Monday 18 February 2013

Essay type test for IT Officer job - Project Management - coordination & integration

Extract from an essay type test for an international inter-government organisation with HQ in Brussels:
  1. Describe the difference between Project, Program, Portfolio and Capability Management. 
  2. Related with the procurement processes, describe your experience in the area and highlight specific points of attention. 
  3. List user authentication mechanisms, technologies and protocols in this field.
  4. For a project the following data is given: budget (planned, tolerance, actual), timing (deadline, tolerance, actual), internal development resources (planned, tolerance, consumed), quality (planned requirements, closed, on-going, deferred), risks (open, closed), issues (open, closed). Prepare some slides for the Project Board showing the relevant data about the project and make a clear recommendation for the follow-up actions. 
Time allowed: 1,5 hours.