Brilliant Verbal Reasoning Tests

represent one challenge to project-based working, whereby the

project’s hierarchy supersedes organisational seniority. Another

obstacle in reactive, process-based cultures is a resistance to

planning, and a mindset that IT is peripheral, rather than inte-

gral, to business projects. These hurdles are indisputably worth

overcoming, however, as acquiring project management capabil-

ities enables businesses to function effectively in project mode

while continuing to conduct their day-to-day operations

efficiently.

52) When working on a project, senior staff might be account-

able to a more junior project manager.

True/False/Can’t tell

53) The passage indicates that project management methodolo-

gies are at odds with those of some industries.

True/False/Can’t tell

54) Long-range planning is antithetical to the discipline of

project management.

True/False/Can’t tell

55) Training courses in planning software are sufficient for

acquiring project management expertise.

True/False/Can’t tell

IT has been used commercially for over 50 years, yet no stan-

dard terminology or system for measuring the value of IT

expenditure exists.This lack of methodology can be explained by

IT’s intangible nature and a prevailing belief that IT is a

necessary, and uncontrollable, expense. Ultimately any metric

for assessing IT investment must determine whether it has

increased income or decreased expenditure. It is far too sim-

plistic to merely consider personnel cost savings resultant from

IT investment. Similarly, to crudely define IT expenditure as

224 brilliant verbal reasoning

M10_WILL4537_01_SE_C10.QXP:M10_WILL4537_01_SE_C10 16/11/09 11:34 Page 224