CHAPTER 2
2–1 Systems managers are trained to make decisions for the best interest of an entire
2–2 (a) Open, closed, or extended
2–3 Organizational structures, which will be discussed in Chapter 3, focus on control
of resources and also (hopefully) timely decision making. Therefore, we must
2–4 Projects require funding. There must be decision points in the development of
2–5 People are accustomed to having some form of guidance when managing
projects. The guidance comes in the form of a methodology. However, as
2–6 Project management methodologies should have no more than five or six life
cycle phases. Too many phases create excessive paperwork and useless
meetings. Usually senior management makes the final decision on the number of
life cycle phases.