e4d5 Flashcards
Who owns the quality of the software in a change-driven, agile project?
A. The developer who wrote the software
B. The quality team
C. The Scrum Master
D. The cross-functional team
D. The cross-functional team
On an agile project, quality is owned by the entire cross-functional team.
A new project has been defined in your company to improve the quality of the concrete utilized in all of the construction projects currently under execution at the company. As the project manager you are asked to prepare the project management plan. Considering the project and situation which one of the following you should prepare first?
A. A project management plan
B. A project scope statement
C. A quality management plan
D. A quality improvement plan
B. A project scope statement
As in any other project, the first part of the project management plan to be prepared is always the project scope statement. The fact that this is a quality improvement project in nature does not change the best practices that are used in project management!
All of the followings should be done to close a project except which one?
A. Update the project management plan
B. Obtain customer final acceptance on the project deliverables
C. Review project documents to ensure their completeness
D. Gather the feedbacks from the project team
A. Update the project management plan
Project closure occurs at the end of the project (as opposed to at the end of a phase), so the project management plan would not need to be updated. However, if the question was asking about the closing of a particular project phase, then the project management plan could also be updated.
All of the following are the purposes of the project charter except for which one?
A. It states the product acceptance criteria
B. It states the high level stakeholder requirements
C. It establishes the project
D. It authorizes the project manager
A. It states the product acceptance criteria
The product acceptance criteria is included in the project scope statement, but the other options are all purposes of the project charter.
You are in an internal meeting with the project team when the person in charge of the project procurement informs you that you need to buy an item which has a single-source seller. A single-source seller means what?
A. There is only one seller the company wants to do business with
B. There is only one seller in the market
C. There is only one qualified seller
D. There is a seller that can provide all aspects of the project procurement needs
A. There is only one seller the company wants to do business with
A single-source seller means there is only one seller the company wants to do business with. The answer of only one qualified seller is incorrect as it describes a “sole source” seller. Also, there may be multiple sellers that can satisfy the project needs and just because there is only one seller in the market does not mean the seller can adequately fulfill the project needs.
According to the PMBOK® Guide, many organizations treat contract administration as an administrative function separate from the project organization. What is the title of the individual responsible for managing the contract?
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Contract Administrator, Procurement Administrator
Either Contract Administrator or Procurement Administrator are acceptable answers. The latter is a term that PMI now uses, though Contract Administrator has been used in the past. The project manager is responsible for the work stated within the contract, but the contract itself is the PA’s responsibility.
Match each activity with the correct process.
Activities
- Identifying resource shortages or surpluses
- Performing a make-or-buy analysis on resources required
- Verify team’s performance improvements
- Appraise the team member against key performance indicators
- Create a team charter
Processes
- Develop Team
- Manage Team
- Plan Resource Management
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Control Resources
- Identifying resource shortages or surpluses (Control Resources)
- Performing a make-or-buy analysis on resources required (Estimate Activity Resources)
- Verify team’s performance improvements (Manage Team)
- Appraise the team member against key performance indicators (Develop Team)
- Create a team charter (Plan Resource Management)
Develop Team: Appraise the team member against key performance indicators
Manage Team: Verify team’s performance improvements
Plan Resource Management: Create a team charter
Estimate Activity Resources: Performing a make-or-buy analysis on resources required
Control Resources: Identifying resource shortages or surpluses
A project manager is doing detailed estimation of the project. In this case which type of estimating is most likely being used?
A. Parametric
B. Bottom-up
C. Analogous
D. Three point
B. Bottom-up
Bottom-up refers to estimating based on the details of the activities.
Your project is 25% complete when you discover that the budget at completion (BAC) is no longer viable. You try to come up with a forecasted estimate at completion (EAC). What index can you use to look at the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work?
A. Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
B. To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
C. Earned Value (EV)
D. Cost Performance Index (CPI)
B. To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
According to the PMBOK® Guide (6th Edition), the to-complete performance index (TCPI) is a measure of the cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal, expressed as the ratio of the cost to finish the outstanding work to the remaining budget. TCPI is the calculated cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified goal such as the BAC or EAC.
You as the project manager observe that a team member is repeatedly completing tasks with errors, resulting in rework. On investigation of the team member’s past track record, it is established that the individual does not have a skill gap. What would be your first action in this situation?
A. Ask for a replacement from the functional manager
B. Adjust the schedule to provide for extended durations for tasks assigned to the individual
C. Report the non-performance to the functional manager
D. Discuss the concern with the individual to figure out the cause
D. Discuss the concern with the individual to figure out the cause
The cause of non-compliance to expected performance levels needs to be established before any other action is taken. The situation requires the project manager to investigate and establish the cause of the problem before evaluating the alternatives stated in the other three choices. Discussing with the resource is the first step that the project manager can take to understand the root cause of the poor performance.
