Review Questions

1. You are a project manager for an international marketing firm. You are ready to assign resources to your new project using a work authorization system. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Work authorization systems clarify and initiate the work for each work package.

B. Work authorization systems are written procedures defined by the organization.

C. Work authorization systems are used throughout the project Execution processes.

D. Work authorization systems are a tool and technique of the Monitor and Control Project Work process.

2. You are working on a project and discover that one of the business users responsible for testing the product never completed this activity. She has written an email requesting that one of your team members drop everything to assist her with a problem that could have been avoided if she would have performed the test. This employee reports to a stakeholder, not to the project team. You estimate that the project might not be completed on time as a result of this missed activity. All of the following are true except for which one?