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A team is asked to build one new service, with a fixed start date and a fixed end date. That temporary effort is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A manager plans, organises and controls people and materials to hit a goal inside a set timeline. That work is:Read the answer and worked solution →A professional wants certification as a project manager from the main accrediting body. That body is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In one framework each step follows the one before it, in strict order. That approach is called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A team is asked to build one new service, with a fixed start date and a fixed end date. That temporary effort is a:

  1. Project
  2. Routine
  3. Rotation
  4. Contract
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Correct answer: A. Project

1. It is temporary, not ongoing. 2. It has beginning and end dates. 3. It is a project. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

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A manager plans, organises and controls people and materials to hit a goal inside a set timeline. That work is:

  1. Audit control
  2. Project control
  3. Book control
  4. Credit control
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Correct answer: B. Project control

1. Resources are being steered. 2. A defined timeline bounds it. 3. It is project control, or project management. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

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A professional wants certification as a project manager from the main accrediting body. That body is the:

  1. Project Institute
  2. Standards Registry
  3. Trade Council body
  4. Audit Bureau body
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Correct answer: A. Project Institute

1. It certifies project, program and portfolio managers. 2. It promotes a process-based approach. 3. It is the Project Management Institute, the PMI. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

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