Project Management Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. The official written record of what was discussed, what was decided, and who was assigned "Action Items" during a meeting.
  2. 8. Anyone who is involved in, contributes to, or is affected by the outcome of a project.
  3. 11. The visible result of a problem, but not the cause itself.
  4. 12. A written list of topics to be discussed during a meeting. It is created and distributed before the meeting starts.
  5. 14. Statement A specific, action-oriented sentence explaining a committee's role and purpose.
  6. 16. Whys A problem-solving technique used to dig past symptoms and find the root cause by repeatedly asking this question.
  7. 17. The process of identifying and documenting the logical order in which project activities must occur.
  8. 19. A single point of congestion or delay in a project that slows down all subsequent dependent tasks from moving forward.
  9. 21. Plan A backup plan created in advance to handle identified risks or bottlenecks.
  10. 23. The task that logically happens next, following a predecessor.
  11. 24. Goal A framework for setting goals that are Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
Down
  1. 1. Reaching an agreement that the entire group can support and commit to, even if it wasn't everyone's first choice.
  2. 3. Assessment The process of observing and surveying a community to identify "gaps" or problems that need to be solved.
  3. 4. A risk management exercise where a team imagines a project completely failed, and works backward to brainstorm everything that could have gone wrong.
  4. 5. A mandatory delay or waiting time between a preceding task and a succeeding task.
  5. 6. Cause The hidden, underlying origin of a problem.
  6. 7. A final, tangible product or result produced by a project (e.g., a printed program, a built stage, a launched app).
  7. 9. How realistic or possible a project is given the available time, budget, and resources.
  8. 10. Tasks Two or more completely separate activities that are worked on simultaneously by different team members.
  9. 13. A relationship where one task relies on the completion (or start) of another task.
  10. 15. A broad picture of what ultimate success looks like for a project.
  11. 18. Overlapping dependent tasks to get a head start and finish a project earlier.
  12. 20. The task that absolutely must happen first before the next logical step can begin.
  13. 22. Breakdown Structure The process of taking a massive, overwhelming project and breaking it down into small, assignable tasks.