Chapter 1

Question 1

Project Management Framework

Answer 1

The project management framework is the skeleton of the project and how the project operates. It defines the approach and expectations for how the project will operate.

Question 2

Operations

Answer 2

Describes the ongoing core business of an organization.

Question 3

Project

Answer 3

A temporary endeavor to create a unique product or service.

Question 4

Product life cycle

Answer 4

Describes the creation, support, and eventual sunsetting of a product.

Question 5

Project Managers (PMs)

Answer 5

Individuals who are responsible for the coordination of the project events, the orchestration of team members and activities, and the management of all facets of the project.

Question 6

Program

Answer 6

A program is a collection of related projects all working together towards common goal. A program is led by a program manager.

Question 7

Program Manager

Answer 7

Individual who orchestrates the activities of the project, through the project managers, to achieve benefits that wouldn’t be realized if all the projects acted independently of one another.

Question 8

Project Management Office (PMO)

Answer 8

Provides centralized management, support, and guidance for all projects within an organization.

Question 9

PMO - Directive

Answer 9

The PMO directly manages the project for others. The PMO directs the entire project.

Question 10

PMO - Controlling

Answer 10

The PMO controls the project through compliance with standards, a strict framework, methodologies, forms, templates, and the mechanics of project management.

Question 11

PMO - Supportive

Answer 11

The PMO is more of a consultant to the project managers with the organization. The supportive PMO helps by providing templates consultation, and lessons learned.

Question 12

Portfolio

Answer 12

A way to describe a company’s collection of investments.

Question 13

Portfolio Committee or Steering Committee

Answer 13

This is a group of executives that reviews each proposed investment and determines the priority of the project or program to happen, its ROI, the risk of the investment, and other factors.

Question 14

Predictive Project Management Approach
(Waterfall Project)

Answer 14

Means that you and your project team predict what should happen in the project. It moves through a logical progression of activities to reach the project closing.

Question 15

Project Management Life Cycle

Answer 15

Describes the evolution of project process groups that will move to a project from initiation to closure.

Question 16

Project life cycle vs Project management life cycle

Answer 16

Project management life cycle is universal to all predictive projects and consists of the five process groups: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.

Project life cycle describes the unique phases of a project that are specific to the discipline and nature of the project.

Question 17

Phases

Answer 17

Project+ exam calls “process groups” phases. Phases are unique to the type of work you’re doing, such as consulting, software development, or healthcare.

Question 18

Project charter

Answer 18

Is the official document that authorizes the project manager and the project to exist within the organization.

Question 19

Project stakeholders

Answer 19

All the people and organizations that are affected by the export the project and the projects outcome.

Question 20

Quality assurance vs Quality control

Answer 20

Quality assurance is about doing the project work correctly the first time.

Quality control is about proving that the work was done correctly.

Question 21

Organizational process assets

Answer 21

Project information that is archived for future use.

Question 22

Agile Project Management

Answer 22

Focuses more on quick results and less on predicting and planning what should happen in a project. It embraces the idea of short bursts of work, changing requirements, and delivering the most important parts of a project first to the customers. Most suited for software development projects.

Question 23

Product Backlog

Answer 23

It includes everything the customer could possibly want in a finished product.

Question 24

Agile - Incremental

Answer 24

You and your project team create increments of a deliverable ready for customer use.

Question 25

Agile - Iterative

Answer 25

You and your project team repeat the development of the product over and over until it’s ready for use by the customer.

Question 26

Project Sponsor

Answer 26

Is a person who has the authority to launch the project.

Question 27

Project Calendar

Answer 27

Defines the hours in which the project work can take place.

Question 28

Resource Calendar

Answer 28

Is specific to the project team members and takes into consideration the hours employees are available, their vacations, and company holidays.

Question 29

S.M.A.R.T.

Answer 29

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound

Question 30

Stakeholder - Passive Observation

Answer 30

The observer simply observes and documents the work and does not interact with stakeholders at all. Sometimes called invisible observation.

Question 31

Stakeholder - Active Observation

Answer 31

The observer interacts with the users, stops their work to ask questions, and can even get involved in the actual work to experience the users process. Sometimes called visible observation.

Question 32

Stakeholder Register

Answer 32

Helps with requirements gathering and also with project communication. It defines
Stakeholder identification information
Assessment information
Stakeholder Classification
Stakeholder Management strategy

Question 33

Business Case

Answer 33

A document that explains why the project needs to be launched.

Question 34

Business Objectives

Answer 34

Are the specific goals defined in the business case.