Chapter 4

Question 1

includes process and activities to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and activities within the project management processes group

Answer 1

Project integration management

Question 2

Tools & Techniques of Project Management Integration

Answer 2

1) Expert Judgment
2) Data Gathering
3) Interpersonal and team skills

Question 3

Occurs at the end of planning and beginning of execution to communicate objectives, gain commitment, explain roles and responsibilities to stakeholder. Occurs at the beginning of each phase for multi-phase projects.

Answer 3

Project kick-off meeting

Question 4

Process of defining, preparing, and coordinating, all plan components and consolidating them into an integrated project management plan.

Answer 4

Develop Project Management Plan

Question 5

This process of project management plan defines how the project is executed, monitored, controlled, and closed. Varies by complexity. Summarized and detailed. Agile for accuracy. Baselined (regularly update)

Answer 5

Develop

Question 6

Project management plan develop from _____ from many other processes

Answer 6

outputs

Question 7

These are outputs from other planning processes and inputs to this process

Answer 7

Subsidiary plans and baselines

Question 8

These factors influence an organization by government and industry standards; legal/regulatory requirements and/or constraints; organizational structure, culture, management practices/sustainability; governance framework, and infrastructure.

Answer 8

Environmental Factors

Question 9

an identified area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and describes in terms of its component processes, practices, inputs, outputs, tools, and techniques.

Answer 9

Project management knowledge areas

Question 10

processes to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate, the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management Processes Groups.

Answer 10

Project integration Management (knowledge Area)

Question 11

The ten Project Management Knowledge areas

Answer 11

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 12

Includes processes required to ensure the project includes all the work required and the only work required to complete the project successfully

Answer 12

Project Scope Management (Knowledge Area)

Question 13

Project Management Process Groups

Answer 13

Initiating 
planning
executing
monitoring and controlling
closing
* Not the same as phases

Question 14

includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of a project

Answer 14

Schedule management process (Knowledge area)

Question 15

includes processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing, and controlling costs so the project can be completed within approved budget.

Answer 15

Project cost management (knowledge Area)

Question 16

includes processes for incorporating organizations quality policy- Quality Requirements

Answer 16

Project Quality Management (Knowledge Area)

Question 17

Process to identify, acquire, and manage the resources needed for successful completion of the project

Answer 17

Project Resource Management

Question 18

Process to ensure timely and appropriate planning collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and ultimate disposition of project information.

Answer 18

Project communication Plan

Question 19

process of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, response implementation, and monitoring risk

Answer 19

Project Risk Management (Knowledge area)

Question 20

process to purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team

Answer 20

Project Procurement Management

Question 21

Process to identify to the people, groups, or organizations that could impact or be impacted by the project, analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact, to develop appropriate management strategies for effective stakeholder engagement.

Answer 21

Project Stakeholder Management

Question 22

document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, controlled and closed

Answer 22

Project Management Plan

Question 23

Components of the Project Management Plan

Answer 23

Subsidiary Management plans
baselines
change management plan
configuration management plan
performance measurement baseline
project life cycle 
development approach
management review

Question 24

An output from Perform Integrated Change Control process

Answer 24

Approved Change requests

Question 25

involves executing the planned project activities to complete project deliverables and accomplish project objectives

• Available resources allocated
• Changes executed
• Deliverables produced as outputs from processes performed

Answer 25

Direct and Manage project work

Question 26

Organizational structure, culture, and management practices and sustainability are _______________

Standard policies/procedures/processes are ______________

Answer 26

1) Environment Factors

2) Organizational Assets

Question 27

provide access to information technology software tools used for scheduling, work authorization systems, configuration management systems, information collection and distribution systems, interfaces with other online automated systems (corporate knowledge base repositories), and KPIs.

Answer 27

Project Management Information Systems (PMIS)

Question 28

raw observations and measurement identified during work activities being performed to carry out the project work. Gathered through work execution and passes to controlling processes for further analysis

Answer 28

Work Performance data

Question 29

Types of work performance data

Answer 29

KPI
technical performance measures
actual start/finish dates of scheduled activities
story points completed
deliverable status
schedule progress
number of change requests
number of defects

Question 30

Where all project documents are recorded and tracked

Answer 30

Issue Log

Question 31

a formal proposal to modify any documents, deliverables, or baselines and performed through Integrated Change Control Process.

Answer 31

Change requests

Question 32

Change request types:

Answer 32

Corrective action
preventive action
defect repair
updates

Question 33

Use existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the projects objective and contribute to organizational learning

Answer 33

Project Knowledge Management

Question 34

Tools and techniques used in knowledge management depend on ____ of the project, _____ of innovation, project ________, and level of _________ among team members.

Answer 34

• Nature
• degree
• complexity
• diversity

Question 35

Effective for sharing, simple, unambiguous, codified explicit knowledge

Answer 35

Information management

Question 36

Interpersonal and team skills:

Answer 36

1) Active listening- reduces understanding
2) Facilitation- guide to decisions, solutions, and conclusions
3) Leadership- communication vision/inspire focus on knowledge/objectives
4) Networking- informal connection/relations to share tactic/explicit knowledge
5) Political awareness- plan around project environment and organizational policies

Question 37

includes:

• categories/descriptions;
• impacts/recommendations/proposed actions associated with the situation;
• Records challenges/problems/realized risks/opportunities/other

Answer 37

Lessons Learned Register

Question 38

Explicit knowledge vs Tactic Knowledge

Answer 38

Explicit- Easily codified

Tactic- personal and difficult to express (Belief, insight, experience)

Question 39

Two key activities for knowledge management:

Answer 39

1) knowledge sharing

2) knowledge integration

Question 40

Work performance metrics defined at the start of a project

Answer 40

scope, schedule, budget, and quality

Data comparative to budget, work to be performed, resources used, funding schedule

Degree of budget variance

preventive and corrective action required.

Question 41

Data Analysis alternative

Answer 41

corrective/preventive actions

Question 42

Data Analysis cost-benefit

Answer 42

Best corrective action in terms of cost

Question 43

integrative perspective on scope, schedule, and cost performance

Answer 43

Data Analysis Earned Value

Question 44

Identify main source of problem.

Answer 44

Data Analysis Root Cause

Question 45

Reports contain

Answer 45

earned value graph
information trend lines and forecasts
reserve burndown charts
defect histograms
contract performance information and summaries

Question 46

Presentation types for reports

Answer 46

dashboards
heat reports
stop light charts
other

Question 47

Change requests are issued to reduce, expand, adjust the following and may necessitate collection and documentation of new requirements.

Answer 47

project scope, product scope, quality requirements, schedule or cost baselines

Question 48

Formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, deferring, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating such decision.

Answer 48

Change Control Board (CCB)

Question 49

focuses on the specifications of both the deliverables and the processes

Answer 49

Configuration control

Question 50

focus on identifying, documenting, and approving or rejecting changes to the proj doc, deliverables, or baselines

Answer 50

change control

Question 51

Tools that support configuration management activities

Answer 51

1) Identify configuration item: defined, document labeled, changed managed, accountability maintained.
2) Record and report configuration item status
3) Perform configuration item verification and audit: items correct, changes registered, assessed, approved, tracked, and correctly implemented.
4) ensure functional requirements defined in the configuration documents are met.

Question 52

Tools for change management:

Answer 52

1) identify changes
2) document
3) decide on changes
4) track
5) Manage change requests and resulting decisions

Question 53

Data Analysis Types

Answer 53

1) Alternative Analysis

2) Cost-Benefit analysis

Question 54

Types of decision making

Answer 54

Voting
Autocratic decision making
Multicriteria decision analysis