Hot Topics (4) Integration Management Flashcards

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What is the process of integration management?

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  • 4.1 Develop Project Charter (Initiating)
  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan (Planning)
  • 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work (Executing)
  • 4.4 Monitor and control Project Work (Monitoring & Controlling)
  • 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control (Monitoring & Controlling)
  • 4.6 Close Project or Phase (Closing)
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What is the 4.1 Develop Project Charter process?
What is its key output?
What is the Process Group?

4.1 Elaborer la charte du Projet

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Creating the project charter, which formally establishes the project and gives the project manager authority to spend money and commit resources to the project
Output: Project Charter
Process Group: Initiating

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What is the 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan process?
What is its output?
What is the process group ?

4.2 Elaborer le plan de management projet

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The process of creating a project management plan that is bought into, approved, realistic, and formal
Output: Project management plan
Process Group : Planning

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What are the key outputs of the 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work process? (Executing)

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  • Deliverables
  • Work performance data
  • Change requests
  • Updates to the project management plan and project documents
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What are the key outputs of the 4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work process? (Mon & Ctrl)

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  • Change requests
  • Work performance reports
  • Updates to the project management plan and project documents
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What are the key outputs of the 4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control process? (Mon & Ctrl)

4.5 Mettre en oeuvre la maîtrise intégrée des modifications

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  • Approved change requests
  • Change log
  • Updates to the project management plan and project documents
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What are the key outputs of the 4.6 Close Project or Phase process? (Closing)

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  • Final product or service
  • Formal acceptance of project or phase
  • Lessons learned and other organizational process assets updates
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Explain the project manager’s role as an integrator.

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Making sure all the pieces of the project are properly coordinated and put together into one cohesive whole

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What are the two major categories of project selection methods?

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  • Benefit measurement (comparative)

- Constrained optimization (mathematical)

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What are the economic models for selecting a project?

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Present value
Net present value
Internal rate of return
Payback period
Cost-benefit analysis
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Define present value

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The value in today’s dollars of a future cash flow

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Define net present value (NPV).

How is it interpreted?

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The present value of total benefits (income or revenue) minus costs over a series of time periods

Generally, if the NPV of a project is positive, the investment is a good choice unless an even better investment opportunity exists

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Define internal rate of return (IRR).

How is it interpreted?

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The rate at which a project’s inflows and outflows are equal (i.e. the rate an investment in the project will return)
The higher the IRR, the better

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Define payback period.

How is it interpreted?

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The length of time required for the organization to recover its investment in the project (before the project starts yielding profit)
The shorter the payback period, the better

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Define cost-benefit analysis.
What is the result of the analysis?
How is it interpreted?

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Comparing the expected costs of a project to its potential benefits (revenue)
The benefit cost ratio (BCR)
The higher the BCR, the better

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Define opportunity cost.

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The opportunity given up by selecting one project over another (i.e., the value of the project not selected)

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What are sunk costs?

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Expended costs

Sunk costs should not be considered when deciding whether to continue a troubled project

18
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Define the law of diminishing returns

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After a certain point, adding more input will not result in a proportional increase in productivity

19
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Define working capital.

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Current assets minus current liabilities

The amount of money the company has available to invest, including investment in projects

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What are the two types of depreciation?

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Straight line depreciation: Depreciate the same amount each time period

Accelerated depreciation: Depreciate an amount greater than straight line each time period

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What is the project statement of work?

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Describes need, product scope, and how the project fits into the organization’s or customer’s strategic plan

Created by the customer/sponsor before the project starts

Later refined in the project scope statement

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What is a project charter?

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A document issued by the sponsor during project initiating that:

  • Formally recognizes (authorizes) the existence of the project
  • Gives the project manager authority to spend money and commit resources to the project
  • Provides the objectives, high-level requirements, and success criteria for the project
  • Identifies the constraints and and high-level risks for the project
  • Uncovers assumptions about the project
  • Links the project to the ongoing work of the organization
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What is a business case?

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The project purpose and justification

Explains why the project was selected, how it fits into the organization’s strategic goals, and how it will bring business value to the organization.

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What is included in a project management plan?

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  • Project management processes for the project
  • Management plans for knowledge areas
  • Scope, schedule, and cost baselines
  • Requirements management plan
  • Change management plan
  • Configuration management plan
  • Process improvement plan
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What are project documents?

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Any documents used to manage a project that aren’t part of the project management plan, including:

  • Project charter
  • Project statement of work
  • Procurement statement of work
  • Agreements and contracts
  • Stakeholder register
  • Requirements documentation
  • Activity list
  • Quality metrics
  • Risk register
  • Issue log
  • Change log
  • Any other such documentation
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What are baselines?

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The parts of the project management plan against which actual project performance is measured

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What three elements make up the performance measurement baseline?

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  • Schedule baseline
  • Scope baseline
  • Cost baseline
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What is a configuration management plan?

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A plan to make sure everyone knows what version of the scope, schedule, and other components of the project management plan are the latest versions.

it defines how you will manage changes to the deliverables and processes and the resulting documentation

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What is a change management plan?

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A system of formal procedures, set up in advance, defining how project deliverables and documentation are controlled, changed, and approved

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What is a change control board?

Who might be on a change control board?

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The group responsible for reviewing and approving or rejecting change requests

May include project manager, customer, experts, sponsor, functional managers, and others

For the exam, assume that all projects have change control boards

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What are change requests?

When are they approved?

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Formal requests to change parts of the project after the project management plan is approved

Perform Integrated Change Control

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What are corrective actions?

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Actions taken to bring expected future project performance in line with the project management plan

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What are preventive actions?

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Actions taken to deal with anticipated or possible deviations from the performance measurement baseline and other metrics

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What is defect repair?

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Rework required when a component of the project does not meet specifications

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What is a kickoff meeting?

When does it occur?

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A meeting of all parties to the project (all project stakeholders, including sellers) to make sure everyone is “on the same page”

At the end of the planning process group

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What is a work authorization system?

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The project manager’s system for authorizing the start of work packages or activities

It ensures work is done at the right time and in the proper sequence

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What is a definition of product scope?

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The requirements related to the product of the project

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What is the definition of project scope?

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The work the project will do to deliver the product of the project

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What is the process of scope management?

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  • Plan Scope Management
  • Collect Requirements
  • Define Scope
  • Create WBS
  • Validate Scope
  • Control Scope
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What is the definition of scope management?

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Defining what work is required and then making sure all of that work, and only that work, is included in the project

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What are the key outputs on the Plan Scope Management process?

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  • Scope management plan

- Requirements management plan