Lesson 2: Start The Project Flashcards
What does it mean if an “R” is next to your name in a RACI chart?
a. You are accountable for the result.
b. You should be engaged to provide required inputs.
c. You should be kept up to date on the status.
d. You are responsible for the activity’s execution.
d. You are responsible for the activity’s execution
Which two of the following are reasons that PMI® publishes a Code of Ethics? (Choose two)
a. Set expectations for the project manager and the team.
b. Create a commitment to honesty, integrity, and commitment.
c. Ensure compliance with rules and laws.
d. Provide specific guidance on conflict resolution.
b. Create a commitment to honesty, integrity, and commitment.
c. Ensure compliance with rules and laws
Which two of the following are components of a project agreement? (Choose two)
a. Pricing and payment terms
b. Incentives and penalties
c. Team members
d. Complete product backlog
a. Pricing and payment terms
b. Incentives and penalties
Which is a good practice for the use of collaboration technology?
a. Select tools with the best features.
b. Select tools that the team lead has experience using.
c. Define team goals and practices before selecting tools.
d. Use the tools that the previous project used
c. Define team goals and practices before selecting tools.
Which two are examples of virtual team collaboration tools? (Choose two)
a. Shared task boards
b. Your laptop hard drive
c. Social media
d. Team chat boards
a. Shared task boards
d. Team chat boards
Which of the following is not a stakeholder in a financial project?
a. Someone opposed to the project
b. Project manager
c. Someone who is not interested in the project
d. Project sponsor
c. Someone who is not interested in the project
Which of the following is an artifact that outlines how the team will operate and work together?
a. Team charter
b. Resource management plan
c. Project charter
d. Team acquisition plan
a. Team charter
Which statement best describes project stakeholders?
a. Anyone affected by the project, its outputs, and its operation
b. Anyone making money from the project
c. A customer paying for the project’s output
d. The organization delivering the project’s products
a. Anyone affected by the project, its outputs, and its operation
Which of the following would be least likely to be included in a stakeholder engagement plan?
a. List of identified project stakeholders
b. Documentation of the relationships between project stakeholders
c. Amount of money invested by the project stakeholders
d. Actions to be used interacting with project stakeholders
c. Amount of money invested by the project stakeholders
Your company has entered into a contract to develop a new and improved website for another company. The contract specifies the major deliverables, with details about what the website will contain, the completion date, and budget. The appendix contains the change control procedures that will be used. What project life cycle should be used to deliver this project?
a. Predictive
b. Agile
c. Hybrid
d. Scrum
a. Predictive
Is the following statement true or false? In a predictive project, phase-to-phase relations can be sequential, where a phase can start prior to the end of another phase, or overlapping, where consecutive phases start when the previous phase is Finished.
True
False
False
An organization is exploring a new project with many unknowns, and most of the work to be done is designing software to build the best solution in collaboration with the customer. Which project management approach is best suited for this project?
a. Agile
b. Plan-driven
c. Phased
d. Predictive
a. Agile
Which two statements describe self-organization? (Choose two.)
a. Asking teams to assess and agree to work goals as a group
b. Allocating all resources before they get assigned to a different project
c. Using a pull-based approach to ensure effective use of team resources
d. Having the project manager stipulate roles and responsibilities and assign all the work to individual team members
a. Asking teams to assess and agree to work goals as a group
c. Using a pull-based approach to ensure effective use of team resources
The business determines that the project you are managing must be based on a plan-driven project management approach. This is partially due to the SMART objectives the steering committee has set for the project. In the acronym SMART, what does the T stand for?
a. Technical
b. Tentative
c. Timely
d. Testable
c. Timely
A meeting that is held at frequent intervals in an agile project is referred to as which of the following?
a. Lessons learning meeting
b. End-of-phase meeting
c. Retrospective meeting
d. Status meeting
c. Retrospective meeting
Every time-boxed iteration in the project has a demo scheduled at the end during the iteration review session. What is the goal of this demo?
a. To groom the iteration backlog
b. To revise the product roadmap
c. To solicit feedback from the product owner and other stakeholders
d. To establish the features to be included in the product backlog
c. To solicit feedback from the product owner and other stakeholders
Which two of the following should be included in a project charter? (Choose two)
a. Measurable objectives
b. Detailed deliverables list
c. Key stakeholders list
d. Change request form
a. Measurable objectives
c. Key stakeholders list
What is the typical length of a sprint/iteration?
a. 1 week
b. 2 weeks
c. 1-4 weeks
d. Up to 12 weeks
c. 1-4 weeks
In which of the following artifacts will a list of stakeholders who will receive communications about the project appear?
a. Communications requirements analysis
b. Communications management plan
c. Stakeholder register
d. Communications requirements analysis and communications
management plan
b. Communications management plan
Which of the following is not a component of the communications management plan?
a. Initiator and receiver of project information
b. Stakeholder register
c. Collection and transfer of institutional knowledge
d. Frequency of each communication
b. Stakeholder register
After integrating the communications management plan into the overall project plan, what would be the next logical step?
a. Determining whether there will be changes to the proposed
technology before the project is over
b. Creating a schedule for the production of each type of
communication
c. Creating a description of stakeholder communication requirements
d. Distributing the plan to all the stakeholders
d. Distributing the plan to all the stakeholders
Which of the following is not a benefit of planning for a minimum viable product?
a. Risk reduction
b. Early feedback
c. Early value from the service
d. Project team disbands early
d. Project team disbands early
Which two of the following should be included in a communications management plan? (Choose two)
a. How and when team meetings are run
b. Equipment assigned to each team members
c. Project charter
d. Preferred communication approaches with external stakeholders
a. How and when team meetings are run
d. Preferred communication approaches with external stakeholders
What are two techniques that a project manager can use to appraise the skills of a potential team member? (Choose two)
a. Ability tests
b. Focus groups
c. Kanban boards
d. RACI matrix
a. Ability tests
b. Focus groups
You are working on a project that is part of a program. All the projects within this program are being managed in an agile way. What is a good technique to get the project teams aligned?
a. Hold one daily standup meeting for all the projects.
b. Assign one customer point of contact for all projects.
c. Develop one project management plan.
d. Conduct a Scrum of Scrums meeting
d. Conduct a Scrum of Scrums meeting
