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Chapter 3- Project Management Processes Flashcards

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Assumptions

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A belief that may or may not be true within a project. Weather is an example of an assumption in construction project.

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Change request

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A documented request to add to or remove from the project scope. A change request may be initiated to change an organisational process asset, such as a template of a form.

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Closing process group

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

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Constraint

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A condition, rule, or procedure that restricts a project’s manager’s options. A project deadline is an example of constraint.

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Corrective action

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A corrective action brings project work back into alignment with the project plan. A corrective action may also address a process that is producing errors.

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Cost caseline

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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 variances.

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Defect repair

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“REWORK”

The activity to repair activity within a project.

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Deming’s PDCA cycle

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Standard project management is based of Deming’s plan-do-check-act cycle, which describes the logical progression of the project management duties.

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Enterprise environmental factors

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Any external or internal organisational factors that can affect project success. Enterprise environmental factors include: culture, organisational structure, resources and commercial databases the project will use, market conditions and your project management software.

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Executing process groups

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

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Initiating process groups

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The project management process group that allows a project to be charted and authorised

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Issue log

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

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Manage project team

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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 the plan

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Manage stakeholder expectations

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

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Monitoring and controlling process group

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The PM process group oversees, measures, and tracks project performance

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Organisational process assets

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The methodology an organisation uses to perform its business, as well as the guidelines, procedures and knowledge bases, such as lessons learned documentation from past projects and any relevant historical information

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Planning process group

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creates the PMP to execute, monitor and control, and close the project.

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Preventative action

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An intentional activity that ensures all the future performance of the project work is aligned with the PMP

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Process

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

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Product process

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A process that is unique to the type of work creating the product of the project. Product processes can also be unique to the performing organization of the project.

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Project calendar

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The calendar that documents when the project work can occur

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Project charter

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A document that comes from outside of the project boundaries and authorises the project to exist.

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Project deliverable

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The output of the project

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Project scope statement

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

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Resource calendar

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

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Risk register

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A central repository of the project risks and their attributes

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Risk

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

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Rolling wave planning

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Iterations of planning throughout the project life cycle.

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Schedule baseline

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The expected timeline for the project. The difference b/n the planned schedule and the experience schedule reveals schedule variances within the project.

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Stakeholder

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

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Stakeholder Engagement

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Project manager and a project team aim 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.

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WBS dictionary

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A document that defines every identified element of the WBS.

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WBS

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A breakdown of the project scope.

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Work-around

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

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Initiating group PROCESSES

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Develop Project Charter

Identify Stakeholders

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Planning Group Processes

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Develop PMP
Plan Scope Management
Collect requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Plan Schedule Management
Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Duration
Develop Schedule
Plan Cost Management
Estimate Cost
Determine Budget
Plan Quality Management
Plan Human Resource Management
Plan Communications Management
Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Procurement Management
Plan Stakeholder Management
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Executing Group Processes

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Direct and Manage Work
Perform Quality Assurance
Acquire Team
Develop Project Team
Manage Project Team
Manage Communications
Conduct Procurement
Manage Stakeholder engagement
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Monitor and Control Processes

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Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Validate scope
Control Scope
Control Schedule
Control Cost
Control Quality
Control Communications
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Closing Group Processes

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Close project or Phase

Close procurements

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Project process

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A series of actions that bring about a product, result or a service

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Project phase

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A series of actions that that allow the project to move from concept to deliverable

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Project Life Cycle

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The series of phase that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure

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Plan-driven project life cycle

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projects that have waterfall or predictive development cycle ( for example construction project).

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Change-driven project life cycle

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Use iterative, incremental, or adaptive (agile) development cycle and have varying levels of early planning for scope, schedule and cost.

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Incremental development life cycle

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Delivers complete, usable portion of the product for each iteration.

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Iterative development life cycle

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the complete concept is built in successive levels of details to create the and result. Think of a web-site, you built a shell or a prototype and then the rest.

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Adaptive development life cycle

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Involves a fixed schedule and cost. Scope is broadly defined with the understanding that it will be refined throughout the life of the project. Customer requirements are documented and priorotised in a backlog, which can be adjusted as the project progresses.

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Hybrid development life cycle

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combination of predictive and an adaptive life cycle.

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