CPHIMS CPHIMS Project Management Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which project management methodology uses iterative sprints and is increasingly adopted in healthcare IT implementations?
- Waterfall
- Agile/Scrum (Correct answer)
- PRINCE2
- Critical Path Method
Correct answer: Agile/Scrum
Agile/Scrum uses iterative sprints that allow healthcare IT teams to deliver working software incrementally and adapt to changing requirements.
Question 2: A project sponsor for an EHR implementation is BEST described as:
- The lead developer responsible for coding
- The executive who champions the project and provides resources (Correct answer)
- The project manager who coordinates daily tasks
- The vendor's account representative
Correct answer: The executive who champions the project and provides resources
The project sponsor is the senior executive who champions the initiative, secures funding, and removes organizational barriers.
Question 3: Which document formally authorizes a healthcare IT project and names the project manager?
- Project scope statement
- Project charter (Correct answer)
- Work breakdown structure
- Requirements traceability matrix
Correct answer: Project charter
The project charter formally authorizes the project, defines high-level objectives, and designates the project manager's authority.
Question 4: When a hospital EHR project is experiencing scope creep, the project manager should FIRST:
- Approve all requested changes immediately to satisfy stakeholders
- Halt the project until original scope is restored
- Evaluate change requests through the formal change control process (Correct answer)
- Reassign team members to accommodate additional work
Correct answer: Evaluate change requests through the formal change control process
All scope changes must be evaluated through the formal change control process to assess impact on schedule, cost, and quality.
Question 5: A Gantt chart is PRIMARILY used in project management to:
- Track budget expenditures against planned costs
- Visualize project tasks, durations, and dependencies over time (Correct answer)
- Document functional and non-functional requirements
- Identify and rank project risks
Correct answer: Visualize project tasks, durations, and dependencies over time
A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that displays project tasks, their durations, start/end dates, and dependencies on a timeline.
Question 6: In healthcare IT project management, a RACI matrix defines:
- Risk, Assumption, Constraint, and Issue categories
- Roles as Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed (Correct answer)
- Requirements, Architecture, Coding, and Integration phases
- Resource Allocation, Cost, and Integration factors
Correct answer: Roles as Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed
A RACI matrix clarifies team member roles by designating who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed for each project task.
CPHIMS CPHIMS Project Management Questions and Answers 1
Which project management methodology uses iterative sprints and is increasingly adopted in healthcare IT implementations?