Knowledge Sheet & Fundamentals Flashcards
Project Charter
Identifies and authorizes a PM to achieve project objectives. Includes high level objectives, milestone, and budget
Business Case
Explains how project meets market demand, business need, customer requests, technological advancement, legal requirement, ecological impact, or social need.
Project Management Plan
A formal plan documenting how the project will be managed, executed, and controlled.
Scope Statement
Document stating the project requirements by describing objectives, deliverables, and acceptance criteria
Scope Baseline
Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary
Control Account
Provides a way to manage and control costs, schedule, and scope at a higher level than a work package.
Each work package is assigned to a single Control Account.
Work package
Lowest level in WBS. Can be completed without the need for more information or input
Activity list
Created from WBS; a list of activities within each work package.
PERT estimate formulas
Program Evaluation and Review Technique = Beta Distribution Duration Estimate
Types of 3-Point Estimates
- Beta Distribution Duration Estimate (weighted average)
- Triangular Distribution Duration Estimate (average)
Scenario Inputs for Estimates
P = Pessimistic scenario
M = Most Likely scenario
O = Optimistic scenario
Beta Distribution Duration Estimate
(P + 4M + O) / 6
Triangular Distribution Duration Estimate Formula
(P + M + O) / 3
Standard Deviation of an Activity
(P - O) / 6
Variance of Activity
[(P - O) / 6]2
Project Network Diagram
A diagram of the shedule activities in the order in which they must be performed.
Critical Path
The path of schedule ativities where the delay of any one activity would delay the projet finish
Float
Late Start - Early Start
or
Late Finish - Early Finish
Cost Baseline
Aggregated cost of activities to complete project + contingency reserves
Planned Value
The value of the work planned to be completed to a point in time or project completion
PV = Planned % Complete x BAC
Earned Value
As of today, what is the estimated value of the work actually accomplished?
EV = Actual % Complete x BAC
Actual Cost
The actual cost of all the work completed to a point in time
Budget at Completion
BAC = Cost Baseline
Cost Variance
The difference between the value of work completed to a point in time and the actual costs to the same point in time.
CV = EV - AC
Shcedule Variance
The difference between the work completed to a point in time and the work planned to be completed to the same point in time.
SV = EV - PV
SV = (Actual % Complete - Planned % Complete) x BAC
Variance at Completion
The estimated difference in cost at the completion of the project
Negative = Over planned cost
VAC = BAC - EAC
Cost Performance Index
We are getting $___ worth of work out of every $1 spent
CPI = EV / AC
Greater than 1 = Under planned cost
Schedule Performance Index
A measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value
SPI = EV / PV
Greater than 1 = Ahead of Schedule
Estimate at Completion
(CPI expected to be same for remainder of project)
An estimate of total project cost at a point in time.
EAC = BAC / CPI
Estimate to Complete
Cost of completing the remaining authorized work
ETC = EAC - AC
To Complete Performance Index
To stay within budget, what rate do we need to meet for the remaining work?
Value of work remaining to be done divided by the money remaining to do it.
TCPI = (BAC - EV) / (BAC - AC)
Greater than one is harder to complete.
Joseph Juran
80/20 Rule
80% of the problems are due to 20% of the root causes. Addressing root cause of the most frequent problems makes the greatest impact on quality.
80/20 rule
Joseph Juran
80% of the problems are due to 20% of the root causes. Addressing root cause of the most frequent problems makes the greatest impact on quality.
W. Edwards Deming
Total Quality Management
one of the continuous improvment methods
Plan-do-check- act
Everyone on the team is responsible for quality
Plan Do Check Act
Plan: design or revise business process
Do: implement the plan and measure its performance
Check: assess the measurements and report results
Act: decide on changes needed to improve the process
Total Quality Management
W. Edwards Deming
Everyone on the team is responsible for quality
Phillip Crosby
Prevention over Inspection
failure to plan quality in the project leads to problems later in the project
Prevention over Inspection
Phillip Crosby
failure to plan quality in the project leads to problems later in the project
Kaizen
Continous improvement over time through small projects
Ishikawa
Fishbone diagrams a.k.a. cause and effect diagrams
Fishbone Diagram
Ishikawa
a.k.a. Cause and Effect Diagram
7 basic tools of quality management
- Cause-and-effect diagrams (fishbone)
- Flowcharts
- Histograms
- Pareto Charts
- Run Charts
- Scatter Charts
- Control Charts
Sigma
1 sigma = 68.26%
2 sigma = 95.46%
3 sigma = 99.73%
6 sigma = 99.99%
Difference between quality assurance and control quality
Quality assurance tests the process
Control quality tests the product
Lean Core Concepts
- Eliminate Waste
- Amplify Learning
- Defer Decisions
- Build Quality In
- Optimize the Whole
- Deliver Fast
- Empower the Team
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
People only seek the next level of attainment when satisfied with lower level of need. Levels (highest to lowest)
Self Actualization (self fulfillment/growth/learning)
Esteem (accomplishment, respet, attention, appreciation)
Social (love, affection, approval, friends, association)
Safety (security, stability, freedom from harm)
Physiological (air, water, food, housing clothing)
OPA
Organizational Process Assets
Types of OPAs
OPA = Organizational Process Assets
1) processes, procedures, policies
2) organizational knowledge repositories
EEF
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Types of EEFs
EEFs = Enterprise Environmental Factors
External
Internal
Resource-Related
Project Management EEFs
External EEFs
EEF = Enterprise Environmental Factors
governmental or other rules and regulations that apply to the organization
Internal EEFs
EEFs = Enterprise Environmental Factors
structure, culture, systems, and geographic locations
Resource-Related EEFs
EEFs = Enterprise Environmental Factors
technology and resources available for assignment to projects
Project Management EEFs
EEF = Enterprise Environmental Factors
resource management system, procurement system, quality management system
Assumptions
what management and stakeholders believe to be true about the project
(note: assumptions may not be based on fact)
Constraints
Limitations imposed by management or the sponsor that impact planning or execution of a project
Types of constraints
Schedule
Cost
Risk
Scope
Quality
Resources
Customer Satisfaction
RACI
Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform
Douglas McGregor
Theory of X and Y
all workers fit into two groups:
X – need to be watched all the time
Y – willing to work without supervision and want to achieve
PMI assumes all team members are type Y.