Review questions — Project Management Fundamentals

Integrated review: Project Management Fundamentals

Classify the work before selecting a method. Launching a new booking service is a temporary project with an outcome and end; running bookings each day is recurring operations. A program may coordinate related projects for shared benefits, while a portfolio balances organizational investments. A long task list alone establishes neither. Define an acceptably testable scope, then route additions to the authorized decision maker. A new request does not erase an approved data or safety boundary. Distinguish a future uncertain risk from a current issue, an unverified assumption from a constraint on choices. Each calls for a different response and report.

Turn the decision into an executable plan: link milestones to dependencies and available capacity, record the risk owner and escalation trigger, and name who will accept and operate the handover. When deadline pressure conflicts with a quality check, show capacity, options, and consequences instead of hiding the result or changing commitments privately. Listening to sponsor and team interests does not waive approved acceptance; it makes evidence and authority clearer. During execution, follow agreed communication thresholds and verify who is affected before broad notices. Delivery alone does not prove the intended benefit. A benefit needs a baseline, measure, and review date; fewer support calls, for example, might reflect lower shipment volume.

Match the feedback method to the question. Observation can expose a form-field blockage, a focus group can reveal different interpretations, and a decision meeting must leave an output and owner. Attendance alone is weak evidence when affected users are absent or objections are not recorded. When reviewing a practice item, identify the fact that changed the work classification or action order. Explain why the nearest alternative is tempting and why it falls short under the stated conditions. Connect a change to scope, schedule, and decision rights; record the decision and revisit assumptions. Separate disputes about evidence from disputes about authority, and protect stakeholder testimony before escalation.