CHAPTER 4 PMBOK

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Project Integration Management

Question 2

Project Integration Management includes making choices about: ______

Answer 2

Resource Allocation;
Balancing competing demands;
Examining any alternative approaches;
Tailoring the processes to meet the project objectives;
Managing the interdependencies among the Project Management Knowledge Areas

Question 3

The process of developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

Answer 3

Develop Project Charter

Question 4

The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan.

Answer 4

Develop Project Management Plan

Question 5

The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives.

Answer 5

Direct and Manage Project Work

Question 6

The process of using existing knowledge and creating new knowledge to achieve the project’s objectives and contribute to organizational learning.

Answer 6

Manage Project Knowledge

Question 7

The process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.

Answer 7

Monitor and Control Project Work

Question 8

The process of reviewing all change requests; approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating their disposition.

Answer 8

Perform Integrated Change Control

Question 9

The process of finalizing all activities for the project, phase, or contract.

Answer 9

Close Project or Phase

Question 10

The Project Integration Management Processes are: ______

Answer 10

Develop Project Charter
Develop Project Management Plan
Direct and Manage Project Work
Manage Project Knowledge
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Close Project or Phase

Question 11

Develop Project Charter
Develop Project Management Plan
Direct and Manage Project Work
Manage Project Knowledge
Monitor and Control Project Work
Perform Integrated Change Control
Close Project or Phase

Answer 11

Project Integration Management Processes

Question 12

Requires combining the results from all the other Knowledge Areas

Answer 12

Project Integration Management Knowledge Area

Question 13

The volume of data and information that project managers need to integrate makes it necessary to use a project management information system (PMIS) and automated tools to collect, analyze, and use information to meet project objectives and realize project benefits.

Answer 13

Use of automated tools

Question 14

Some project teams use visual management tools for capturing and overseeing critical project elements.

Answer 14

Use of visual management tools

Question 15

The increasingly mobile and transitory work force requires a more rigorous process of identifying knowledge throughout the project life cycle and transferring it to the target audience so that the knowledge is not lost.

Answer 15

Project knowledge management

Question 16

Project managers are being called on to initiate and finalize the project, such as project business case development and benefits management.

Answer 16

Expanding the project manager’s responsibilities

Question 17

Some project management methodologies are evolving to incorporate successfully applied new practices.

Answer 17

Hybrid methodologies

Question 18

Data Gathering techniques

Answer 18

Brainstorming
Checklists
Focus Groups
Interviews

Question 19

Interpersonal and team skills

Answer 19

Conflict Management
Facilitation
Meeting management

Question 20

Can be used to help bring stakeholders into alignment on the objectives, success criteria, high

Answer 20

Conflict management

Question 21

the ability to effectively guide a group event to a successful decision, solution, or conclusion.

Answer 21

Facilitation

Question 22

includes preparing the agenda, ensuring that a representative for each key stakeholder group is invited, and preparing and sending the follow

Answer 22

Meeting management

Question 23

Defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed

Answer 23

Project Management Plan

Question 24

May be either summary level or detailed

Answer 24

Project Management Plan

Question 25

True or False: The project management plan can only be detailed and a summary level is not allowed.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Frequently used when developing the project management plan to gather ideas and solutions about the project approach.

Answer 26

Brainstorming

Question 27

May guide the project manager to develop the plan or may help to verify that all the required information is included in the project management plan.

Answer 27

Checklists

Question 28

Bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product, service, or result. A trained moderator guides the group through an interactive discussion.

Answer 28

Focus groups

Question 29

Used to obtained specific information from stakeholders to develop the project management plan or any component plan or project document

Answer 29

Interviews

Question 30

Establishes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled and validated

Answer 30

Scope management plan

Question 31

Establishes how the requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed.

Answer 31

Requirements management plan

Question 32

Establishes the criteria and the activities for developing monitoring, and controlling the schedule

Answer 32

Schedule management plan

Question 33

Establishes how the costs will be planned, structured, and controlled.

Answer 33

Cost management plan

Question 34

Establishes how an organization’s quality policies, methodologies, and standards will be implemented in the project

Answer 34

Quality management plan

Question 35

Provides guidance on how project resources should be categorized, allocated, managed and released

Answer 35

Resource management plan

Question 36

Establishes how, when, and by whom information about the project will be administered and disseminated.

Answer 36

Communications management plan

Question 37

Establishes how the risk management activities will be structured and performed.

Answer 37

Risk management plan

Question 38

Establishes how the project team will acquire goods and services from outside of the performing organization.

Answer 38

Procurement management plan

Question 39

Establishes how stakeholders will be engaged in project decisions and execution, according to their needs, interests, and impact.

Answer 39

Stakeholder engagement plan

Question 40

The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary, that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.

Answer 40

Scope baseline

Question 41

The approved version of a schedule model that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.

Answer 41

Schedule baseline

Question 42

The approved version of the time

Answer 42

Cost baseline

Question 43

Describes how the change requests throughout the project will be formally authorized and incorporated.

Answer 43

Change management plan

Question 44

Describes how the information about the items of the project (and which items) will be recorded and updated so that the product, service, or result of the project remains consistent and/or operative.

Answer 44

Configuration management plan

Question 45

An integrated scope

Answer 45

Performance measurement baseline

Question 46

Describes the series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.

Answer 46

Project life cycle

Question 47

Identifies the points in the project when the project manager and relevant stakeholders will review the project progress to determine if performance is as expected, or if preventive or corrective actions are necessary.

Answer 47

Management reviews

Question 48

The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project’s objectives.

Answer 48

Direct and Manage Project Work

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Direct and Manage Project Work

Question 50

contains the status of all change requests

Answer 50

Change log

Question 51

Used to improve the performance of the project and to avoid repeating mistakes

Answer 51

Lesson learned register

Question 52

shows the scheduled dates for specific milestones

Answer 52

Milestone list

Question 53

include performance reports, deliverable status, and other information generated by the project

Answer 53

Project communications

Question 54

includes at least the list of work activities, their durations, resources, and planned start and finish dates

Answer 54

Project schedule

Question 55

links product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them and helps to focus on the final outcomes

Answer 55

Requirements traceability matrix

Question 56

provides information on threats and opportunities that may impact project execution

Answer 56

Risk register

Question 57

provides information on sources of overall project risk along with summary information on identified individual project risks.

Answer 57

Risk report

Question 58

An intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan.

Answer 58

Corrective action

Question 59

An intentional activity that ensures the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan.

Answer 59

Preventive action

Question 60

An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component.

Answer 60

Defect repair

Question 61

Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans etc., to reflect modified or additional ideas or content.

Answer 61

Updates

Question 62

may be updated with additional or modified activities to be performed to complete project work

Answer 62

Activity list

Question 63

new assumptions and constraints may be added, and the status of existing assumptions and constraints may be updated or closed out

Answer 63

Assumption log

Question 64

New requirements may be identified during this process. Progress on meeting requirements can also be updated.

Answer 64

Requirements documentation

Question 65

New risks may be identified during this process. Risks are recorded via risk management processes

Answer 65

Risk register

Question 66

Where additional information on existing or new stakeholders is gathered as a result of this process, it is recorded in the stakeholder register.

Answer 66

Stakeholder register

Question 67

Judgement provided based upon expertise in an application area, knowledge area, discipline, industry, etc., as appropriate for the activity being performed. Such expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education, knowledge, skill, experience, or training.

Answer 67

Expert judgement