SPP Practice Questions

A.  

Chief strategy officer, staff, and consultants

B.  

Senior leadership

C.  

A committee with one member from each department

D.  

A mix of employees from different parts of the organization

A.  

Isolate a small function of the project

B.  

Practice team-building through other activities unrelated to the project

C.  

Ensure everyone understands how their work helps to accomplish the project objectives

D.  

Identify who is responsible for tasks

A.  

Creates performance measures that can be used to encourage desired behaviors

B.  

Shows how projects and programs are managed

C.  

Exists to support pay-for-performance systems

D.  

Translates an organization's shared vision of the future into action for all employees

A.  

continuous improvement

B.  

consensus management

C.  

reengineering

D.  

quality circles

A.  

Who an organization serves

B.  

What an organization produces

C.  

How an organization operates

D.  

Why an organization exists

A.  

As early as possible

B.  

Once key analysis has been completed

C.  

After senior managers have made asset allocation decisions

D.  

Not until the vision has been approved

A.  

Dialogue between leaders and employees in small group discussions

B.  

A customized, well-scripted slide show presentation given by a senior leader

C.  

An e-mail message from the senior leader to employees

D.  

An article written by a senior leader published in the organization's newsletter

A.  

Require significant investment

B.  

Are common across an industrial segment

C.  

Cannot be developed or changed

D.  

Form the basis for activities that create and build value

A.  

Make policy decisions with senior leadership

B.  

Resolve political issues

C.  

Identify issues

D.  

Gather input from participants

A.  

Forming, measuring, informing, delivering

B.  

Forming, norming, starring, positioning

C.  

Forming, storming, norming, performing

D.  

Forming, norming, storming, performing