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Project Management Question Paper
Project Management
Course:Bachelor Of Science In Entrepreneurship Studies
Institution: Moi University question papers
Exam Year:2011
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2010/2011
SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DATE: AUGUST 2011 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
Question One
a) State and explain three main responsibilities of a project manager (6 Marks)
b) Discuss the hard and soft success criteria of a project (8 Marks)
c) Outline the common problems faced by Project Managers during the Initiation Phase. (4 Marks)
d) Explain the Factors that Affect Individual and Organizational Perceptions of project Risks
(4 Marks)
e) Outline the tasks undertaken during the Project Closure phase. (4 Marks)
f) Explain the terms below as used in project management:
i) Configuration management (2 Marks)
ii) Feasibility studies (2 Marks)
Question Two
a) For a project that is already underway in your organization, Identify the key areas requiring monitoring and suggest the kind of information and procedures that would be involved. (6 Marks)
b) Ujenzi Company ltd has been awarded a construction project. The chief Engineer of the company has established the following cost and time information relating to the contract:
Activity Predecessor(s) Normal
time
(Days)
Normal
cost
(sh)
Crash time
(Days)
Crash cost
(sh)
A - 30 90,000 25 105,000
B - 25 180,000 20 190,000
C - 10 50,000 8 54,000
D C 10 7,500 7 9,000
E B,D 10 4,200 10 4,200
F A,E 20 20,000 16 30,000
G A,E 35 28,000 30 35,000
H B,D 20 12,000 18 15,000
I F 20 14,000 15 24,000
Required
(i) The critical path and the normal completion time of the project (6 Marks)
(ii) The minimum project duration and the additional project cost for that duration.
(8 Marks)
Question Three
a) “Research with hundreds of project teams has shown that a one-size-fits-all approach to change management is not sufficient. To be effective at leading change, companies will need to customize and scale their change management efforts, based on the unique characteristics of the change and the attributes of the impacted organization” (Change Management Learning Centre, 2004).
Discuss the stages of a successful change management (16 Marks)
b) Explain the importance of procedural handling of exits and phase-out from one stage of the project to the other (4 Marks)
Question Four
a) Define the following terms as used in network analysis:
i) Crash time, (2 Marks)
ii) Optimistic time, (2 Marks)
iii) Forward pass, (2 Marks)
iv)Dummy activity, (2 Marks)
v) Slack. (2 Marks)
Question Five
Discuss the contents of the project Standards and Procedures Manual. (20 Marks)
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