ITTO Flashcards
Name a tool or technique which is used in all Integration processes.
Expert Judgment
When is Contract an input to the Develop Project Charter process?
When the project is being done for an external customer.
Which process produces the Scope Management Plan?
Plan Scope Management
Which process produces the Requirements Management Plan?
Plan Scope Management
Which process generates the Work Performance Data?
Direct and Manage Project Work
Which Project Integration Management processes use Project Management Information System as a tool?
- Direct and Manage Project Work - Manage Project Knowledge (under Information Management technique) - Monitor and Control Project Work
Which system is used for recording change requests?
Configuration Management System (which is a part of the Project Management Information System)
In which processes are inspections performed?
- Validate Scope - Control Quality - Control Procurements
Why is requirements documentation needed for scope validation?
Deliverables are verified against the requirements and acceptance criteria specified in the requirements documentation.
In which process are prototypes useful?
Collect Requirements
Which is the only initiating process which uses Project Charter as an input?
Identify Stakeholders
What is SWOT Analysis used for in the context of project management?
Identifying risks (SWOT Analysis is a technique for the Identify Risks process)
How is Reserve Analysis used in managing risks?
Reserve Analysis compares the amount of the contingency reserves remaining to the amount of risk remaining at any time in the project in order to determine if the remaining reserve is adequate. It is a technique used in the Monitor Risks process.
Which technique is used for measuring deviation from baseline plans in order to determine the need for preventive or corrective actions?
Variance Analysis
Project Charter is an input to which processes (name any 4)?
- Develop Project Management Plan - Plan Scope Management - Collect Requirements - Define Scope - Plan Schedule Management - Plan Cost Management - Plan Risk Management - Identify Stakeholders; and more…
Name the Process Groups which have the Project Management Plan or one of its subsidiary plans as an input to all their processes.
- Executing - Monitoring and Controlling - Closing
What are the two key items that you need in order to collect project requirements?
- Project Charter - Stakeholder Register
Which two project management processes use the Decomposition technique?
- Create WBS - Define Activities
List the project management processes that use WBS as an input.
WBS is not an input to any process! However, Scope Baseline, which includes the Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary, is an input to several processes such as Define Activities, Estimate Costs, Determine Budget, Identify Risks, and Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.
What are the two main outputs of the Validate Scope process?
- Accepted Deliverables - Change Requests
Which processes employ the Bottom-up Estimating technique?
- Estimate Activity Durations - Estimate Costs - Estimate Activity Resources
What is the purpose of Project Schedule Network Diagrams?
To develop (project) schedule.
List the processes that have Resource Calendars as output.
- Control Schedule - Acquire Resources - Develop Team - Conduct Procurements
List the processes that use Resource Breakdown Structure as an input.
- Manage Project Knowledge - Estimate Activity Durations - Control Resources
Resource Breakdown Structure is a primary output of which process?
Estimate Activity Resources
Which processes employ Parametric Estimating technique?
- Estimate Activity Durations - Estimate Costs - Estimate Activity Resources
Name two processes which use Three-Point Estimating?
- Estimate Activity Durations - Estimate Costs
Name any three estimation techniques used for estimating activity durations?
- Analogous Estimating
- Parametric Estimating
- Three-Point Estimating
- Bottom-Up Estimating
Which processes use the Reserve Analysis technique to establish and maintain an adequate schedule and cost contingency reserve?
- Estimate Activity Durations - Estimate Costs - Determine Budget - Control Costs - Monitor Risks
What are the four main outputs of Develop Schedule process?
- Schedule Baseline - Project Schedule - Schedule Data - Project Calendars
Why is Scope Baseline an input to the Develop Schedule process?
The scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary (components of scope baseline) have details about the project deliverables that are considered when building the schedule model.
Name any five tools and techniques of the Develop Schedule process.
- Schedule Network Analysis - Critical Path Method - Resource Optimization - Data Analysis - Leads and Lags - Schedule Compression - PMIS - Agile Release Planning
In which processes do you apply leads and lags?
- Sequence Activities - Develop Schedule - Control Schedule
What are the main inputs of the Control Schedule process? (8)
1) Schedule Management Plan
2) Schedule Baseline
3) Scope Baseline
4) Project Schedule
5) Work Performance Data
6) Project Calendars
7) Resource Calendars
8) Organizational Process Assets
Name at least three Executing processes that can result in change requests.
- Direct and Manage Project Work - Manage Quality - Acquire Resources - Manage Team - Implement Risk Responses - Conduct Procurements - Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Which two scope management processes produce Work Performance Information?
- Validate Scope - Control Scope
Which process takes Work Performance Information as input and produces Work Performance Reports as output?
Monitor and Control Project Work
Communication Methods are used as tools in Planning and Executing processes. Name the Executing process(es) which use Communication Methods as tools.
Manage Communications
Verified Deliverables are an input to this process and Accepted Deliverables an output. Which process is this?
Validate Scope
Which Enterprise Environmental Factors may be used in Estimate Activity Resources?
Resource availability and skills
Why is Risk Register an input to Estimate Costs?
Risk mitigation costs need to be considered while estimating project costs.
Which processes employ the Analogous Estimating technique?
- Estimate Activity Durations - Estimate Costs - Estimate Activity Resources
Which components of the Project Management Plan are used in the Control Costs process?
- Cost Management Plan - Cost Baseline - Performance Measurement Baseline
Which process uses the Funding Limit Reconciliation technique?
Determine Budget
Name at least 3 tools and techniques used in the Determine Budget process.
- Expert Judgment - Cost Aggregation - Reserve Analysis - Historical Information Review - Funding Limit Reconciliation - Financing
Which are the 4 estimation techniques used in the Estimate Costs process?
- Analogous Estimating - Parametric Estimating - Bottom-Up Estimating - Three-Point Estimating
Which are the common tools and techniques for Control Schedule and Control Costs?
- Data Analysis - Project Management Information System
Which are the only two Monitoring and Controlling processes that do NOT use Work Performance Data as an input?
- Monitor and Control Project Work - Perform Integrated Change Control
Scope Baseline is created in which process?
Create WBS
Quality Metrics are an input to which process(es)?
- Manage Quality - Control Quality
Quality Metrics are developed in which process?
Plan Quality Management
Test and Evaluation Documents are an input to which process(es)?
Control Quality
Which process is used to compare the cost of quality activities with the expected benefits?
Plan Quality Management
Root Cause Analysis is usually performed in which processes?
- Monitor and Control Project Work - Manage Quality - Control Quality - Identify Risks - Plan Stakeholder Engagement - Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Which quality related plan is included in the Project Management Plan?
Quality Management Plan
Which project documents are you likely to update as a result of quality planning?
- Lessons Learned Register - Requirements Traceability Matrix - Risk Register - Stakeholder Register
Which project documents may get updated as a result of the Manage Quality process?
- Issue Log - Lessons Learned Register - Risk Register
Approved Change Requests are an input to these processes and Change Requests are an output. Which processes are these?
- Direct and Manage Project Work - Control Quality - Control Procurements
Change Requests are an input to this process and Approved Change Requests are an output. Which process is this?
Perform Integrated Change Control
Which project management process uses the Process Analysis technique?
Manage Quality
Deliverables are an input to this process and Verified Deliverables an output. Which process is this?
Control Quality
Deliverables are an output of which process?
Direct and Manage Project Work
Accepted Deliverables are an input to which process?
Close Project or Phase
What is the primary output of the Close Project or Phase process?
Final product, service or result transition
Which process uses the Pre-Assignment technique?
Acquire Resources
Pre-Assignment and Negotiation are two tools and techniques of the Acquire Resources process. Name at least one more technique of this process.
- Virtual teams - Multicriteria Decision Analysis
Issue Log, which is used for documenting and tracking project issues, is first created in this process. Which process is this?
Direct and Manage Project Work
Name at least 3 tools and techniques used in the Develop Team process.
- Interpersonal and team skills - Training - Virtual Teams - Meetings - Colocation - Recognition and rewards - Individual and Team Assessments
In which process(es) would you employ Networking?
- Manage Project Knowledge - Manage Communications - Manage Stakeholder Engagement
In which process are Ground Rules laid out for the project team members?
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
In which process are project team assignments done?
Acquire Resources
What are the three main outputs of the Acquire Resources process?
- Physical Resource Assignments - Project Team Assignments - Resource Calendars
What is the main output of the Develop Team process?
Team Performance Assessments