Ch 3

Question 1

I belief that may or may not be true within a project.

Answer 1

Assumption

Question 2

A document request to add to or remove from the project scope.

Answer 2

Change request

Question 3

The project management process group that contains the activities to close out a project and project contracts.

Answer 3

Closing process group

Question 4

A condition, rule, or procedure that restricts a project managers options.

Answer 4

Constraint

Question 5

Brings project work back into alignment with the project plan. May also address a process that is producing errors.

Answer 5

Corrective action

Question 6

The aggregation of the project deliverables and their associated costs. The difference between the cost estimates and the actual cost of the project identifies the cost variance.

Answer 6

Cost baseline

Question 7

The activity to repair a defect within the project.

Answer 7

Defect repair

Question 8

Describes the large progression of project management duties; plan-do-check-act cycle.

Answer 8

Deming’s PDCA Cycle

Question 9

Any external or internal organizational factors that can affect project success. Includes culture, organizational structure, resources and commercial databases the project will use, market conditions, and your project management software.

Answer 9

Enterprise environmental factors

Question 10

The project management process group that provides the activities to carry out the project management plan to complete the project work.

Answer 10

Executing process group

Question 11

The project management process group that allows a project to be chartered and authorized.

Answer 11

Initiating process group

Question 12

A record of the issue, its characteristics, the issue owner, and a target date for resolving the issue.

Answer 12

Issue log

Question 13

The project manager must, according to enterprise environmental factors, manage the project team to ensure that they are completing their work assignments with quality and according to plan.

Answer 13

Manage project team

Question 14

This process is based on what the stakeholders expect from the project and on project communication from the project manager.

Answer 14

Manage stakeholder expectations

Question 15

Oversees, measures, and tracks project performance.

Answer 15

Monitoring and controlling process group

Question 16

The methodology and organization used performance business, as well as the guidelines, procedures, and knowledge bases, such as the lessons learned documentation from past projects and any relevant hysterical information.

Answer 16

Organizational process assets

Question 17

The project management process group that creates the project management plan to execute, monitor and control, and close the project.

Answer 17

Planning process group

Question 18

A risk – related action that avoid risks within the project. A work around to a problem within your project is an example.

Answer 18

Preventative action

Question 19

A set of integrated activities to create a product, result, or service. Project management processes allow the project to move toward
completion.

Answer 19

Process

Question 20

A process that is unique to the type of work creating the product of the project. This can also be unique to the performance organization of the project.

Answer 20

Product process

Question 21

The calendar that documents when the project work occur.

Answer 21

Project calendar

Question 22

A document that comes from outside of the project boundaries and authorizes the existence of a project.

Answer 22

Project charter

Question 23

The output of the project.

Answer 23

Project deliverable

Question 24

The project scope defines the project, the project deliverables, product requirements, project boundaries, acceptance procedures, and scope control.

Answer 24

Project scope statement

Question 25

The calendar that documents which project resources are available for the project work.

Answer 25

Resource calendar

Question 26

A central repository of the project risks and their attributes.

Answer 26

Risk register

Question 27

An uncertain event or condition that can have a negative or positive impact on the project.

Answer 27

Risk

Question 28

Iterations of planning throughout the project life cycle.

Answer 28

Rolling wave planning

Question 29

The expected timeline of the project. The difference between the plan schedule and the experience schedule reveals schedule variance within the project.

Answer 29

Schedule baseline

Question 30

The sum of the project deliverables. The project scope statement, the WBS, and the WBS dictionary.

Answer 30

Scope baseline

Question 31

A person or group that is affected by the project or the may affect the group. They can be positive, negative, or neutral and their attitude toward the project success.

Answer 31

Stakeholder

Question 32

The project manager and project team aims to keep the project stakeholders engaged and involved in the project to ensure that decisions, approvals, and communications are maintained as defined in the stakeholder management plan and the stakeholder management strategy.

Answer 32

Stakeholder engagement

Question 33

A document that defines every identified element of the work breakdown study.

Answer 33

WBS dictionary

Question 34

A breakdown of the project scope.

Answer 34

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Question 35

An immediate response to a negative risk within the project. This is an example of a corrective action.

Answer 35

Work – around