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1. What strategy should you attempt to follow in dealing with this reluctant project sponsor?

a. Push the project to proceed ahead at full speed, and after a new project sponsor is appointed, do your best to bring that person up to speed as quickly as possible.

b. Complain to the project champion that the project cannot proceed without a project sponsor, and insist that the current sponsor fulfill her key role.

c. Provide your recommendation to the project champion as to whether or not the project sponsor should be replaced, stress the importance of a quick resolution to this matter, and request that the project champion work this out.

d. Request that either the IS manager or project champion play a double role and fill both their current role and the role of the business sponsor.

2. The job that both managers and supervisors perform is

goal setting.

supervision.

strategy planning.

long term organizational planning.

3. Which of the following outcomes is likely to occur if there is a lengthy delay in identifying a new project sponsor?

a. The project team will have difficulty defining the scope of the effort, identifying key business requirements, and setting project success criteria.  

b. The IS manager should step in and perform as a substitute business sponsor until a permanent sponsor can be assigned.  

c. The project team should hire a senior business consultant with years of experience in managing similar organizations at other firms to serve as the project sponsor.  

d. The project team will have fewer managers to deal with on the steering committee, so the project will progress more smoothly and quickly, resulting in a successful project that is both under budget and ahead of schedule.]?

4. The most common means of tourist travel is by

automobile.

train.

bus.

airplane.