Assembling the Right Quantity and Variety of Skills and Experience

question 30

Multiple Choice

Assembling the right quantity and variety of skills and experience for the project team can be quite challenging.One strategy is to staff the project with a combination of experienced and less experienced workers.All of the following are benefits associated with this approach EXCEPT:

• A) It often costs less to use an inexperienced person.
• B) The project manager can dominate the more junior team members
• C) Mentoring within the team helps to achieve organizational learning.
• D) The more experienced person can help to mentor the more junior person.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample data that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, representing the variability of sampling distributions.