Course 3 – Project Planning: Putting It All Together QUIZ ANSWERS

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1 Week 2: Building A Project Plan
2 Building A Project Plan INTRODUCTION
3 PRACTICE QUIZ: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: GETTING STARTED WITH A PROJECT PLAN
4 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: UTILIZING TOOLS TO BUILD A PROJECT PLAN
5 Project Planning: Putting It All Together WEEKLY CHALLENGE 2
6 Building A Project Plan CONCLUSION
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Week 2: Building A Project Plan

Building A Project Plan INTRODUCTION

The Google Project Management: Professional Certificate is one great coverage for learning the building blocks of a project plan and through it runs Coursera. You will this week discover why a project plan is necessary, its components, and how to make realistic time estimates for your projects. You’ll also learn the difference between effort estimation and time estimation. Finally, it will investigate tools and best practices for structuring your stakeholder-needed comprehensive project plan. This week will leave you fortified for beginning to craft an effective project plan that aligns with your organization’s or team’s goals and vision.

Get started now on building that killer project plan by signing up on the Google Project Management: Professional Certificate course on Coursera!

Learning Outcomes:

  • Become acquainted with tools and best practices for preparing a project plan.
  • Become able to estimate time accurately and gain techniques for acquiring it from team members.
  • Acquaint oneself to reason why a project plan is necessary and the components it will hold.

PRACTICE QUIZ: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: GETTING STARTED WITH A PROJECT PLAN

1. Which of the following is true of project plans? Select all that apply.

  • They contain an explanation of why a project may not meet its goals.
  • They are a compilation of a project’s documents that the project team uses to carry out project activities. (CORRECT)
  • They are a living artifact that serves as a roadmap for your team throughout the project. (CORRECT)
  • Their central component is a project schedule. (CORRECT)

Correct: A project plan incorporates everything a project refers to in terms of documentation, and serves as the map throughout the project for the team. The project schedule is the core element of a project plan.

Correct: A project plan is a living object which will help you in documenting scope, tasks, milestones, and overall activities of the project. It is a roadmap for your team, with the schedule being the centerpiece.

Correct: Central in the project plan is the project schedule. This helps one estimate the time necessary to accomplish the project, and it gives the team a method of tracking progress against goals. The project plan also links to all the documentation of the project and serves the team as a map throughout the project.

2. What are the basic elements that make up a project plan?

  • Tasks, milestones, people, documentation, and time (CORRECT)
  • Stakeholder information, project proposal, tools, and resources 
  • Initiation, planning, managing, and execution
  • Time estimation, effort estimation, buffer, and sub-tasks

Correct: Whether an organization develops it in a vastly different manner, nearly all such plans will have these five critical elements.

3. As a project manager, you create a project plan. In the plan are tasks with clear descriptions, owners, and due dates. In which section of the project plan do these tasks reside?

  • Work breakdown structure (WBS) (CORRECT)
  • Scope and goals
  • Management plans
  • Budget

Correct: The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) assists the project manager and team members to indicate who is responsible for whom at any point of time while showing his estimated date for completing each task.

4. As a project manager, you create a project plan. In the plan are documents that help keep a project organized and on track, particularly if a risk arises or a change occurs. In which section of the project plan are these documents linked?

  • Project scope and goals
  • Work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Budget
  • Management plans (CORRECT)

Correct: Things like change management plans, risk management plans, and communication plans will count towards the project plan. They are the roadmap for guiding your team through the project.

5. Fill in the blank: For tasks that are difficult to complete or have an element of unpredictability, a project manager should add a(n) _____.

  • sub-task
  • effort estimation
  • dependency
  • task buffer (CORRECT)

Correct: Project managers must ensure that they are not putting too many buffers in the tasks as it will increase the time of the project.

6. Which of the following explains why a project plan is necessary?

  • Meets the standard criteria used across many businesses and industries to demonstrate new developments
  • Ensures the project won’t fail by planning out all the tasks the team will do throughout the project
  • Compares and contrasts the best tools the team can use for project success
  • Contains the timeline, team roles, tasks, milestones, and documents of the project to track project progress against its goals. (CORRECT)

Correct: A project manager adds these components for projects both big and small.

7. Which of the following are relevant documents the project manager may include in the project plan? Select all that apply.

  • Project charter (CORRECT)
  • Retrospective notes
  • Budget (COORECT)
  • RACI chart (CORRECT)

The project charter is going to define your project, and it will define what the team needs in order to have the necessary information to work towards the end goals of the project.

The budget estimates the needed money to achieve the goals and objectives of the project.

RACI chart lays the foundation for setting the roles for individuals in a team and responsible towards them.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE: UTILIZING TOOLS TO BUILD A PROJECT PLAN

1. Gantt charts give project teams a visual representation of project tasks. What else do Gantt charts include?

  • Resources, deliverables, and success metrics
  • Stakeholder contact information and budget items
  • Due dates, durations, and milestones (CORRECT)
  • Roles and responsibilities

Correct: Gantt Chart is an illustration of the different activities of the project as well as its dates. It also indicates major milestones and completion dates.

2. What tool can a project manager use for organizing all aspects of a complex project?

  • A calendar
  • Email
  • Work management software (CORRECT)
  • A digital document

Correct: Managing a project without managing the task would be difficult. Work management software, for example, Asana and JIRA, are the tools that facilitate as well as improve the clarity of communication, especially when it comes to task level. There are tools of visual frameworks needed to efficiently conduct this decentration to a complex project.

3. Which project management tool uses cards to track and visualize task progress?

  • A spreadsheet
  • A Gantt chart
  • Smartsheet
  • A Kanban board (CORRECT)

Correct: Kanban boards are basically organization or management forms of task and workflow. Project managers themselves can make the Kanban board via use of whiteboards, magnetic boards, poster boards, or digitized tools and software.

4. When creating cards for a Kanban board, which items should go on the front of the card? Select all that apply.

  • Title and unique identifier (CORRECT)
  • Who is assigned to the task (CORRECT)
  • Blocked days
  • Description of work (CORRECT)

These are short, quick references to jobs and ID numbers, but on the front of a card could also go as a description of the work, an estimate of effort to complete it, and the person assigned to do the work.

Ideally, the card contains the name of the person responsible for accomplishing the assigned task: one person to a card. The front of the card should include a title and unique identifier, description of work, and estimate for effort required to complete.

Here we briefly record the task to be done. The front of the card should also include a title and unique identifier, along with an estimate for the effort needed to perform the task, and the name of the person who is assigned to it.

5. Fill in the blank: Capacity planning can ensure your team has enough _____ to complete your project on time. Select all that apply.

  • Resources (CORRECT)
  • Information
  • People (CORRECT)
  • Meetings

Appropriate capacity planning means you have the appropriate resources.

Capacity planning ensures that all the right people are available to complete your project.

6. If Task A is a dependency for Task B, the two tasks should happen:

  • On the critical path
  • Sequentially (CORRECT)
  • Simultaneously
  • In parallel

Correct: Task A needs to happen before Task B.

7. Why do people working in project management find a Gantt chart useful? Select all that apply.

  • It offers a highly visual representation of project tasks. (CORRECT)
  • It presents clear breakdowns of who is responsible for work and when those tasks are due. (CORRECT)
  • It uses cards to track and visualize the progress of a project’s tasks.
  • It uses a series of linked documents to centralize components of the project plan.

Gantt Chart is nothing but a chart that illustrates a schedule of a particular project using horizontal bars. Gantt charts highlight the tasks involved within a project, the persons responsible for that task, and the time frame within which it is supposed to be completed.

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart for the general overview of the schedule of a project. It’s an easy way to show what tasks team members need to complete and when. It also shows how one person’s work can connect to other tasks in the project.

This gives an overview of the task to be achieved. The front side should also carry a title and a unique ID number, an estimate of the effort needed to perform the specific job, along with the person assigned for it.

8. Which strategies can help your team get a realistic sense of how long the project will take? Select all that apply.

  • Stakeholder buy-in
  • Project retrospective
  • Effort estimation (CORRECT)
  • Capacity planning (CORRECT)

For creating a project plan, it is very important to estimate the duration for completion of the project. Effort estimation and capacity planning are the various means adopted by a project manager for estimating the duration of the project. The strategies help the team in understanding the duration of the project and the availing date of several milestones.

It is essential to assess what the team would be able to accomplish or not within a specific time period. This is the situation where effort estimation and capacity planning come into play. These strategies provide the team with an insight into how long the project takes, as well as when they will reach the milestones.

Project Planning: Putting It All Together WEEKLY CHALLENGE 2

1. Which of the following are included in the project plan? Select all that apply.

  • Documentation (CORRECT)
  • Tasks (CORRECT)
  • Time (CORRECT)
  • People (CORRECT)
  • Retrospectives

2. Fill in the blank: Time estimation predicts the total amount of time required to complete a task, while the actual time it takes to complete a task _____.

  • shouldn’t change
  • may vary depending on overlooked potential risks (CORRECT)
  • depends on stakeholder input
  • is not relevant

3. A project manager is leading an initiative that includes changing an organization’s logo and slogan. What mandatory tasks should be part of the critical path? Select all that apply.

  • Get employees to respond positively in a survey
  • Determine a new slogan (CORRECT)
  • Receive sponsor approval (CORRECT)
  • Set a budget (CORRECT)

4. Which examples below demonstrate a project manager asking an open-ended question? Select all that apply.

  • Links to tasks in previously successful projects
  • Specifically who are completing what tasks (CORRECT)
  • All project tasks (CORRECT)
  • A timeline of when the team will complete the tasks (CORRECT)

5. Which of the following should you include in a project plan that are essential for project success? Select all that apply.

  • Incident response procedures (CORRECT)
  • Simulations
  • System information (CORRECT)
  • Financial information

6. Which of the following strategies follow project plan best practices? Select all that apply.

  • Ask your team members daily if they are able to meet the deadlines they have for their tasks
  • Ask yourself if the information in your plan is clear enough for stakeholders to understand (CORRECT)
  • Ask your team members to identify risks that will most likely occur and create plans to prevent or mitigate those risks (CORRECT)
  • Ask team members questions about their work to gain deeper insights into their tasks for the project (CORRECT)

7. Which of the following is a best practice when estimating the project timeline? Select all that apply.

  • Be thorough during the planning process. (CORRECT)
  • Work quickly through the planning process to get the project started.
  • Prove competency by trying to resolve timeline concerns without input.
  • Escalate any timeline concerns to stakeholders. (CORRECT)

8. Fill in the blank: The _____ is the tendency to underestimate the amount of time it will take to complete a task.

  • planning fallacy (CORRECT)
  • feedback fallacy
  • anchoring bias
  • confirmation bias

9. Imagine you’re a project manager creating a critical path. Your stakeholders request the earliest and latest start dates for each task. What is a strategy to make this time estimate?

  • Develop a RACI chart.
  • Review the project goals.
  • Create a list of dependencies.
  • Use the forward pass or backward pass method. (CORRECT)

10. Fill in the blank: A Kanban board utilizes cards placed in columns to _____.

  • set the timeline
  • organize documents
  • estimate the budget
  • manage tasks (CORRECT)

11. Which of the following are relevant project documents you should link to in your project plan? Select all that apply.

  • Daily review emails and messages between the stakeholders, project manager, and project team
  • The organization chart that depicts everyone who works in the company with their contact information
  • The project charter that defines the project and outlines project goal details (CORRECT)
  • RACI charts that define roles and responsibilities for individuals on a team (CORRECT)

12. Fill in the blank: The main difference between effort estimation and time estimation is that time estimation includes _____.

  • marketing time
  • vendor time
  • stakeholder time
  • inactive time (CORRECT)

13. Fill in the blank: To determine the _____ of a project, list the milestones you must reach in order to meet the project goal on schedule.

  • dependencies
  • capacity planning details
  • critical path (CORRECT)
  • float time

14. Which examples below demonstrate a project manager asking an open-ended question? Select all that apply.

  • What are the issues I need to be aware of regarding the current project timeline? (CORRECT)
  • Will you be able to have the transportation plan for the launch of the new truck series to dealerships ready by next week?
  • What are the steps in your customer feedback review process and what factors do you include in your report of this review? (CORRECT)
  • Can you have this web design proposal completed and back to me by close of business Friday?

15. Tools like Gantt charts and Kanban boards help benefit team members in what three ways?

  • They can illustrate when they need to complete their individual tasks. (CORRECT)
  • They provide clear context about work project details. (CORRECT)
  • They can translate project contracts like the statement of work (SOW) into number and dollar amounts.
  • They can demonstrate how their individual tasks connect to other tasks in the project. (CORRECT)

16. As a project manager, you’re the main supporter of your project plan. You explain to teammates why it benefits them to stay on top of the plan. You hope that this persuades the team to support the plan and update it regularly. What project plan best practice does this represent?

  • Staying curious
  • Recognizing and planning for the inevitable
  • Championing your plan (CORRECT)
  • Giving yourself time to plan

17. As a project manager, you realize that with the current timeline, it’s unlikely you will meet the project deadline. Which of the following strategies could help you meet the deadline? Select all that apply.

  • Consider all risks and carefully examine them. (CORRECT)
  • Meet with teammates to uncover potential risks. (CORRECT)
  • Expand the project’s scope.
  • Increase the project’s budget.

18. What two steps can a project manager take to overcome the planning fallacy?

  • Security information and event management (SIEM)
  • Intrusion prevention system (IPS)
  • Intrusion detection system (IDS)
  • Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) (CORRECT)

19. When creating a critical path, what does a network diagram help visualize? Select all that apply.

  • The path of work from the start to the end of the project (CORRECT)
  • The tasks that can be performed in parallel (CORRECT)
  • Which skilled teammate can work on each task
  • Which non-essential tasks are not on the critical path (CORRECT)

20. Which of the following is a visual tool a project manager can use to manage tasks and workflows?

  • Project charter
  • RACI chart
  • Kanban board (CORRECT)
  • Stakeholder power grid

21. What is capacity in project management?

  • The prediction of the amount of budget to be allocated to complete the project tasks.
  • The estimated length of time it’ll take for the project team to complete project milestones
  • The amount of work that people assigned to the project can reasonably complete in a set period of time (CORRECT)
  • The total number of people involved in the project

22. As a project manager, the project is your number one priority. However, you have team members with competing priorities from other projects. You want to influence them to make your project their priority. To do this, you bridge the high-level goals of the project and the day-to-day perspective of the team. You collaborate to find an outcome that works for everyone. What interpersonal skill did you mainly use in this scenario?

  • Practice patience
  • Build trust
  • Negotiate effectively (CORTRECT)
  • Ask the right questions

23. Imagine you’re a project manager helping a car company with a new vehicle launch. Your project goal is to ensure vehicle delivery to dealerships. To achieve this, you speak with stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand the granular details of the project. This information helps you know what steps to take to best achieve the project goal. This example includes which project plan best practice?

  • Recognize and plan for the inevitable.
  • Give yourself time to plan.
  • Carefully understand project deliverables, milestones, and tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Achieve buy-in from your team members for your plan.

24. Which of the following are some steps to create a critical path? Select all that apply.

  • Set dependencies. (CORRECT)
  • Consult your main customer.
  • Make time estimates. (CORRECT)
  • Create a network diagram. (CORRECT)

25. Which of the following strategies could help a team meet a project deadline? Select all that apply.

  • Increase the team size (CORRECT)
  • Eliminate unnecessary tasks (CORRECT)
  • Streamline tasks (CORRECT)
  • Rush through task planning

26. Which of the following scenarios exemplify how a project manager can use interpersonal skills? Select all that apply.

  • The web designer on your project tells you that they’re not sure they can meet the deadline for all the mock up pages. You ask the designer some questions about the project, such as what amount of time they need for each page mock so you can help prioritize what is feasible. (CORRECT)
  • You’re managing a project with team members who are on multiple projects. You asked the team members to prioritize your project because you know there are many overlapping due dates.
  • The person on your team in charge of contracts now needs to split their work time with another team. You request a meeting with that team’s project manager to identify if any of their project deliverable dates are competing with your project’s timeline. (CORRECT)
  • The timeline is set for the Office Green project. You tell the web designer on Wednesday that you’ll need a complete mock up for the site by Friday.

27. When creating a project plan, you include important points within the schedule that indicate progress. Which project plan component does this represent?

  • Tasks
  • Milestones (CORRECT)
  • Relevant documentation
  • Time

28. You create a new project plan for your company’s staff training program. Which component of the project plan tracks team member activities?

  • Milestones
  • Relevant documentation
  • Tasks (CORRECT)
  • Time

29. Tools like Gantt charts and Kanban boards help benefit team members in what ways? Select all that apply.

  • They provide clear context about work project details. (CORRECT)
  • They can translate project contracts like the statement of work (SOW) into number and dollar amounts.
  • They can demonstrate how their individual tasks connect to other tasks in the project. (CORRECT)
  • They can illustrate when they need to complete their individual tasks. (CORRECT)

30. As a project manager, you create timeline estimates for multiple tasks and assign them to team members. How can you decide which tasks to start first?

  • Identify which tasks the team can execute in parallel. (CORRECT)
  • Complete the largest task first and then the smaller tasks.
  • Randomly assign tasks so that the workload is fairly distributed.
  • Assign the tasks to the team members based on their interests.

31. As a project manager, you estimate a task to take two days. Your team actually took five days to complete the task. What describes the tendency that caused you to underestimate the time for the task?

  • Planning fallacy (CORRECT)
  • Pessimism bias
  • Opinion bias
  • Feedback fallacy

32. As a project manager, you create a critical path for a project. You add up the duration of the tasks on the critical path from the beginning to the end. What type of pass method did you use to calculate the critical path?

  • Backward pass
  • Low pass
  • Sequential pass
  • Forward pass (CORRECT)

33. Which software programs can you use to create a Kanban board? Select all that apply.

  • Asana (CORRECT)
  • Trello (CORRECT)
  • Google Calendar
  • Keynote

34. You create a new project plan for your company’s staff training program. Which component of the project plan tracks the project’s estimated launch date, start date, and end date?

  • Tasks
  • Time (CORRECT)
  • Relevant documentation
  • Milestones

35. What tools can a project manager use to account for issues that may cause a project delay? Select all that apply.

  • Subtasks
  • Project buffer (CORRECT)
  • Task buffer (CORRECT)
  • Gantt chart

36. You are meeting with a teammate to get an estimate for a website launch page design. What question can you ask your teammate to get an accurate time estimate for the task?

  • Is this the only project you are currently working on?
  • Can you allocate some time to work on the design this week?
  • How long does it typically take to mockup a website design like this one? (CORRECT)
  • Can you turn the design of the web page in by tonight?

37. What type of chart can you create to communicate the project schedule to your team effectively?

  • Gantt Chart (CORRECT)
  • Risk Chart
  • SOW Chart
  • RACI Chart

38. As a project manager, you take time ahead of the project to use effort estimation and capacity planning tools, which will help your team get a realistic sense for how long the project will take. What project plan best practice does this represent?

  • Staying curious
  • Championing your plan 
  • Giving yourself time to plan (CORRECT)
  • Recognizing and planning for the inevitable 

39. During the planning phase, you notice the project needs more developers to complete the project tasks within the timeline. Which of the following steps can you take to ensure the project can still be completed on time?

  • Communicate your concern to the team and ask for more resources on the project. (CORRECT)
  • Document your concern about the project and focus on motivating your team.
  • Don’t raise any concerns vocally and maintain the belief you will make the timeline.
  • Assign as many tasks as you can to the teammates before they burn out.

40. You are a project manager working to build a new house. You consider the upcoming storm forecast in your construction plan. How can you mitigate the storm disruption in the project planning stage?

  • Assign more tasks to team members.
  • Add task buffers for the tasks that occur during the storm. (CORRECT)
  • Remind team members that they will need to complete tasks during the storm.
  • Keep a positive attitude for the team.

41. You create a new project plan for your company’s staff training program. Which component of the project plan tracks the charter, budget, and RACI chart?

  • Tasks
  • Documentation (CORRECT)
  • Milestones
  • Timeline

42. What type of document will you create to highlight tasks, assignments, and the timeline of a project?

  • Project plan (CORRECT)
  • Risk assessment
  • Project proposal
  • Team retrospective

43. You are a project manager helping a car company with a new vehicle launch. Your project goal is to ensure vehicle delivery to dealerships. To achieve this, you speak with stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand the specific details of the project. This information helps you know what steps to take to best achieve the project goal. This example includes which project plan best practice?

  • Carefully understand project deliverables, milestones, and tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Give yourself time to plan.
  • Achieve buy-in from your team members for your plan.
  • Recognize and plan for the inevitable.

44. As a project manager, you are midway through the execution phase and notice there are still many tasks to complete for the project. How can you help ensure the project can still be completed on time?

  • Assign more tasks to team members who appear to have time available.
  • Document the concerns about the task list and instruct your team to work faster. 
  • Keep quiet about your concerns and be more optimistic to help the team.
  • Review the task list with team members and stakeholders to eliminate unnecessary work. (CORRECT)

45. What is a strategy to overcome the planning fallacy?

  • Add task buffers. (CORRECT)
  • Increase the budget.
  • Add additional teammates.
  • Expand the project scope.

46. You are a project manager creating a critical path. Your stakeholders request the earliest and latest start dates for each task. What is a strategy to make this time estimate?

  • Use the forward pass or backward pass method. (CORRECT)
  • Develop a RACI chart.
  • Create a list of dependencies.
  • Review the project goals.

47. What project management tool typically organizes tasks into columns with labels such as to do, in progress, and done?

  • Kanban board (CORRECT)
  • RACI chart
  • Gantt chart
  • Work breakdown structure (WBS)

48. What is a typical consequence of overly optimistic task time estimates in the project planning phase?

  • Stakeholders and project sponsors leave the project.
  • The team can clearly communicate potential risks for the project.
  • You create accurate estimates that increase team morale.
  • You overlook potential risks that delay your plans. (CORRECT)

49. In project planning, float is the amount of time a task can be delayed past its earliest start date without impacting the project. How much float is allowed for tasks on the critical path?

  • Zero days (CORRECT)
  • One month
  • One day
  • One week

50. Which of the following strategies would help a team meet a project deadline? Select all that apply.

  • Rush through task planning.
  • Increase the team size. (CORRECT)
  • Eliminate unnecessary tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Streamline tasks. (CORRECT)

51. As a project manager, you notice a high number of uncompleted tasks. These open tasks could cause a delay in the project timeline. Which of the following steps will ensure the team still meets the deadlines?

  • Execute all tasks sequentially.
  • Identify the tasks with a fixed start date.
  • Combine relevant subtasks into one large task.
  • Execute proper tasks in parallel. (CORRECT)

52. What document type can you use to create an effective Gantt chart for your project and team?

  • PowerPoint
  • Kanban board
  • Word document
  • Spreadsheet (CORRECT)

53. As a project manager, you schedule regular meetings with your team throughout the project to ask questions about the tasks and learn more about their skill sets. What project plan best practice does this represent?

  • Giving yourself time to plan
  • Championing your plan
  • Recognizing and planning for the inevitable
  • Staying curious (CORRECT)

54. As a project manager, you are tasked with creating a critical path for a project. You have identified the tasks and determined the dependencies. What is the next step?

  • Contact project vendors to start their work.
  • Conduct a forward pass of the network diagram. (CORRECT)
  • Verify with stakeholders.
  • Start the execution of the project.

55. Which of the following are relevant project documents that should be linked into your project plan? Select all that apply.

  • Daily review emails and messages between the stakeholders, project manager, and project team
  • The organization chart that depicts everyone who works in the company with their contact information
  • The project charter that defines the project and outlines project goal details (CORRECT)
  • RACI charts that define roles and responsibilities for individuals on a team (CORRECT)

56. Which example below demonstrates a project manager asking an open-ended question? Select all that apply.

  • Can you have this web design proposal completed and back to me by close of business Friday?
  • What are the steps in your customer feedback review process, and what factors do you include in your report of this review? (CORRECT)
  • Will you be able to have the transportation plan for the launch of the new truck series to dealerships ready by next week?
  • What are the issues I need to be aware of regarding the current project timeline? (CORRECT)

57. As a project manager, you are the main supporter of your project plan. You explain to teammates why it benefits them to stay on top of the project plan. You hope that this persuades the team to support the plan and update it regularly. What project plan best practice does this represent?

  • Giving yourself time to plan
  • Championing your plan (CORRECT)
  • Staying curious
  • Recognizing and planning for the inevitable

58. A project manager creates a task to have 100 books delivered to the company’s library. In the planning phase, how can the project manager account for the potential delays from the vendor?

  • Limit the number of books delivered.
  • Communicate with the vendor daily.
  • Add a project buffer. (CORRECT)
  • Split the delivery task into subtasks for the vendor.

59. Which of the following strategies would help a team meet a project deadline? Select all that apply.

  • Eliminate unnecessary tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Streamline tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Increase the team size. (CORRECT)
  • Rush through task planning.

60. You are a project manager working to build a new house. You consider the upcoming storm forecast in your construction plan. How can you mitigate the storm disruption in the project planning stage?

  • Assign more tasks to team members.
  • Add task buffers for the tasks that occur during the storm. (CORRECT)
  • Remind team members that they will need to complete tasks during the storm.
  • Keep a positive attitude for the team.

61. You create a critical path and list all the tasks required to complete the project. What document can you use as a reference to help create this list?

  • Subtask planning list (SPL)
  • SOW chart
  • Work breakdown structure (WBS) (CORRECT)
  • RACI chart

62. You create a new project plan for your company’s staff training program. Which component of the project plan tracks team member activities?

  • Milestones
  • Tasks (CORRECT)
  • Time
  • Relevant documentation

63. What type of chart can you create to communicate the project schedule to your team effectively?

  • Risk Chart
  • SOW Chart
  • Gantt Chart (CORRECT)
  • RACI Chart

64. As a project manager, you are tasked with creating a critical path for a project. You have identified the tasks and determined the dependencies. What is the next step?

  • Verify with stakeholders.
  • Conduct a forward pass of the network diagram. (CORRECT)
  • Start the execution of the project.
  • Contact project vendors to start their work.

65. What type of project methodology typically uses Kanban boards to manage tasks?

  • Timeline Methodology
  • Computing methodology
  • Agile methodology (CORRECT)
  • Waterfall methodology

66. What document type can you use to create an effective Gantt chart for your project and team?

  • Spreadsheet (CORRECT)
  • Kanban board
  • PowerPoint
  • Word document

67. As a project manager, you realize that with the current timeline, it’s unlikely you will meet the project deadline. Which of the following strategies could help you to meet the deadline? Select all that apply.

  • Revise the project schedule without stakeholder approval.
  • Request more resources, such as an additional team member. (CORRECT)
  • Eliminate any unnecessary tasks. (CORRECT)
  • Identify tasks that can be done in parallel. (CORRECT)

Building A Project Plan CONCLUSION

A project plan serves as a fundamental ground for completion of a project. In this course offered in Coursera about project management planning, you will learn about the essentials of a project and its components, as well as create accurate time estimates to ensure project success.

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