Final Assessment - Review Mode

This final assessment will help you determine the extent to which you have become familiar with this material. This is the Review Mode, in which you will receive detailed feedback for individual questions. Use this mode only if you do not have a perfect score after completing the Quiz Mode.

Instructions: Select the best answers to the questions below. Click "Submit" to record your selection(s) for each question. At the bottom, click "Score My Quiz" to see the final result.

1. Check all that apply with regard to a project plan. A project plan is... A document you prepare once your project is well underway. A coordinating tool, planning aid, and communication device. One of several documents that you may need to describe the scope of your entire effort.		Your choices are correct! The core purpose of a project plan is to help identify and convey to others the key elements of a particular effort to be undertaken. And, in addition to writing a project plan, you might create documents such as a business plan, strategic plan, technology plan, proposals, service agreements, and/or contracts to cover all of the bases for a particular project or program. Your answer is partially correct! Please click "Reset" and try again. The first option is incorrect. Because the project plan is a planning tool, its job actually begins before your project starts. Please click "Reset" and try again.

2. A project plan is analogous to a business plan or strategic plan in what respect? It explains how you will market your project or program. It helps you clarify your intentions before expressing them to others. It is a document you present to a lender to request funding.		The first and third options are not typical uses for a project plan by itself. A business or marketing plan usually focuses on marketing issues, and lenders usually want to see a business plan that contains a detailed budget projection. You could combine a project plan with other documents to create a cohesive package, however. Please click "Reset" and try again. Your answer is partially correct! Please click "Reset" and try again. Yes! A project plan enables you or your organization to think through and clarify a core set of ideas before communicating them in proposals and bids, for example.

3. A previously prepared project plan can provide insights into what aspect of a future project? Possible areas in which to repeat past successes and apply historical lessons learned. Primarily budgets and scheduling, which are usually similar for all projects. None. Each project is distinct, which makes projects extremely difficult to compare.		The second and third options are not usually true. Budgets and schedules can vary significantly unless the projects are very similar in nature. And although projects may be unique in many respects, they involve a common set of issues to consider such as purpose, goals and objectives, audiences or beneficiaries, products or services, risks, and so forth. Please click "Reset" and try again. Your answer is partially correct! Please click "Reset" and try again. That’s correct! A previously prepared project plan represents a set of ideas and intentions developed for a specific undertaking. Referring back to the successful and unsuccessful aspects of an earlier effort can help you determine where to try to replicate success and avoid failure in future efforts.

4. What value can a project plan offer during an interview with a prospective client? Check all that apply. It can demonstrate that every project is exactly the same. It can suggest similarities between a past project and a future project. It helps create a rapid understanding of possible project considerations.		The first option is incorrect. Projects and programs may be similar in various respects, but not all are exactly the same! Please click "Reset" and try again. Your answer is partially correct! Please click "Reset" and try again. That’s correct! Having a sample of a project plan during a discussion with a prospective employer, client, or funding source can help you illustrate any similarities that a future project might bring. You can bolster your credibility by walking through the sample plan and explaining how you expect to apply your past experience, including lessons learned, to achieve future success.

5. A project plan should do which of the following: Define your target audiences or beneficiaries, which may include your clients and customers as well as their clients or customers. Avoid considering future variations of a project, and stick to what is known in the here-and-now. Downplay any risks, as they will exist regardless of how carefully you plan. Expand over time as more project information is revealed.		The second and third options depict a shortsighted view of managing projects. Projects and programs often develop new dimensions, especially when they are successful. Planning early for potential variations and offshoots can enable you to optimize the future budgeting of your resources. To avoid potential trauma from risks, identify and mitigate them early. Please click "Reset" and try again. Your answer is partially correct! Please click "Reset" and try again. Yes! An important aspect of your project plan is identifying who will receive the benefits of your products or services. These parties may include not only your own direct clients and customers, but those "downstream" from you. You can also expect that your project plan’s initial placeholders will be replaced over time as you research, discover, and derive new information.


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