FAM104 Module 1 Exam Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
How to manage primary stakeholders? - Answer- Manage closely - communicate
frequently, involve in project, request and utilize feedback
How to manage secondary stakeholders? - Answer- For those with a lot of interest in
your project, you want to keep them informed and utilize their interest in your project to
accomplish tasks whenever possible.
For those with little interest but a lot of power over your project, keep these stakeholders
satisfied by communicating with them regularly, but not excessively. The goal with this
group of stakeholders is to increase their interest in your project so they might
eventually become an advocate.
How to manage Other stakeholders? - Answer- Monitor - keep updated and informed
but not excessively, try to get them interested depending on the stakeholder
How to manage internal stakeholders? - Answer- Give direction, manage upwards.
Exercise chain of command only when necessary
How to manage external stakeholders? - Answer- Influence via solid plans, facts, logic.
Exercise chain of command only when necessary
2.8 Identify key stakeholder management documents - Answer- Communication Plan
Acquisition Strategy
Responsibility Matrix
What is a communication plan? - Answer- describes how, when, and by whom
information about the project will be administered and disseminated. The
Communication Plan will detail what type of meeting format a forum might be held in,
how frequently the meeting will be held, as well as, any possible deliverables required in
order to facilitate each meeting.
(2.8 Identify key stakeholder management documents)
What is an Acquisition Strategy? - Answer- Comprehensive plan to describe the
acquisition approach
Ensures all stakeholders understand and agree
Helps prevent "scope creep" (adding cool new gizmos)
,(2.8 Identify key stakeholder management documents)
What is a Responsibility Matrix? - Answer- describes the participation by various
organizations, people and roles in completing tasks or deliverables for a project. The
Responsibility Matrix helps a PM to understand the varying roles and responsibilities
within a cross-functional team. It ensures the team understands their roles and
responsibilities.
In the DOD, this is also called a RACI, which outlines who is Responsible, Accountable,
Consulted and Informed.
(2.8 Identify key stakeholder management documents)
Program/Project manager (2.5) - Answer- integrator for the functional managers,
bringing together the various functional disciplines to deliver successful projects. Project
managers are the team leader for the project, overseeing and directing the day-to-day
execution of the project, and they are responsible for overall cost, schedule, and
performance
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Systems engineers (2.5) - Answer- oversee and lead the systems engineering process,
a process to translate operational and user needs/requirements into system-level
requirements balanced appropriately for cost, schedule, and performance priorities. The
systems engineering process is further applied to refine system-level requirements into
detailed design specifications
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) (2.5) - Answer- enters into contracts on behalf of
the government and advises the program/project manager on all aspects of contract
management. The PCO ensures no contracts are entered into without meeting all
requirements of law, regulation, and policy.
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Financial management (2.5) - Answer- assists with resource and cost estimating,
budgeting, and tracking expenditures. Financial managers assist program/project
managers to ensure adequate funds are available for project success, and they also
help evaluate project status during project execution.
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
, Systems Safety (2.5) - Answer- influence the design through the systems engineering
process tominimize loss of personnel and material resources due to possible mishaps.
They help preservethe combat capability of the Air Force by ensuring system safety is
applied throughout the project/program life cycle
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Configuration management (2.5) - Answer- part of the overall systems engineering
process and identifies, documents, and verifies the functional and physical
characteristics of a configuration item. In addition, configuration management controls
changes to a configuration item and its documentation
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Data management (2.5) - Answer- also part of the overall systems engineering process.
This discipline helps plan for data requirements and screen data requests. The goal is
to ensure preparation of engineering data to support management, engineering,
maintenance, modification, competitive re-acquisition, test, and other logistics support
requirements. Data is always very expensive. Buying data we don't need wastes
taxpayer resources; failure to acquire adequate data can significantly impact the
operation and support of weapons systems during their life cycles
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Manufacturing (2.5) - Answer- monitors and manages the "producibility" of a system to
ensure efficient and effective manufacturing of Air Force or Space Force systems.
Quality assurance ensures conformance to a standard or requirement, to include quality
of design, qualify of conformance to specifications, and fitness for use
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
Developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) - Answer- is concerned with verifying the
end item satisfies its technical performance specifications as outlined in the contract
(2.5 Recognize typical program/project office functional disciplines often represented on
a program/project team)
1.1 Identify the four skills of emotional intelligence - Answer- Self Awareness, Self
Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Management
