CPHIMS Project Management Questions and Answers Flashcards

A project kickoff meeting in a healthcare IT implementation serves PRIMARILY to:

Answer: Align all stakeholders on project goals, roles, and plan

The kickoff meeting unites the project team and stakeholders around common objectives, clarifies roles, and establishes communication norms at the project start.

Which type of project organizational structure gives the project manager the MOST authority?

Answer: Projectized

In a projectized structure, team members report directly to the project manager who has full authority over resources and priorities.

When managing a healthcare IT project budget, a cost baseline is BEST described as:

Answer: The approved time-phased budget used to measure cost performance

The cost baseline is the approved, time-phased project budget used as a reference to measure and report cost performance throughout the project.

In healthcare IT, a project management office (PMO) is PRIMARILY responsible for:

Answer: Standardizing project governance, methodologies, and oversight across the organization

A PMO establishes standardized processes, governance frameworks, and oversight to ensure consistent project delivery across the healthcare organization.

Which quality management concept focuses on building quality into processes rather than inspecting defects after the fact?

Answer: Quality assurance

Quality assurance proactively evaluates processes and standards to prevent defects, whereas quality control inspects outputs after they are produced.

A healthcare IT project is considered in 'scope creep' when:

Answer: Unauthorized features or work are added without going through change control

Scope creep occurs when unapproved additions to the project scope accumulate without formal change control evaluation, threatening schedule and budget.