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1
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A Documented economic feasibility study used to establish the validity of the benefits of a selcted component lacking sufficient definition and that
is used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities is which of the following:

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Business Case

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An adaptive project life cycle in which the deliverable is produced through a series of iterations that successively add functionality within a predetermined time
frame is called:

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Incremental Life Cycle

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Project Management Processes may be overlapping activities that occur throughout the project, true or false

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True

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Work Performance Data Definition

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The Raw observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry out the project work

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Operations are ongoing endeavors that produce repetitive outputs, with resources assigned to do basically
the same set of tasks according to the stnadards institutionalized in a product life cycle, whereas projects are
which of the following?

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Temporary endeavors

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What are constraints imposed by the organization for projects to operate in?

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Governance Framework, structure types, management elements

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What are examples of external and internal enterprise environmental factors?

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information technology software and marketplace conditions

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Organization’s processes and procedures for conducting project work during initiation and planning include:

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guidelines and criteria for tailoring the orgs standard processes and procedures for the project
product and project life cycles and methods and procedures, templates, preapproved supplier lists and contractual agreements

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org’s processes and procedures for conducting project work during executing, monitoring, and controlling:

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change control, traceability matrices, financial control procedures, issue and defect management, resourcve availability, assignment,
org communication requirements, procedures for prioritizing, approving, and issuing work authorizations, templates
standardized guidelines, work instructions, proposal evaluation criteria, performance measurement criteria
product, service, or result verification and validation procedures

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Configuration management and issue defect management data are examples of?

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org knowledge repositories

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Culture is a personality characteristic or trait that includes:

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values, norms, beliefs

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12
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Key competencies of a project manager:

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technical project management, leadership, and strategic and business management

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When performing integration on the project, the role of the PM is:

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To work with the project sponsor to understand the strategic objectives and ensure the alignment of the project objectives and results
with those of the portfolio, program, and business areas

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Key differences between management and leadership:

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Direct using positional power/guide, influence, and collaborate using relational power
focus on systems and structure

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Initiating PM Processes:

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Develop Project Charter

Identify Stakeholders

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How many and what are the planning PM Processes:

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Collect Requirements
Develop PM Plan
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Comm Management
Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
perform quantiative risk analysis
Plan Procurement Management
Plan Resource Management
Plan Risk Management
Sequence Activities
Define Activities
Estimate Activity Duration
Estimate Activity resources
Define Scope
Plan Cost management
plan quality management
plan schedule management
create WBS
develop schedule
identify risks
determine budget
estimate costs
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How many and what are the executing PM Processes:

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Direct and Manage Project Work
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Develop Team
Manage Team
Acquire Resources
Implement Risk Responses
Conduct Procurements
Manage Project Knowledge
Manage Quality
Manage Communications
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how many and what are the monitoring and controlling PM Processes:

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Control Procurements
Control Scope
Monitor Communications
Control Resources
Control Quality
Validate Scope
Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Control Schedule
Control Costs
Monitor and control project work
monitor risks
perform integrated change control
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How many and what are the closing Pm processes:

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1

Close project or phase

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20
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What are evolving trends in the integration process?

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Use of automated tools and visual management tools

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21
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Iterative and agile approaches promote the engagement
of which of the following as local domain experts in integration
management?

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Team Members

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In agile/adaptive environments, who determines how plans and components should integrate?

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Team members

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23
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The Project Charter establishes a partnership between which organizations?

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Performing and requesting

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What are inputs to the develop project charter process?

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business documents, agremeents, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets

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Where are high level strategic and operational assumptions and constrations normally identified?

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The business case before the project is initiated and will flow into the project charter

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What are factors in the planning process that are considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof
or demonstration?

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Assumptions

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What are outputs to the develop project charter process?

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Project Charter and assumption log

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What are tools and techniques of develop project charter process

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Meetings, interpersonal and team skills, data gathering, expert judgement

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29
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Configuration management plan is:

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Describes the configurable items of the project and identifies the items that will be recorded and updated so that the product of the
project remains consistent and operable

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30
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Subsidiary management plan includes:

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Scope management plan
requirements management plan
schedule management plan
cost management plan
quality management plan 
resource management plan
communications management plan
risk management plan
procurement management plan
stakeholder engagement plan
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What tool or technique is used in the develop project management plan process?

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Expert judgement, interpersonal and team skills, meetings, data gathering

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What is an input to the develop project management plan process?

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project charter, outputs from other processes, enterprise environmental factors, org process assets

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What are outputs of the develop project management plan process?

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Project management plan

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34
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Tools and techniques of the direct and manage project work process?

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expert judgment
project management information system
meetings

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outputs of the direct and managet project work process?

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deliverables
work performance data
issue log
change request
project management plan updates
project document updates
organizational process assets updates
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36
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inputs to the direct and manage project work process?

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project management plan
project documents
approved change requests
enterprise environmental factors
organizational process assets
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37
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What is the purpose of a preventive action change request?

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ensure the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan

38
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What process involves leading anad performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives?

A

Direct and manage project work

39
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what are inputs to manage project knowledge?

A 
project management plan
project documents
deliverables
enterprise environmental factors
organizational process assets
40
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Leveraging prior knowledge to improve outcomes and making knowledge created avialable for future projects is
a key benefit of which of the following project integration management processes?

A

manage project knowledge

41
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Which of the following are examples of tacit knowledge?

A

competence

42
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Which document is used to improve the performance of the project and void repeating mistakes?

A

lessons learned register

43
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Inputs to manage project knowledge

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Project documents
eneterprise environmental factors
org process assets
project management plan
deliverables
44
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outputs of manage project knowledge

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project management plan updates
lessons learned register
org process assets updates

45
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tools and techniques of manage project knowledge

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interpersonal and team skills
information management
knowledge management
expert judgement

46
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tools and techniques of monitor and control project work

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expert judgment
data analysis (alternatives analysis, cost benefit analysis, earned value analysis, root cause analysis, trend analysis, variance analysis)
decision making
meetings

47
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outputs of monitor and control project work

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change requests
work performance reports
project management plan updates
project document updates (cost forecasts, issue log, lessons learned register, risk register, schedule forecasts)

48
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Approved change requests include:

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corrective action, preventive action, defect repair

49
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inputs to monitor and control project work

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work performance information
project documents
org process assets
project management plan
enterprise environmental factors
agreements
50
Q

what change request is an intentional activity that ensures that the future performance of
project work aligns with the project management plan?

A

Preventive action

51
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tools and techniques of perform integrated change control

A 
expert judgment
change control tools
data analysis
decision making
meetings
52
Q

perform integrated change control inputs

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change requests
enterprise environmental factors
organizational process assets
project management plan
project documents
work performance reports
53
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outputs of perform integrated change control

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approved change requests
project document updates
project management plan updates

54
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inputs to close project or phase

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project charter
project management plan
project documents
acceptable deliverables
business documents
agreements
procurement documents
organizational process assets
55
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outputs to close project or phase

A

project document updates
final product, service, or result transition
final report
organizational process asset updates

56
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tools and techniques of close project or phase

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expert judgment
data analysis
meetings

57
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what aspects are part of the project performance summary

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quality objectives
cost objectives
scope objectives
schedule objectives

58
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Within the project management knowledge area, who is responsible for ensuring that requirements related work is accounted
for in the project management plan and requirements related activities are performed on time and within budget and
deliver value?

A

Project manager

59
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Agile scope planning is especially useful when:

A

business requirements are not stable

60
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The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project is which project management process associated with
the project scope management knowledge area?

A

validate scope

61
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completion of the product scope is measured against which of the following?

A

product requirements

62
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requirement related activities are the responsibility of which role within the project scope managemtn knowledge area?

A

business analyst

63
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Describe the scope management plan?

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how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated

64
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what tasks should be part of the scope management plan?

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define a strategy for handling scope change requests
create a WBS
how the scope baseline will be approved and maintained
prepare a scope statement
process for how formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables will be obtained

65
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outputs of plan scope management

A

scope management plan

requirements management plan

66
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inputs to plan scope management

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project charter
projhect management plan (quality management plan, project life cycle description, development approach)
enterprise environmental factors,
organizational process assets

67
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which requirement describes temporary capabilities needed to move from the currest as-is state to the desired future state?

A

transition and readiness requirements

68
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Describe the collect requirements process

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determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requiements to meet objectives

69
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which of the following links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them?

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requirements traceability matrix

70
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what is the main purpose of the stakeholder register?

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identify stakeholders who can provide information on the requirements and captures requirements and expectation that stakeholders have for the project

71
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input to define scope process

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project charter
pmp
project documents
enterprise environmental factors
org process assets
72
Q

The detailed project scope statement includes:

A

product scope description
deliverables
acceptance criteria
project exclusions

73
Q

output of define scope process

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project scope statement
project documents updates (assumption log, requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix, stakeholder register)

74
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What does the project scope statement describe?

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Work that will be performed and work that is excluded

75
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What is the WBS typically used for?

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to organize and define the total scope of the project

76
Q

which of the following are used to describe the scope baseline?

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approved version of the scope statement, work breakdown structure, and its associated WBS dictionary

77
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when managing a global project, you are likely to consult the WBS dictionary to find:

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detailed devlierable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS

78
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what is the key benefit of creating the WBS?

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it provides a framework for what has to be delivered

79
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what are inputs to the WBS?

A

project documents
project management plan
org process assets
EEFS

80
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what are outputs of create WBS?

A

scope baseline

project document updates

81
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what are tools and techniques of create WBS?

A

decomposition

expert judgment

82
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validate scope process is:

A

process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables

83
Q

what are deliverables that are formally signed off and approved by the authorized stakeholder?

A

accepted deliverables

84
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inputs to validate scope process:

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project management plan
project documents
verified deliverables
work performance data

85
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tools and techniques of validate scope process:

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inspection and decision making

86
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what are deliverables that are completed and checked for correctness through the quality control process?

A

verified deliverables

87
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what are outputs of the validate scope process?

A

accepted deliverables
project document updates
work performance information
change requests

88
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control scope is the process of monitoring the status of the project and what else?

A

product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline

89
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outputs of control scope process?

A

work performance information
change requests
project management plan updates
project document updates

90
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tools and techniques of control scope process

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data analysis (variance analysis, trend analysis)

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