During stage 1, the City Council purchasing team must prepare the contract that will govern BuildyBrick’s later design and construction work. The project manager agrees with the purchasing team the products, time and cost for this work package.
Which practice is being applied through the ‘controlling a stage’ process?
QUALITY
Here are three items of information relating to the testing of the solar panels during stage 4.
Under which heading of the quality register (A–E) should each item be recorded?
Choose only ONE heading for each item. Each heading can be used once, more than once, or not at all.
During stage 2, the Heritage Director, acting as senior user, reviews the design and raises a concern that the previously requested heritage trail has not been addressed.
Is this an appropriate use of the ‘give ongoing direction’ activity, and why?
Before a BuildyBrick subcontractor begins testing the utilities and systems, the proposed team plan and the commitment to deliver the testing work package must be agreed.
Which role agrees to carry out the work package in the ‘managing product delivery’ process?
A product description contains only the following quality specification for the car-parking component: “The shopping centre will include an underground car park.”
Is this an effective application of the quality practice, and why?
During a periodic evaluation of the security-system work package, the team manager reviews the work package description, team plan, and the related issue, risk, quality, product, and lessons information. Missing electrical cabling means that installation is now forecast to finish one week late, exceeding the work-package time tolerance.
The team manager raises the issue with the project manager and reports the current status in the checkpoint report. Is this an appropriate application of the ‘evaluate a work package’ activity, and why?