36) The challenges of managing large-scale systems development projects arise from ________.
A) economies of scale
B) economies of scope
C) increase in configuration control
D) lack of coordination
37) ________ refers to a set of management policies, practices, and tools that developers use to maintain control over a project's resources.
A) Perceptual mapping
B) Coordination control
C) Critical path analysis
D) Configuration control
38) A well-managed project will never face problems of diseconomies of scale.
39) A loss of control over a project's configuration is usually negligible and not so expensive to fix.
40) The smaller and shorter a project, the greater the chance of disruption due to unanticipated events.
41) What are the biggest challenges for managing a large-scale systems development project?
42) ________ is the process by which users agree to one set of conditions, then add a bit more, then add a bit more, and so forth.
A) Requirements creep
B) Diseconomies of scale
C) Configuration control
D) Coordination
43) Taking responsibility for requirements is the single most important task a user can perform for a large-scale development project.
44) Requirements creep is the process by which a project manager reduces his or her responsibilities for requirements through miniscule rollbacks.