2. Project Environment

Question 1

What are the organization’s processes and procedures related to Initiating and Planning? (5)

Answer 1

1) Guidelines
2) Organizational standards (ex. policies)
3) Produce and project life cycles
4) Templates
5) Preapproved supplier lists and contractual agreements

Question 2

What are the organization’s processes and procedures related to Executing, Monitoring and Controlling?

Answer 2

1) Change control procedures
2) Traceability matrices
3) Financial controls procedures
4) Issues and defect management procedures
5) Resource availability control
6) Organizational communication requirements
7) Procedures for prioritizing, approving and issuing work authorizations
8) Templates
9) Standardized guidelines, work instructions, proposal evaluation criterial and performance measurement criteria
10) Product, service or results verification and validation procedures

Question 3

What are the organization’s processes and procedures related to Closing? (6)

Answer 3

1) Final project audits
2) Project evaluations
3) Deliverable acceptance
4) Contract closure
5) Resource reassignment
6) Knowledge transfer to production and/or operations

Question 4

What are the organization’s main categories of processes and procedures for conducting project work?

Answer 4

1) Initiating and Planning
2) Executing, Monitoring and Controlling
3) Closing

Question 5

What are Organization Knowledge Repositories?

Answer 5

Structures used for storing and retrieving information

Question 6

What are the main Organization Knowledge Repositories? (6)

Answer 6

1) Configuration
2) Financial
3) Historical
4) Issue and Defect
5) Data
6) Project files from previous projects

Question 7

What are the main organization system factors?

Answer 7

1) Management elements
2) Governance frameworks
3) Organization structure types

Question 8

How does the organization’s management achieve the best outcome for the organization?

Answer 8

By examination the optimization trade-offs between the components and the system in order to take the appropriate action.

Question 9

What are the main types of Project Management Offices (PMOs)? (3)

Answer 9

1) Supportive
2) Controlling
3) Directive

(no such thing as Hamonizing)