Chapter 3

Question 1

What are the 5 project Management Process groups?

Answer 1

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Controlling & Monitoring
5. Closing

Question 2

What are the 10 Project Management knowledge areas?

Answer 2

1. Project Integration Management
2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Schedule Management
4. Project Cost Management
5. Project Quality Management
6. Project Resource Management
7. Project Communication Management
8. Project Risk Management
9. Project Procurement Management
10. Project Stakeholder Management

Question 3

What is the goal of the 49 processes of project management?

Answer 3

to create a final product, service or result?

Question 4

What are the main outputs of the Initiating phase of a project?

Answer 4

1. Project Charter

2. Stakeholder Register

Question 5

What are some of the key things you do in the intiation process?

Answer 5

1. Authorize the project to get started with a Project Charter
2. Assign and set the authority of the Project Manager
3. Identify Project Stakeholders
4. Determine why the project is needed using a business case
5. determine high-level risks that can affect the project schedule and budger
6. Identify high level constraints and assumptions

Question 6

What is the main output of the planning process?

Answer 6

To develop the PM’s plan.

Question 7

How many processes and knowledge areas does the planning process have?

Answer 7

24 processes over 10 knowledge areas

Question 8

What are some of the Key things you do in the planning process?

Answer 8

1. Create the Project Management Plan
2. Create the three baselines: Scope, time and costs
3. idenify risks and write an appropriate response
4. Collect Requirements from stakeholders
5. determine what components need to be obtained from outside sellers
6. plan to meet the quality requirements
7. Obtain approval of the plan from designated stakeholders

Question 9

What is Executing about?

Answer 9

Getting the work done!

Question 10

How many processes are in executing

Answer 10

10

1. Direct and Manage project work
2. Manage Project knowledge
3. Manage quality
4. acquire resources
5. develop team
6. manage team
7. manage communications
8. implement risk responses
9. conduct procurements
10. Manage stakeholder engagement

Question 11

What are some of the things you do in executing?

Answer 11

Satisfy project specifications
Implement change requests
select and acquire team
develop and manage project team
manage and resolve conflicts among stakeholders
conduct quality assurance for overall process improvment
communicate project status
select vendor and award contract
engage stakeholders
implement responses to any identified risks
capture lessons learned

Question 12

How many processes are in monitoring and controlling

Answer 12

12

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Perform Integrated Change Control
3. Validate Scope
4. Control Scope
5. Control Schedule
6. Control Costs
7. Control Quality
8. Control Resources
9. Monitor Communications
10. Monitor Risks
11. Control Procurements
12. Monitor Stakeholder engagement

Question 13

How many knowledge areas does monitoring and controlling cover

Answer 13

10

Question 14

what does the PM do in the monitoring and controlling process group?

Answer 14

Looks at the work being completed and comparing to the plan to see if they match.

Question 15

when does closing occur?

Answer 15

After the customer has received the deliverables

Question 16

how many ITTO’s are there?

Answer 16

665

Question 17

What does EEF stand for

Answer 17

Enterprise Environmental Factors

Question 18

What are EEF’s

Answer 18

Items that are outside of the control of the project team that influence, constrain, or direct the porject such as government regualtions, infrastructure, risk tolerance, IT software the compant uses.

Question 19

What are OPA’s?

Answer 19

Organizational Process Assets

Question 20

What are OPA’s?

Answer 20

Plans, Processes, policies and procedures specific to and used by the performing organization. They are typically divided into processes, procedures, and knowledge and can help to PM manage to project more easily.

Question 21

what is the single most important document in the entire project?

Answer 21

Project Management Plan

Question 22

What are some Common PM tools?

Answer 22

Expert Judgement
Data Gathering 
Data Analysis
Data Representation
Meeting
Interpersonal Team Skills
Decision Making
Project Management Information System (PMIS)

Question 23

What is Expert Judgement

Answer 23

Is when someone is hired or a SME is used to plan a process or conduct a process.

Question 24

What are some Data Gathering techniques?

Answer 24

Brainstorming
Interviews
Focus Groups
Checklists
Questionairres and Surveys

Question 25

What is Data analysis?

Answer 25

The process that is used to analyze the data gathered.

Question 26

What are some Decision Making techniques?

Answer 26

Voting
Multicriteria decision analysis
Autocratic decision making

Question 27

What are some interpersonal and team skill techniques?

Answer 27

Active Listening
Conflict Management
Facilitation
Meeting Management

Question 28

What are some meeting best practrices?

Answer 28

1. Have an agenda
2. meetings should be timed
3. make sure the meeting always stays on topic
4. Ensure attendees have inputs
   5, distribute minutes once meeting is complete