Tim works for a project management consulting firm that has just assisted a client in implementing a new process improvement plan. The executives of the company are pleased with the outcome of the project but are unsure how they will be able to maintain this new level of productivity. In response, Tim suggests that they use Kaizen events based around the Kaizen Theory. The Kaizen Theory is also known as:

A key stakeholder approaches the project manager for a list of significant events in the project that can be used to benchmark the project’s progress. What document will the project manager provide the key stakeholder with?

Al and Veronica have agreed to put an end to the bickering about the project by settling their personal differences on the Go Kart track. In fact, they have made it a team-building activity by giving their team members a half-day off so that they can join in the race. Team-building activities accomplish the following:

A project manager of a retail chain of hardware stores is in the process of generating the project schedule. After the project manager issues the project assignments, a team member approaches him to say that he has a two-week planned vacation right in the middle of a critical activity. What did the project manager fail to do?