Weighting System vs Qualification Sellers list

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Pre and Post Test on page 38 of Crosswind (厚):

70. A Project Manager is beginning the solicitation process to find companies that can potentially provide the needed services. The buyer wants to consider only sellers of the services that have met rigid predefined qualifications. What screening mechanism is this?

(A) Advertising

(B) Bidders conference

(C) Weighting System

(D) Qualification Sellers list

The answer of Crosswind is (D)

Can someone carifiy this? Why not weighting system?

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the Input of Communications Planing Process

The propose(output) the Communications Planing Process is to produce the Communications Management Plan...

So , Clearly , we may need the input as follow:
1. Enterprise environmental factors.
2. Organizational process assets.
3. Project management plan(Constraints adn Assumptions)
4. Project scope statement ??????
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But why should we need Project scope statement?
there are no clear relationship between Project scope statement and Communications Management plan


According the explanation on PMBOK P.226, it writes:

'The project scope statement (Section 5.2.3.1) provides a documented basis for
future project decisions and for confirming a common knowledge of project scope
among the stakeholders. Stakeholder analysis is completed as part of the Scope
Definition process.'

基本上，有看沒有懂，have any one a good explanation of that?

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crosswind manual test of cost charpter

測驗的重點好像怪怪的，好像有些新版已不再提

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特別是第10題
10. The highway project is in the middle of Planning when the project manager presents a status reporting method to the team. The team members haven't heard of this method before. It's called earned value. To attain buy-in from the team, the project manager begins to expain what earned value status reporting can do for the project, explaining that it will measure which of the following?

(A) time and cost
(B) scope, time and cost
(C) scope and cost
(D) scope and time

answer is (B) (Why not (A), why earned value is related scope?)
crosswind explain AC shows cost, PV shows time, EV shows scope.
^^^^^^^^^^^^?


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Closing the project and contract closure

--此處輸入引言--

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From crosswind manual test of chapter 6
25.
You network upgrade project is almost complete. You have outsourced the remote upgrades to three different companies for completion. As the project closes down, what comes first?

(A) Contract Closure
(B) Assignment of contracts for the next phase
(C) Release of resources
(D) Closing the project

The answer is (D). (Why not (A))

According to Crosswind opinion, closing the project happens before contract closure. But I don't find this relationship between these two process. Does it correct? How to explain?


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Map is attached.

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好處：據說有電源可使用notebook（等人時間繼續加班）
消費金額應該比春水堂低（一杯春水堂兩杯伯朗？）

進度：現場直接討論Crosswind薄本的Quality + Human Resources兩章的題目共60題。
（若還有時間可以再加上討論Rita的Quality + Human Resources兩章的題目。）
請盡量先在家把題目做過。
地圖：
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Google Cal.
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行程總表：
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Who sign the Charter？

I think that the PM needs to get the approval and signature from his/her CEO before delivering any contract/service agreement to customer/sponsor for the approval and signature.

The key words of the question are "you are leaving your office", but you are still in your own office (not outside of your office) and "who will you go see for the signature" (also for the approval). Comparing Project Management Team, all Project Stakeholders and project sponsor with CEO of your company, I do think that CEO of your company is the best answer although PM would review the charter with project management team/senior management in his/her company. 

Please correct my answer if required.

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This the question from PM PrepCastTM


You are the project manager for the Silver project. You have been brought on to this project in thYou he very early stages and you have been asked to write the charter for it. Over the past 10 days you have met with a number of stakeholders, received their input and you are now ready to have the charter signed. ave the charter in your hand and you are leaving your office. Who will you go see for the signature?

A.) Project Sponsor
B.) The Chief Executive Officer of your company
C.) All Project Stakeholders
D.) The Project Management Team

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The answer is B.)

這一題，以我以前的關念，我會選 A) （找 CEO 有一點太大了吧？）
下面是出題者的說明……
不知道大家認不認同他的想法？
A project charter is normally signed by an authorized approver who is outside of the boundaries of the project. This ensures that authorization and funding is given from without and not from within the project. The Project Sponsor, Stakeholders and the Project Management Team are inside the boundaries of the project. While it may not be normal that the CEO signs a charter, in this question here, the CEO is the only person who is outside of the project boundaries and therefore the right person to sign it.


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Chart of Accounts

This is the problem from crosswind....

The project planning is progressing. But the team has become frustrated working with the accounting department to set up a system of codes that the accounting department will use to track work on the project. This is known as what?
(A) Accounting codes.
(B) WBS numbering.
(C) Costbdgeting.
(D) Chart of accounts.

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The answer is (D)
My question is Why not (A)?


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