1. Think about the triple constraint triangle. Now think about a project you have recently completed. This could be a homework project, cooking something, or painting a room. Any project should work. In a few sentences, a good list or a graphic states how the scope/quality, schedule/time, and cost/resources for the project were related. Discuss or list how the changes in one of these, one side of the triangle, affected the others.
3. List the four phases of a projects life cycle and where they fit into the steps of the SDLC, where do the happen in these phases?
4. During the System Analysis step of the SDLC, evaluating alternatives is very important. You should evaluate the alternatives based research of the criteria or system requirements. What tool(s) should be used to help make and document this decision?
5. Process management was discussed in Chapter 1. Project management is discussed in Chapter 5. What is the difference between project and process management?
6. List and describe the 10 basic competencies required of project managers as defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) created by the Project Management Institute.
7. What is Scrum methodology? What are their advantages? What are their disadvantages?