Answers to Review Questions

1. A. The buyer provides the SOW when projects are performed under contract.

2. B. This came about because of an organizational need. Staff members were spending unproductive hours producing information for the management report that wasn’t consistent or meaningful.

3. A. Develop Project Charter has five inputs, and they are project SOW, business case, contract, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets.

4. C. The most correct answer is to perform a feasibility study. Because this project is taking the company into a new, unknown market, there’s lots of potential for error and failure. A feasibility study would help the stakeholders determine whether the project is viable and cost effective and whether it has a high potential for success.