Ch4.3 -Direct and Manage Project Work

Question 1

Direct and Manage Project Work

Answer 1

process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives.

Question 2

benefit of Direct and Manage Project Work

Answer 2

provides overall management of the project work

Question 3

Direct and Manage Project Work activities include:

Answer 3

Perform activities; Create project deliverables; Provide, train, and manage the team members; Obtain, manage, and use resources including materials, tools, equipment, and facilities; Implement the planned methods and standards; Establish and manage project communication channels, both external and internal to the project team; Generate work performance data, such as cost, schedule, technical and quality progress, and status to facilitate forecasting; Issue change requests and implement approved changes into the project’s scope, plans, and environment; Manage risks and implement risk response activities; Manage sellers and suppliers; Manage stakeholders and their engagement; Collect and document lessons learned and implement approved process improvement activities.

Question 4

Who directs and manages project work activities?

Answer 4

PM and PM team

Question 5

Who manages unplanned activities and determines appropriate course of action?

Answer 5

PM and PM team

Question 6

The Direct and Manage Project Work process is directly affected by what

Answer 6

Project application area

Question 7

Direct and Manage Project Work process - how does work performance data work during this process?

Answer 7

collected and appropriately actioned and communicated

Question 8

What does work performance data include

Answer 8

Info about completion status of deliverables and other relevant details about project performance

Question 9

What is work performance data used as in input for (what process group)

Answer 9

Monitor/Control

Question 10

Direct and Manage Project Work requires a review of what?

Answer 10

Impact of all project changes and implementation of approved changes, which leads to action

Question 11

What 3 options are there when approved changes need to be made?

Answer 11

1. Corrective Action; 2. Preventative action; 3. Defect repair

Question 12

Corrective Action

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intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan;

Question 13

Preventive action

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An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan;

Question 14

Defect repair

Answer 14

An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component

Question 15

What are inputs to directing and managing project work?

Answer 15

Project Management Plan, Approved change requests, enterprise environmental factors, organizational process assets

Question 16

Input: PMPlan into Direct and managing project work

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Contains subsidiary plans (scope mgmt, reqt mgmt, schedule mgmt, cost mgmt, stakeholder mgmt)

Question 17

Input: Approved Change Request

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Change request are output of Perform Integrated Change Control process. i

Question 18

What happends after a change request is approved

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Impacts any area of project or pmplan. Can modify policies, pm plan, procedures, costs, budgets, schedules. May require implementation of 3 options (preventative, corrective actions).

Question 19

What tools/techniques used to manage project work

Answer 19

Expert judgement, pmis, meetings

Question 20

What happens in meetings during direct/manage project work?

Answer 20

Discuss and address pertinent topics of project when directing/managing project work; each attendee has defined role to ensure appropriate participation.

Question 21

3 types of meetings

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1. Info exchange; 2. Brainstorming, option evaluation, design; 3. Decision making

Question 22

Best practice when conducting meetings

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Do not mix the meeting types (info exchange, brainstorm, decision making)

Question 23

Best meeting format

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1. Agenda, 2. Purpose, 3. Objective, 4. Timeframe, 5. Appropriately documented with meeting minutes and action items that are stored as defined in PM plan

Question 24

Direct and manage project work: Outputs

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1. Deliverables, 2. Work performance data, change requests, pm plan updates, project doc updates

Question 25

Deliverable

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unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.

Question 26

Work performance data

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raw observations and measurements identified during activities being performed to carry out the project work

Question 27

When is work performance data gathered

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gathered through work execution

Question 28

What happends after work data is gathered

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Passed to controlling processes of each process area for further analysis.

Question 29

Examples of work performance data

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work completed, key performance indicators, technical performance measures, start and finish dates of schedule activities, number of change requests, number of defects, actual costs, and actual durations, etc.

Question 30

change request

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formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline

Question 31

Change request can replace what

Answer 31

associated document, deliverable, or baseline and may result in an update to other parts of the project management plan. may modify project policies or procedures, project scope, project cost or budget, project schedule, or project quality

Question 32

Types of change requests

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direct or indirect, externally or internally initiated, and can be optional or legally/contractually mandated. Can include corrective/preventative actions, defect repair, updates (changes to formally controlled project docs, plans, etc)

Question 33

PM plan updates

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Elements that may need to be updated: Scope management plan; Requirements management plan; Schedule management plan; Cost management plan; Quality management plan; Process improvement plan; Human resource management plan; Communications management plan; Risk management plan; Procurement management plan; Stakeholder management plan; and Project baselines.

Question 34

Direct and Manage Project Work DFD

Answer 34

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Question 35

Direct and Manage Project Work ITTO

Answer 35