Chapter 3 - Project's Processes

Question 1

Assumption

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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 projects.

Question 2

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 organizational process asset, such as a template or a form.

Question 3

Closing Process Group

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

Question 4

Constraint

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

Question 5

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.

Question 6

Cost baseline

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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 variance.

Question 7

Defect repair

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The activity to repair a defect within the project.

Question 8

Deming’s PDCA cycle

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

Question 9

Enterprise environmental factors

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

Question 10

Executing process group

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

Question 11

Initiating process group

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The project management process group that allows a project to be chartered and authorized.

Question 12

Issue log

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

Question 13

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 plan.

Question 14

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.

Question 15

Monitoring and controlling process group

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The project management process group oversees, measures, and tracks project performance.

Question 16

Organizational process assets

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

Question 17

Planning process group

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The project management process group that creates the project management plan to execute, monitor and control, and close the project.

Question 18

Preventive action

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A risk-related action that avoids risk within the project. A work-around to a problem within your project is an example of a preventive action.

Question 19

Process

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

Question 20

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.

Question 21

Project calendar

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The calendar that documents when the project work can occur.

Question 22

Project charter

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A document that comes from outside of the project boundaries and authorizes the existence of a project.

Question 23

Project deliverable

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The output of the project.

Question 24

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.

Question 25

Resource calendar

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

Question 26

Risk register

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A central repository of the project risks and their attributes.

Question 27

Risk

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

Question 28

Rolling wave planning

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Iterations of planning throughout the project life cycle.

Question 29

Schedule baseline

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The expected timeline of the project. The dofference between the planned schedule and the experienced schedule reveals schedule variances within the project.

Question 30

Scope baseline

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The sum of the project deliverables. The project scope statement, the WBS, and the WBS dictionary are called the project scope baseline. The differences between the WBS and what is created is a scope variance.

Question 31

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 sucess.

Question 32

Stakeholder engagement

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The project manager and 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.

Question 33

WBS dictionary

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A document that defines every identified element of the WBS.

Question 34

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

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A breakdown of the projet scope.

Question 35

Work-around

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