Test your knowledge: Learning more about project manager roles and responsibilities

Test your knowledge: Learning more about project manager roles and responsibilities

  1. Fill in the blank: _____ is how a project manager makes use of productivity tools and creates processes. The project manager may need to use certain tools and processes to do tasks like create a schedule and share information.

    • Budgeting and controlling costs

    • Managing tasks

    • Planning and organizing

    • Removing unforeseen barriers

  2. Fill in the blank: _____ is how a project manager keeps track of the team's workload, ensures that things are getting done within a set period of time, and demonstrates progress to people outside the immediate team, like stakeholders.

    • Budgeting and controlling costs

    • Planning and organizing

    • Removing unforeseen barriers

    • Managing tasks

  3. Fill in the blank: _____ is how a project manager oversees the financial components of a project and mitigates project issues and risks as they come up.

    • Planning and organizing

    • Managing tasks

    • Budgeting and controlling costs

    • Removing unforeseen barriers

  4. Fill in the blank: A cross-functional project team is a team that has _____.

    • similar skill sets and works toward a common goal

    • diverse skill sets and works toward individual goals

    • similar skill sets and works toward individual goals

    • diverse skill sets and works toward a common goal