Session 2 Flashcards

1
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How do you manage organizational change impacts on projects?

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• assess organizational culture
• evaluate impact of organizational change to project and determine required actions
• recommend options for changes to provide
• continually monitor external business environment for impacts to project scope/backlog

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2
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What do you need to know about organizational culture and style?

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• leadership hierarchy and authority
• visions, beliefs and expectations
•diversity, equality and inclusion
• risk tolerance
• regulations, polices, procedures
• code of conduct
• operating environment
• motivation and reward system

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3
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What are the risk, culture and change in organizations?

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Diverse values of:
• country/region
• industry/sector
• leadership
• project tran

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4
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The risk, culture and change in organization, must be understood to_________

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•establish effective approaches for initiating and planning projects
• identify the accepted means for getting work done

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5
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Name a change management Framework?

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ADKAR

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6
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Project Life cycle

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The series of phases that a project passes through from its start to its completion

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7
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Name the five milestones from the change management framework ADKAR

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  1. A- awareness of the need for change
  2. D- desire to support the change
  3. K- knowledge of how to change
  4. A- ability to demonstrate new skills and behaviors
  5. R- reinforcement to make the change stick
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8
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How do you plan for change?

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• include an attitudinal survey to find out how people are feeling
• create an informational campaign to familiarize peoples changes
• be open and transparent about potential affects and changes
• consider creating a rollout plan ( not a project management component)

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9
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What is a North Star statement (template) used for?

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To articulate the vision in strategic objectives for the organization to follow

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10
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What comes first in a project plan?

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Identifying the key stakeholders

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11
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Project Governance Components/Process

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• change
• communication
• documentation— i.e., project management plan
• decision- making
• internal stakeholder alignment with project process requirements

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12
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What can Governance In Adaptive Projects provide

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• a clear view of project l status from:
• defined iteration/sprint exception
and outputs
• releases tied to specific dates
• Real time monitoring of project
output through daily standups

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13
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Does Adaptive and Predictive have the same governance methology?

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Yes

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14
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What does Governance Board (Project Board or Steering Committee) provide?

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• project oversight
• project sponsor, senior managers, and PMO resources as
• Maybbe responsible for:
• reviewing key deliverables
• providing guidance for project
decisions

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15
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What are the project Managment principles?

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• recognize
• evaluate
• respond to system interactions

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16
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Predictive value delivery

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Value delivery as product of life cycle

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17
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Adaptive value delivery

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Value delivery embedded in life cycle

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18
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Predictive Goverance Checkpoints
(Kill Point)

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• split work into phases
• review results as a phase gate- aka, goverance gate, kill point or tollgate

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19
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What does predictive Goverance Checkpoints decide?

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• continue to the next phase
• continue with modifications, or
• end a project or program

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20
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Adaptive Governance Checkpoints
( Kill Point)

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• split work into releases
• review results at end of iterations
• gather feedback and take action to improve value in next iteration

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21
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What does adaptive Goverance Checkpoint decide?

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• continue until customers acceptance criteria— e.g. definition of done or MVP— is satisfied or project ends

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22
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When is the governance checkpoints
( Kill Point) discussed

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• at the end of the project

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23
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What type of phases relationships can a project have (predictive)

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They have sequential or overlapping relationships.

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24
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What should be applied to a governance project phase at the beginning?

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• verify, invalidate project assumptions
• analyze risk
• provide detailed explanation of phase deliverables

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25
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What should be applied to a goverance predictive project phase at the end?

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• key deliverables produced
• review to ensure completeness and acceptance

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26
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If huge risks occur during the goverance phase what will happen?

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• deliverables are no longer needed or requirements change
• a phase or project will be terminated

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27
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What are the internal and external aspects of compliance?

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• government regulations
• corporate policies
• product and project quality
• project risk

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28
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What level does PMO monitor compliance at?

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Organizational level

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29
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Project team is also responsible for project activity-related compliance including:

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• quality of processes and deliverables/products
• procurement and work vendors

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30
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What does legal or regulatory compliance requirements include:

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• requirements of specific practices
• standards
• privacy laws
• handling of sensitive information

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31
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What are the compliance categories classification?

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• environmental risks
• workplace health and safety
• ethical/ non - corrupt practices
• social responsibility
• quality
• process risks

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32
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What are compliance categories based on?

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• industry and solution scope
• unique legal and regulatory exposure

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33
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How do you investigate compliance threats?

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• where/ who in the organization handles compliance
• what legal regulatory requirements impact the organizations e.g. workplace safety, data protection, requirements for professional membership
• what is the organization quality policy
• are the team and stakeholders aware of compliance matters

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34
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Compliance objectives

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• be prepared to perform quality audits
• proactively track and manage risks for compliance requirements
• validate legal and regulatory compliance for deliverables
• check compliance before the end of the project to avoid transferring issues

35
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What should you include in a risk or dedicated compliance register

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• identified risk
• a responsible risk owner
• impact of a realized risk
• risk responses

36
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What are the compliance best practices?

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• documentation
• risk planning
• compliance council
• compliance audit
• compliance stewardship

37
Q

Always start project with what:

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Stakeholders

38
Q

Who are your stakeholders?

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• end users
• customers
• employees
• organization
• managers

39
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How do you engage stakeholders?

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Communication

40
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What is part of the stakeholder identification techniques?

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• Who they are
• check the business case and benefits management plan for names
• later, check the issue/ impediments log, change log or requirements documents to see who else is needed or named

41
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What are the stakeholders relationship to the project?

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• interest
• involvement
• interdependencies
• influence
• potential impact on project success

42
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Techniques of assessing stakeholders

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Data gathering
• questionnaires and surveys
• brainstorming

Data Analysis
• stakeholders analysis— what are their “stakes” in the project— e.g. interest, rights, ownership, knowledge, contribution
• document analysis

Data representation
• two- dimensional (2D) grids
• Power/interest
• Power/influence
• Impact/influence
• 3D grid- stakeholder cube
• Salience model
• directions of influence

43
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What is the stakeholders register used for? (Living Document)

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• contains the information necessary to execute the stakeholder engagement plan
• capture and record important stakeholders information
• factor in OPAs-(documentation e.g. business plans

44
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What are the directions of influence

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• Upward- parent organization- senior management
• Downward- in the project hierarchy- team or specialist
• Sideward- friendly or competitive for resources- project manager peers

45
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Which model uses the Salience Model

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• mostly adaptive and hybrid

46
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What are the aspects of Salence Model?

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• urgency
• level of required attention/detail
• time contraints
• high stakes

• legitimacy
• appropriate involvement or proximity, as applied to team stakeholders for level of involvement

• power
• level of authority

47
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How do you plan to communicate with stakeholders?

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• stakeholder engagement plan
• identifies required management strategies to effectively engage stakeholders
• team fulfills strategies via communications described in the communication management plan

48
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What are communication needs for stakeholders from a project manager?

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• leads to a clear articulation for stakeholders communication needs
• enables effective choices about communication topics, frequency, models and technologies
• questionnaire or survey that documents the communication and technology requirements

49
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Examples of communication methods and technologies

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• Mertings/ Verbal
• physical (face to face)
• virtual (videoconferencing)
• phone call

• Digital/ Electronic Media
• websites and social media
• instant/ text messaging
• email or fax

• Physical
• body language and gestures
• white boards

50
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What is a Push communication method?

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• sender determines:
• send an email
• make a phone call

51
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What is a Pull communication method?

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• receiver determines:
• post information on team board
• store reference documents in electronic repository

52
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What are some communication challenges?

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• urgency of need for information
• availability and reliability of technology
• ease of use
• project environment- e.g. language and formality
• sensitivity and confidentiality of information
• data protection laws/ regulations

53
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What are the aspects of stakeholder engagement strategy?

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• involve stakeholders
• enable appropriate management strategies
• create and maintain relationships

54
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What is Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix (SEAM)

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Tailor labels for stakeholders level of engagement to your context, team or organization.

55
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Should names be used on the matrix to refer to stakeholders?

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No, use numbers

56
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Creating a predictive team involves the following:

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• builds team agreement, structures and processes that support a culture that enable individuals to work together and benefit from interaction

• tailors a resource management plan

57
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Creating a adaptive team involves the following:

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• the team assembled and self- organizes to support projects requirements

58
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Any team being formed goes though what ladder of team development

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Tuckman

59
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What is the Tuckman’s Ladder of Team Development

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• Forming- Introduction
~ team members meet and begin to trust one another
• Storming- Risk/Conflict
~ team members begin to assert themselves and take control of emerging issues
• Norming-productivity
~ team begins to work productively; without worrying about personal acceptance or control issues
• Performing- Everyone working together
~ team is working at optimum productivity and is collaborating easily, communicating freely, and solving its own conflict
• Adjourning- End of Project
~ team members complete their assigned work and shift to the next project or assigned task

60
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What are the project team formation key concepts

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• Self Organizing Team
• A cross- function team in which people fluidly assume leadership as needed to achieve the team’s objectives

• Service Leadership
• The practice of leading the team by focusing on understanding and addressing the needed and development of team members in order to enable the highest possible team performance

61
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What are the project manager roles in adaptive teams

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• Centralized
• All team members practice leadership activities and accountability is usually assigned to one individual, such as the project manager or similar role (team lead)

• Distributed
• One project team member (may shift) serves as facilitator to enable communication, collaboration and engagement on accountable tasks

62
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What is hybrid team formation

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Tailoring— taken aspects from predictive and adaptive approach

63
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Project Team Composition

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• refer to teams makeup and how team members are brought together
• varies based on organizational culture, location and scope
• can be full-time or part-time members
• includes varied knowledge and expertise e.g. generalist and specialists

64
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What are the Project Team Roles?

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• project management staff
• project work staff
• supporting experts
• business partners

65
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Guidelines to identify for Project Requirements

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• ensure relevant skill sets
• avoid single points of failure— e.g. a single resource has a required skill
• create cross functional teams
• Use generalizing specialist support other areas of the project
• Use T-shaped people whenever possible
• ensure appropriate physical resources and other requirements— e.g. equipment and access rights

66
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What are the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Standards

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• teams are global and diverse in culture, gender m, physical ability, language and many other factors
• the project environment optimizes the team’s diversity and builds a climate of mutual trust.

67
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What are the 4 Core Values?

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• Responsibility
• Respect
• Fairness
• Honesty

68
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What is a team charter?

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• electronic, paper or poster hat covers ground
• rules created together as a team.

69
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What does a team charter include

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• shared values
• behavior guidelines
• guidelines for communications and use of tools
• decision making guidelines
• performance expectations
• conflict resolution
• meeting time, frequency, and channel
• other team agreements — e.g. shares hours, improvement activities

70
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Effective communication includes:

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• verbal
• written
• behavioral
• physical
• virtual

71
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Colocated Team

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• interaction is easy
• better bonding is facilitated
• use of physical tools, collaboration and boards possible

72
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Virtual Team Challenges

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• individual performance tracking
• diversity- language, technological skill
• solo working prohibits bonding

73
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Virtual team communication technology tools

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• task boards
• messaging and chat
• calendars
• document storage
• knowledge repositories
• videoconferencing

74
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Basic needs of a virtual team includes

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• cohesion
• shared goals
• clear purpose
• clarity on roles and expectations

75
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Change Management

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• a comprehensive and structured approach for transitioning individuals, groups, and organizations from a current state of future state.

76
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Threshold

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A predetermined value of a measurable variable that represents a limit that requires action to be taken if it is reached

77
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Tolerance

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• the quantified description of acceptable variation for a quality, risk, budget, or other requirement

78
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Phase

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• refers to a collection of activities within a project
• each phase is a goal oriented and ends at a milestone

79
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Phase Gate

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• a point review at the end of a phase in which a decision is made to continue to the next phase to continue with modifications, or to end a project or program

80
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Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

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• the small collection of features that can be included in a product or customers to consider it functional— and lean methodologies, — bare bones or no frills

81
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Sequential Relationship

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• consecutive relationship between phases; phases occur in procession and without overlap

82
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Overlapping Relationship

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• a type of phase to phase relationship characterized by phases that start prior to the ending of the previous phase

83
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Quality policy

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• the basic principles that should govern the organization’s actions as it implements its system for quality management

84
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Stakeholder Analysis

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• a technique of systematically gathering and analyzing, quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be considered throughout the project