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Question:
You are the director of the PMO for your organization. An employee from another department has approached you about a new project that is being talked about in his department. He wants to head up this project and convince you of his knowledge of project management and that he can do this job. His objective statement for the project is: “Convert all our distribution centers in the United States to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. This new technology will give us a real-time view of the demand for the products we sell, so it helps improve inventory management reduce theft, and reduce stock-outs. The electronic identification stored in the tags should be fixed. This new technology will require that readers be installed at all warehouse gates." Select three correct statements about his objective statement.
A
This statement describes an overview of the project, but it cannot be considered an objective statement because it’s missing some important elements.
explanation
Objectives should include schedule, cost, and quality metrics. They are quantifiable criteria used to measure project success. There are no measures of time, cost, or quality mentioned in this statement. The objective should be clear and concise. Requirements describing the specifications of the objectives shouldn’t be mixed into an objective statement.
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