CEE 111/211 Reading Assessment
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1. Based on Reading-3 for CEE 111/211
Assess your understanding of a few of the big ideas of your reading on VDC, ICE and objectives
1
. The CIFE ICE process is explicitly modeled after the JPL Team-X process, with which it shares which of the following features?
The CIFE ICE process is explicitly modeled after the JPL Team-X process, with which it shares which of the following features?
a) Same number of large shared display screens
b) Multiple co-located design participants who work with specialized modeling and simulation software
c) Someone (called a facilitator in the paper) focuses group attention on issues, suggests that several disciplines resolve issues of shared interest, and directs attention of particular participants to specific issues as they emerge
d) Uses an information network that is “closed” in the sense that the participants collectively have the knowledge, skills and authority to model, simulate and make decisions about the project design
e) All of a - d
f) Options a, c
g) Options a, b, c
h) None of a – d
2
. The ICE discussion in the VDC paper defines a number of enabling factors for successful ICE including which of the following?
The ICE discussion in the VDC paper defines a number of enabling factors for successful ICE including which of the following?
a) High
independence of management structure
, i.e., individual designers can work in relative autonomy without much oversight
b)
Pooled stakeholder social network
that includes collocated participants resolving problems quickly in groups of two or more
c)
Rich communications media
, fundamentally shared visual models that show requirements, choices and predicted behaviors.
d)
Committed design staff focus
, i.e., participants who are simultaneously committed to multiple tasks on multiple projects
e) All of a - d
f) Options a, c
g) Options a, b, c
h) None of a – d
3
. The VDC paper defines
decision latency
as the time between posing a question and having information with sufficient quality that it can be used to make a design decision. The paper claims that Latency
The VDC paper defines
decision latency
as the time between posing a question and having information with sufficient quality that it can be used to make a design decision. The paper claims that Latency
a) Usually ranges from minutes to a few hours in routine engineering practice
b) Has some but neither dramatic nor primary effect on routine (non-ICE) design session duration
c) Ranges from seconds to a few hours in well-functioning ICE sessions
d) Is a fundamental theoretical concept about process performance that drives design of the physical, social and technical coordination environment in which the design team works
e) All of a - d
f) Options a, c
g) Options a, b, c
h) None of a – d
4
. Which of the following statements are true about the VDC objectives framework?
Which of the following statements are true about the VDC objectives framework?
a) Project
controllable factors
include decisions that a manager makes frequently or daily, e.g., model scope
b) Project
process objectives
are measurable and should be defined and then measured and reported monthly, e.g, stakeholder latency
c) Project
outcome objectives
are measurable at the end of the project, e.g., project cost
d) Example controllable factors include the VDC modeling and analysis strategy, process objectives to measure, latency and project cost
e) all of a - d
f) Options a, c
g) Options a, b, c
h) None of a - d
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. Please indicate which, if any, of the following classes you took last quarter.
Please indicate which, if any, of the following classes you took last quarter.
CEE 110/210
CEE 115/215
CEE 135/235
None of the above
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