Deck 4 Flashcards
The team recently measured technical performance and determine the system was experiencing deterioration at a lower limit than expected. PM updated the risk register to reflect this issue. What process has time just performed?
Control risks
You are the project sponsor. You are considering assigning one of your star performers as PM for the new project. What is your next step?
Develop the project charter yourself.
Changes are/ are NOT called scope creep.
NOT
A PM has been asked to manage a new project. Which task should the PM do first?
Obtain approval for the project charter from the sponsor
Some key stakeholders are actively involved and actively engaging to ensure success of the project. Their level of engagement is
Leading
Nonfunctional requirements fall under which requirements category?
Solution requirements
Taking a documented process from existing OPAs and making changes to it based on the current specific needs of a project is called
Process tailoring
Control procurements process includes
record payment of seller invoice
A tool and technique of manage stakeholder engagement process is
Communication methods
One member wants to remove duration buffers but the other is worried about removing them as it could wipe out the work effort associated with the buffers. Which is correct regarding duration buffers?
Duration buffers are non-work schedule activities
How many WBS levels should there be according to WBS quality principle 1?
WBS Quality Principle 1 does not limit WBS levels
Resource leveling usually causes the project schedule to
Increase
PM found out the vendor was accepting bribes and delivered inferior quality materials. What should PM do immediately?
Report the issue to the appropriate management
The summary milestone schedule is in which document created in project initiation?
Project charter
Define bottom-up ETC
When the original plan is no longer valid, the estimation for the remaining work should be done using bottom-up approach
During a board meeting, PM is asked to present the business case for the project; instead, PM presents the project charter. What is wrong with this approach?
The project charter should not be presented in place of the business case.
PM wants to share information to ensure stakeholders understand in the executing phase. Which comm model is most appropriate?
sender-receiver model
PM just delivered phase deliverable and asked client to provide feedback on project performance. The goal is to provide input for improvement project performance for future phases. What describes the activity being performed?
Manage comm process in project communications management
What is the difference between configuration control and change control?
Configuration control focuses on the specification of both the deliverables and processes while change control focuses on identifying, documenting and controlling changes to the project and product baselines/
Process improvement. You are looking for a tool to link the flight delays data with the underlying causes. Which tool will help you focus on the most significant sources?
Pareto chart
Which analysis method is included in process analysis?
Root cause analysis
Define fast tracking
schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration
Which components of the project management plan are specifically considered during the control costs process?
cost baseline and cost management plan
Calculate cost variance.
Earned value minus actual cost
