Chapter 3 - Project Management Process Flashcards
What is the project management process?
What efforts are included in this process?
The project management process is what you need to do to manage the work.
Efforts include: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing.
What occurs during the initiating process group?
Formal authorization of a project or phase.
Project manager is provided with the authority and information necessary to begin the project.
Stakeholders are identified. The project vision is created..
What occurs during the planning process group?
Determine whether the project objectives, as stated in the project charter, can be achieved.
Determine how the project will be accomplished.
What occurs during the executing process group?
Work defined in the project management plan is completed to meet project objectives.
What occurs during the monitoring and controlling process group question?
Project performance is measured against the project management plan.
Variances are determined and addressed.
Change requests are approved, including corrective and preventive actions and defect repair.
What occurs during the closing process group?
Acceptance of the final product of the project is obtained in document.
Lessons learned are completed.
Files are indexed and archived.
Which process group must be completed in a certain order?
Planning is the only process group with a set order.
What does “Input” mean?
“What do I need before I can…”
What does “Output” mean?
“What will I have when I am done with…”
The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The next thing to do is to:
A. Identify risks
B Begin generations.
C. Determine communication requirements.
D. create a bar (Gantt) chart.
C. Determine communication requirements.
And detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
A. project budget.
B. work breakdown structure.
C. project management plan.
D. detailed risk assessment
B. work breakdown structure.
The person who should be in control of the project during the project planning is the:
A. project manager
B. team member
C. functional manager
D. sponsor
A. project manager
The WBS and the WBS dictionary are completed the project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of $100,000 and is taking place in three countries using 14 human resources. There is little risk is expected for the project come in the Project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is the next thing to do?
A. understand the experience of the sponsor on similar projects.
B. create an activity list.
C. make sure the project scope is defined.
D. complete risk management and issue the responsibility assignment matrix.
B. create an activity list.
A project manager does not have much time did you spend on cleaning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move to planning as effectively as possible. What advice would you offer?
A. make sure you have a signed project charter and start the WBS.
B. create an activity list before creating a network diagram.
C. document all the known risks before you document the high-level assumptions.
D. finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics.
B. create an activity list before creating a network diagram.
The best time to assign a project manager to project his during:
A. integration.
B. project selection.
C. initiating.
D. planning.
C. initiating.
