Engineering management

“Successful Project Management,” 7th edition, J. Gido, J.P. Clements, and R. Baker, Cengage Learning (2017), ISBN-10: 1337095478, ISBN-13: 9781337095471. base on this book answer questions. QUESTIONS 1) Give a brief, general definition of a "project." 2) Give a brief description of “project management” and the major functions of the project management process. 3) Identify and briefly discuss the stages of a project’s “life cycle”, including what happens in each phase. 4) Briefly discuss the following; a) The purpose of a request for proposal (RFP), b) What items might be included in an RFP, and, c) How an RFP might be released to perspective contractors. 5) Identify how many sections most proposals have and briefly describe what is in each section. 6) We discussed critical dimensions for assessing the success of a project. a) Identify and briefly summarize the three dimensions we discussed. b) Briefly discuss what “project success” means to you. 7) What is the first rule of project management? 8) Identify and briefly discuss the major steps to take in managing a project. Point Park University MSEM-525 EA Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam - 2021 Page 2 of 3 9) Briefly describe who project stakeholders are, why they are important and how they may be accounted for in the planning of a project. 10) Briefly discuss the following; a) Why is a project plan important? b) When should project planning begin and why start at this time? c) What is included in a project plan? d) Who participates in developing the project plan? e) How is agreement over the plan best demonstrated? 11) Briefly describe the following; a) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and, b) The benefits of a WBS. 12) Briefly identify and discuss the term “resource requirements plan” and describe why it is important. a) Briefly describe “resource leveling scheduling” and how it might be accomplished. b) Briefly describe “resource-limited scheduling” and how it might be accomplished. 13) Briefly describe what a project network is, and the two forms or styles for representing projects using networks. 14) Briefly describe the following; a) What forward pass computations through a network determine. b) What backward pass computations through a network determine. 15) Briefly compare PERT and CPM methods for scheduling and when each method is most likely to be used. 16) Briefly describe the important characteristic of the critical path. 17) Briefly describe the importance of tracking project changes (change control) on the following; a) Project scope, b) Project budget, c) Schedule, and, d) Project success. 18) Briefly describe the term, “control,” as it applies to projects and project management and how “control” is practiced or implemented for a project. 19) Briefly describe the meaning of the following network terms. a) Activity Point Park University MSEM-525 EA Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam - 2021 Page 3 of 3 b) Critical c) Critical Path d) Events e) Milestone f) Network 20) Briefly describe the following terms; a) Early Start b) Early Finish c) Late Start d) Late Finish e) Duration f) Free Slack g) Total Slack