DIS Technology Project Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During a digital imaging system implementation, a project manager holds a lessons-learned session. This activity is most closely associated with which process group?
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Closing (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Closing
Lessons-learned sessions are a key closing process activity to capture knowledge for future projects.
Question 2: A project sponsor for a radiology imaging upgrade requests a status update. The most effective format to convey schedule and budget performance concisely is:
- Detailed WBS document
- Executive dashboard with key metrics (Correct answer)
- Full meeting minutes
- Risk register printout
Correct answer: Executive dashboard with key metrics
Executive dashboards provide high-level KPIs that sponsors need without unnecessary detail.
Question 3: Which estimating technique uses the actual duration or cost of a similar past digital imaging project as the primary basis for a new estimate?
- Parametric estimating
- Bottom-up estimating
- Analogous estimating (Correct answer)
- Three-point estimating
Correct answer: Analogous estimating
Analogous estimating leverages historical data from comparable projects to produce quick estimates.
Question 4: A project team implementing a hospital's PACS system discovers an undocumented integration requirement late in execution. The project manager should:
- Proceed without documentation to save time
- Log it as a defect after go-live
- Submit a change request and assess schedule impact (Correct answer)
- Notify the vendor and wait for instructions
Correct answer: Submit a change request and assess schedule impact
Undocumented requirements that emerge during execution must go through formal change control to manage scope and schedule impact.
Question 5: Schedule Variance (SV) is calculated as:
- Planned Value minus Actual Cost
- Earned Value minus Planned Value (Correct answer)
- Budget at Completion minus Estimate at Completion
- Actual Cost minus Earned Value
Correct answer: Earned Value minus Planned Value
SV = EV − PV; a negative SV indicates the project is behind schedule.
Question 6: In a digital imaging project, a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is primarily used to:
- Sequence project activities
- Decompose project scope into manageable deliverables (Correct answer)
- Assign costs to each team member
- Identify project risks
Correct answer: Decompose project scope into manageable deliverables
The WBS hierarchically breaks down all project work into smaller, manageable components.
Question 7: A project manager notices that recurring vendor delays are impacting the imaging hardware delivery schedule. The most proactive response is to:
- Accept the delays as normal variance
- Update the risk register and implement the contingency plan (Correct answer)
- Remove the vendor from the project
- Report the issue only at project close
Correct answer: Update the risk register and implement the contingency plan
Recurring delays indicate a risk has materialized; implementing the contingency plan is the prescribed proactive response.
DIS Technology Project Management 3
During a digital imaging system implementation, a project manager holds a lessons-learned session.
This activity is most closely associated with which process group?