Question

You are the project manager of a complicated construction project, which involves building highways in the whole state of North Carolina. You have several groups working with you in the project. To plan resources for this project and determine connection between individuals you should preferably use:

Staffing pool description

Staffing management plan

Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

Organization matrix

You are the project manager of a project team that includes several new recruits. You notice that most of the team members possess "I have right mentality" and put forth their own ideas for consideration. In this context, your team is in which of the following stages of group development?

Forming

Storming

Conflicting

Performing

Your project sponsor takes active interest in monitoring your project and asks you for reports about the project on a weekly basis. In this context, what can you submit to the project sponsor:

Earned value analysis data, performance reports, and cost-benefit analysis

Performance reports, work breakdown structure, and forecasts

Earned value analysis data, performance reports, and forecasts

Earned value analysis data, risk management plan, and performance reports

Answer 1

1. To determine connection betweens individuals we should preferably use Responsibilty assignment matrix(RAM) .RAM shows the connection between project menbers and project activities. It can be effectively applied at large projects and at various levels. Lower level RAM describes the level of authority for specific task , their responsibilities and designated roles, while higher level RAM describes responsibility of project team within each componenet of work break down system.
2. Storming; storming is basically the stage when members starts communicating with each other about their ideas related to project by considering themselves as a individual rather than a part of team
3. Earned value analysis data, performance reports and forecast is submitted to project sponsor as a weekly report; , earned value analysis is provide the information about the task that is actually completed and performance report represnt the total performance of the task in specified duration and forecast represent the future work that is going to be performed.