Organizational Project-Enabling Processes Flashcards
What six organizational project-enabling processes identified by ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288?
Life cycle model management, infrastructure management, portfolio management, human resource management, quality management, and knowledge management.
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What is the purpose of the Life Cycle Model Management process?
To define, maintain, and assure availability of policies, life cycle processes, life cycle models, and procedures for use by the organization with respect the scope of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
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What are the characteristics of standard process to meet a diverse range of projects?
The standard process must be tailorable, extensible, and scalable.
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What are the basic requirements for standard and project-tailored SE process control, based on CMMI and other resources?
Process responsibilities for projects, good process definition, process responsibilities for organizations and projects.
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What is the purpose of the Infrastructure Management process?
To provide the infrastructure and services to projects to support organization and project objectives throughout the life cycle.
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What resources are addressed under the infrastructure management process?
All other resources, except for human resources and financial resources are addressed under this process.
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What is the purpose of the Portfolio Management process?
To initiate and sustain necessary, sufficient and suitable projects in order to meet the strategic objectives of the organization.
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What kind of projects are determined to justify continued investment base on periodic assessments?
If the projects have the following characteristics:
- Contribute to the organization strategy
- Progress toward achieving established goals
- Comply with project directives from the organization
- Are conducted according to an approved plan
- Provide a service or product that is still needed and providing acceptable investment returns
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As the project matures, what is the important element of each control design gate?
A realistic review of the business case.
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What is the purpose of the Human resource management process?
To provide the organization with necessary human resources and to maintain their competencies, consistent with business needs.
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What are the three process activities of 7.4?
Identify skills, develop skills, acquire and provide skills.
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Human resource management relies heavily on what?
On forecasts into the future of the demand and supply of various resources.
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What is the purpose of the Qualify management process?
To assure that products, services and implementations of the quality management process meet organizational and project quality objectives and achieve customer satisfaction.
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Is it true that we have to think of quality afterwards?
No, quality is a daily focus, not an afterthought.
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What are the two indicators that the process is not working?
Situations where 1) the project is compliant but the customer is unhappy or 2) the project is not compliant but the customer is happy.
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