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Chapter 5 Project Processes Flashcards

Understand how project processes are used to establish and evolve project plans, to execute the project plans, to assess actual achievement and progress against the plans and to control execution of the project through to fulfillment

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Project Processes Include:

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Project Planning
Project Assessment & control
Decision Management
Risk Management
Configuration Management
Information Management
Measurement
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CMP

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Configuration Management Plan

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IMP

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Information Management Plan

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QMP

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Quality Management Plan

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RMP

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Risk Management Plan

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SEP

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Systems Engineering Plan

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WBS

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Work Breakdown Structure

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What is the purpose of the Project Planning Process?

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Produce and communicate effective and workable project plans.

  1. Determine scope of project management and technical activities.
  2. Identifies process outputs, project tasks and deliverables
  3. Establishes schedules for project task conduct, including achievement criteria
  4. Establishes required resources to accomplish project tasks
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Project Planning Inputs

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Source Documents
Supply Proposal
Standard Lifecycle Models
Project Portfolio
Project Direction
Strategy documents
Project Tailoring Strategy
Skilled Personnel
Project Directives
Corrective Actions
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Supply Proposal

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Proposal and technical results from the initial concept exploration phase

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Standard Life-cycle models

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List of models from which one can select the best for the project

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Project Portfolio

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Includes authorization to initiate project and project goals

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Project Direction

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Organizational direction of project, sustainment of projects meeting assessment criteria and redirection or termination of projects not meeting assessment criteria

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Strategy documents Include (long list)

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Organizational Strategic Plan.  Strategies for:
Implementation
Integration
Verification
Transition
Validation
Operation
Maintenance
Disposal
Decision Management
Risk
Configuration Management
Information Management
Measurement
Acquisition
Supply
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Project Tailoring Strategy

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Describes project-specific tailoring of the organization’s standard process

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Skilled Personnel

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The right people with the right skills at the right time

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Project Directives

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Internal project directives based on assessment and control activities

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Corrective Actions

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Resulting from project-related reviews and audits

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Project Planning Process controls and enablers:

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Applicable Laws & Regulations
Industry Standards
Agreements
Project Procedures and Standards
Project Directives
Organization/Enterprise policies, procedures and standards
Organizational/Enterprise infrastructure
Project infrastructure
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Project Planning Process Outputs

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Project Plan
Acquisition need
Project Procedures & Standards
Project Infrastructure needs
Project performance measures needs
Project human resources needs
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
Quality Management Plan (QMP)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Project Schedule
Project Budget
Project Constraints
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Systems Engineering Plan includes

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Identification of required technical reviews and completion criteria
Methods for controlling changes
Risk and opportunity assessment and methodology
Identification of other technical plans and documentation to be produced for the project

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Project Budget Includes

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Labor, infrastructure, acquisition and enabling system costs along with reserves for risk management

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Project Infrastructure Needs

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Infrastructure need and commitments to external stakeholders

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Project Schedule

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May include top-level milestone schedule and multiple tiers of schedule of increasing detail and task description with completion criteria and work authorizations

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Project Assessment and Control Process Purpose

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Determine the status of the project and direct project plan execution to ensure that the project performs according to plans and schedules, within projected budgets, to satisfy technical objectives

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Project Assessment and Control Process Inputs

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Project Plan
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
WBS
Project Schedule
Project Budget
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Project Assessment and Control Process Procedures

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Integration
Verification
Transition
Validation
Maintenance
Disposal
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Project Assessment and Control Process Reports (Inputs)

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Integration Report and
Verification
Transition
validation
operation
maintenance
disposal
decision
risk
Configuration Management
Information Management
Measurement
Acquisition
Supply Infrastructure Management
Risk profile (risk matrix)
Configuration baselines
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Project Assessment and Control Process Outputs

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Project Performance Measures Data
Project Status Report
Project Directives
Change Requests

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Decision Management Process Purpose

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Select the most beneficial course of project action where alternatives exist

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How does ISO/IEC 15288:2008 define Project Processes?

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Project processes are used to establish and evolve project plans, to execute the project plans, to assess actual achievement and progress against the plans and to control execution of the project through to fulfillment

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What are the Project Planning Process activities?

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Define the project
Plan Project resources
Plan Project Technical and Quality Management

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What actions are performed in Defining a Project

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Analyze project proposal and related agreements to determine project scope
Identify project objectives and project constraints
Establish tailoring of organizational procedures and practices to carry out the planned effort
Define and maintain a life cycle model that is tailored form the defined life cycle models of the organization

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What actions are performed in Planning Project Resources?

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Establish the roles and responsibilites for project authority
Define top-level work packages for each task and activity identified. Each work package should be tied to required resources including procurement strategies
Develop a project schedule
Define the infrastructure and services required
Define costs and estimate project budget
Plan the acquisition of materials, goods and enabling system services

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What actions are present in Planning Project Technical and Quality Management?

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Prepare a SEP; tailor Quality, Configuration, Risk and Information Management plans to meet the needs of the project
Tailor the organization Risk Management Processes and practices in accordance with the agreements and the SEP to establish a systematic approach for identifying and handling risk
Tailor the organization Configuration Management Processes and practices in accordance with the agreements and the SEP to establish a systematic approach for identifying and handling change requests

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In what action do SE and project management intersect?

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Creation of WBS

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Two useful resources for Project Planning Process?

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Project Planning Institute

ISO/IEC 16326 standard for project management

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What activities are included in Process Assessment and Control?

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Assess the project
Control the project
Close the project

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What actions comprise the “project assessment” activity?

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Determine actual and project cost against budget, actual and projected time against schedule, and deviations in project quality
Evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of the performance of project activities
Evaluate the adequacy and the availability of the project infrastructure
Evaluate project progress against established criteria and milestones
Conduct required reviews, audits and inspections to determine readiness for next milestone
Monitor critical tasks and new technologies
Make recommendation for adjustments to project plans
Communicate status as designated in agreements, policies and procedures
Analyze assessment results

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What action comprise the “control the project” activity?

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Initiate corrective actions when assessments indicate deviation from approved plans
Initiate preventive actions when assessments indicate a trend toward deviation
Initiate problem resolution when assessments indicate nonconformance with performance success criteria
Establish work items and changes to schedule to reflect the actions taken
Negotiate wit suppliers for any goods or services acquired from outside the organization
Make the decision to proceed, or not to proceed, when assessment support a tollgate or milestone event

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