CAPM Flashcards
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:
Business Case
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:
Incremental Life Cycle
Project Management Processes may be overlapping activities that occur throughout the project, true or false
True
Work Performance Data Definition
The Raw observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry out the project work
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?
Temporary endeavors
What are constraints imposed by the organization for projects to operate in?
Governance Framework, structure types, management elements
What are examples of external and internal enterprise environmental factors?
information technology software and marketplace conditions
Organization’s processes and procedures for conducting project work during initiation and planning include:
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
org’s processes and procedures for conducting project work during executing, monitoring, and controlling:
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
Configuration management and issue defect management data are examples of?
org knowledge repositories
Culture is a personality characteristic or trait that includes:
values, norms, beliefs
Key competencies of a project manager:
technical project management, leadership, and strategic and business management
When performing integration on the project, the role of the PM is:
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
Key differences between management and leadership:
Direct using positional power/guide, influence, and collaborate using relational power
focus on systems and structure
Initiating PM Processes:
Develop Project Charter
Identify Stakeholders
How many and what are the planning PM Processes:
24 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
How many and what are the executing PM Processes:
10 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
how many and what are the monitoring and controlling PM Processes:
12 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
How many and what are the closing Pm processes:
1
Close project or phase
What are evolving trends in the integration process?
Use of automated tools and visual management tools
Iterative and agile approaches promote the engagement
of which of the following as local domain experts in integration
management?
Team Members
In agile/adaptive environments, who determines how plans and components should integrate?
Team members
The Project Charter establishes a partnership between which organizations?
Performing and requesting
What are inputs to the develop project charter process?
business documents, agremeents, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
Where are high level strategic and operational assumptions and constrations normally identified?
The business case before the project is initiated and will flow into the project charter
What are factors in the planning process that are considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof
or demonstration?
Assumptions
What are outputs to the develop project charter process?
Project Charter and assumption log
What are tools and techniques of develop project charter process
Meetings, interpersonal and team skills, data gathering, expert judgement
Configuration management plan is:
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
Subsidiary management plan includes:
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
What tool or technique is used in the develop project management plan process?
Expert judgement, interpersonal and team skills, meetings, data gathering
What is an input to the develop project management plan process?
project charter, outputs from other processes, enterprise environmental factors, org process assets
What are outputs of the develop project management plan process?
Project management plan
Tools and techniques of the direct and manage project work process?
expert judgment
project management information system
meetings
outputs of the direct and managet project work process?
deliverables work performance data issue log change request project management plan updates project document updates organizational process assets updates
inputs to the direct and manage project work process?
project management plan project documents approved change requests enterprise environmental factors organizational process assets
What is the purpose of a preventive action change request?
ensure the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan
What process involves leading anad performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives?
Direct and manage project work
what are inputs to manage project knowledge?
project management plan project documents deliverables enterprise environmental factors organizational process assets
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?
manage project knowledge
Which of the following are examples of tacit knowledge?
competence
Which document is used to improve the performance of the project and void repeating mistakes?
lessons learned register
Inputs to manage project knowledge
Project documents eneterprise environmental factors org process assets project management plan deliverables
outputs of manage project knowledge
project management plan updates
lessons learned register
org process assets updates
tools and techniques of manage project knowledge
interpersonal and team skills
information management
knowledge management
expert judgement
tools and techniques of monitor and control project work
expert judgment
data analysis (alternatives analysis, cost benefit analysis, earned value analysis, root cause analysis, trend analysis, variance analysis)
decision making
meetings
outputs of monitor and control project work
change requests
work performance reports
project management plan updates
project document updates (cost forecasts, issue log, lessons learned register, risk register, schedule forecasts)
Approved change requests include:
corrective action, preventive action, defect repair
inputs to monitor and control project work
work performance information project documents org process assets project management plan enterprise environmental factors agreements
what change request is an intentional activity that ensures that the future performance of
project work aligns with the project management plan?
Preventive action
tools and techniques of perform integrated change control
expert judgment change control tools data analysis decision making meetings
perform integrated change control inputs
change requests enterprise environmental factors organizational process assets project management plan project documents work performance reports
outputs of perform integrated change control
approved change requests
project document updates
project management plan updates
inputs to close project or phase
project charter project management plan project documents acceptable deliverables business documents agreements procurement documents organizational process assets
outputs to close project or phase
project document updates
final product, service, or result transition
final report
organizational process asset updates
tools and techniques of close project or phase
expert judgment
data analysis
meetings
what aspects are part of the project performance summary
quality objectives
cost objectives
scope objectives
schedule objectives
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?
Project manager
Agile scope planning is especially useful when:
business requirements are not stable
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project is which project management process associated with
the project scope management knowledge area?
validate scope
completion of the product scope is measured against which of the following?
product requirements
requirement related activities are the responsibility of which role within the project scope managemtn knowledge area?
business analyst
Describe the scope management plan?
how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated
what tasks should be part of the scope management plan?
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
outputs of plan scope management
scope management plan
requirements management plan
inputs to plan scope management
project charter
projhect management plan (quality management plan, project life cycle description, development approach)
enterprise environmental factors,
organizational process assets
which requirement describes temporary capabilities needed to move from the currest as-is state to the desired future state?
transition and readiness requirements
Describe the collect requirements process
determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requiements to meet objectives
which of the following links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them?
requirements traceability matrix
what is the main purpose of the stakeholder register?
identify stakeholders who can provide information on the requirements and captures requirements and expectation that stakeholders have for the project
input to define scope process
project charter pmp project documents enterprise environmental factors org process assets
The detailed project scope statement includes:
product scope description
deliverables
acceptance criteria
project exclusions
output of define scope process
project scope statement
project documents updates (assumption log, requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix, stakeholder register)
What does the project scope statement describe?
Work that will be performed and work that is excluded
What is the WBS typically used for?
to organize and define the total scope of the project
which of the following are used to describe the scope baseline?
approved version of the scope statement, work breakdown structure, and its associated WBS dictionary
when managing a global project, you are likely to consult the WBS dictionary to find:
detailed devlierable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS
what is the key benefit of creating the WBS?
it provides a framework for what has to be delivered
what are inputs to the WBS?
project documents
project management plan
org process assets
EEFS
what are outputs of create WBS?
scope baseline
project document updates
what are tools and techniques of create WBS?
decomposition
expert judgment
validate scope process is:
process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
what are deliverables that are formally signed off and approved by the authorized stakeholder?
accepted deliverables
inputs to validate scope process:
project management plan
project documents
verified deliverables
work performance data
tools and techniques of validate scope process:
inspection and decision making
what are deliverables that are completed and checked for correctness through the quality control process?
verified deliverables
what are outputs of the validate scope process?
accepted deliverables
project document updates
work performance information
change requests
control scope is the process of monitoring the status of the project and what else?
product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline
outputs of control scope process?
work performance information
change requests
project management plan updates
project document updates
tools and techniques of control scope process
data analysis (variance analysis, trend analysis)
