identified during the main program?
- Schedules
- Priorities
- Manpower
- Technical opinions
- Procedures
- Cost
- Personality
What are some methods to manage conflict?
- Withdrawal
- Forcing a viewpoint
- Smoothing (#3)
- Emphasize areas of agreement
- Compromising, or negotiating (#2)
- Each party gives up something
- Confronting, or problem solving (#1)
- Focus on issues and look for best overall solution
What does "Consult" mean in the RACI matrix?
What conflict sources are present toward the end of the program?
- Conflict over schedules
- Conflict over priorities
- Conflict over manpower
- Conflict over technical opinions
- Conflict over procedures
- Conflict over cost
- Conflict over personality
What does "Inform" mean in the RACI matrix?
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