GISP GIS Project Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A GIS project manager needs to identify all parties who may affect or be affected by the project. This process is known as:
- Risk identification
- Stakeholder identification (Correct answer)
- Requirements elicitation
- Quality planning
Correct answer: Stakeholder identification
Stakeholder identification is the process of finding all individuals and organizations whose interests may affect or be affected by the project.
Question 2: Which cost estimation technique uses historical data from analogous projects to estimate the cost of a new GIS project?
- Bottom-up estimating
- Parametric estimating
- Analogous estimating (Correct answer)
- Three-point estimating
Correct answer: Analogous estimating
Analogous estimating uses actual costs from previous similar projects as the basis for estimating the current project's cost.
Question 3: In GIS project quality management, the process of auditing quality requirements and inspection results to ensure appropriate quality standards are being used is called:
- Quality control
- Quality assurance (Correct answer)
- Quality planning
- Quality acceptance
Correct answer: Quality assurance
Quality assurance focuses on the processes used to manage the project and audits quality requirements to ensure standards and procedures are being followed.
Question 4: A project manager discovers that actual costs are exceeding the budget while the project is on schedule. Which EVM metric would reveal this situation?
- Schedule Variance (SV)
- Cost Performance Index (CPI) (Correct answer)
- Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
- Planned Value (PV)
Correct answer: Cost Performance Index (CPI)
The Cost Performance Index (CPI) compares earned value to actual costs; a CPI below 1.0 indicates cost overrun regardless of schedule status.
Question 5: Which project management approach follows a sequential, phase-by-phase process where each phase must be completed before the next begins?
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall (Correct answer)
- Kanban
Correct answer: Waterfall
The Waterfall model is a linear sequential approach where each phase (requirements, design, implementation, verification) must be fully completed before progressing to the next.
Question 6: In GIS project procurement, a Request for Proposal (RFP) differs from a Request for Quote (RFQ) primarily because an RFP:
- Only requests pricing information from vendors
- Solicits pricing and technical approaches from vendors (Correct answer)
- Is used only for sole-source procurement
- Requires vendors to submit sealed bids
Correct answer: Solicits pricing and technical approaches from vendors
An RFP solicits both pricing and detailed technical approaches or methodologies from vendors, whereas an RFQ typically focuses on price alone.
Question 7: During a GIS project, team members unexpectedly resign, causing resource shortages. According to risk management, this event was previously identified as a risk. What document would contain the pre-planned response?
- Project charter
- Risk register (Correct answer)
- Communications plan
- Responsibility assignment matrix
Correct answer: Risk register
The risk register contains identified risks along with their likelihood, impact, and pre-planned response strategies for when risks materialize.
GISP GIS Project Management 2
A GIS project manager needs to identify all parties who may affect or be affected by the project.
This process is known as: