pg pm-pmp11.15.23 pmbok classes Chapter 5

Question 1

Develop Project Management Plan two parts

Answer 1

project management plan and project documents

Question 2

Develop Project Management Plan – Outputs

Answer 2

Describes how the project is executed, monitored and controlled
 Updated and revised through the Perform Integrated Change
Control process

Question 3

Develop Project Management Plan – Outputs Project Baselines four points

Answer 3

Scope Baseline
 Schedule Baseline
 Cost Baseline
 Subsidiary Management Plans

Question 4

Develop Project Management Plan Subsidiary management plans six points

Answer 4

Project life cycle
 Performance measurement baseline
 Development approach
 Change Management Plan
 Configuration Management Plan
 Management reviews

Question 5

Plan Scope Management three points

Answer 5

inputs, tools and techniques, outputs

Question 6

Collect Requirements –Tools & Techniques 8 points

Answer 6

Expert judgment, Data gathering Questionnaires and surveys, Data analysis, Decision making, Data representation, Interpersonal and team skills

Question 7

Define Scope

Answer 7

project scope is the common understanding among stakeholders about what goes into a project and the factors that define its success

Question 8

Project Constraints and Assumptions Constraints

Answer 8

factors that will limit the project management team’s options.

Question 9

Project Constraints and Assumptions

Answer 9

factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration.
If not true, can become a risk.

Question 10

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) does what?

Answer 10

Subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components

Question 11

Value of WBS and where can that value be defined clearly?

Answer 11

WBS Dictionary defines, details, and clarifies the various elements of the WBS

Question 12

Do not confuse WBS with?

Answer 12

OBS -organizational breakdown structure showing which elements are assigned to which organization
RBS -resource breakdown structure or risk breakdown structure
BOM -Bill of Materials showing a hierarchical view of a physical assembly
CWBS -contractual WBS showing level or reporting from supplier to buyer

Question 13

Plan Schedule Management does what?

Answer 13

Establishing the policies, procedures and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing and controlling the project schedule.”

Question 14

Define Activities

Answer 14

Identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.”

Question 15

What does defining activities accomplish?

Answer 15

Define activities process decomposes work packages into schedule activities that provide a basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, monitoring, and controlling the project work

Question 16

Define Activities – Tools & Techniques

Answer 16

Create WBS Deliverables
Define Activities List of activities

Question 17

Sequence Activities

Answer 17

finish to start, start to start, finish to finish

Question 18

Sequence Activities: finish to start (FS)

Answer 18

an activity must finish before the successor can start. Example you must finish digging the hole before you can start the next activity of planting the tree.

Question 19

Sequence Activities: start to start (SS)

Answer 19

an activity must start before the successor can start. Example you must start designing and wait for two weeks lag in order to have enough of the desing copmpleted to start coding.

Question 20

Sequence Activities: Finish to finish (FF)

Answer 20

an activity must be finished before the successor can finish. Example you most finish testing before you can finish documentation

Question 21

Sequence Activities: Start to finish (SF)

Answer 21

an activity must start before the successor can finish. the dependency is rarely used.

Question 22

Sequence Activities: Dependency Determination and Integration

Answer 22

Dependencies may be characterized by the following attributes Mandatory
Discretionary
Internal
External

Question 23

Sequence Activities: External dependencies.

Answer 23

External dependencies involve a relationship between project activities and non-project activities. These dependencies are usually outside of the project team’s control.

Question 24

Sequence Activities: External dependencies Example

Answer 24

example, the testing activity in a software project may be dependent on the delivery of hardware from an external source, or governmental environmental hearings may need to be held before site preparation can begin on a construction project.

Question 25

Sequence Activities: Internal dependencies.

Answer 25

Internal dependencies involve a precedence relationship between project activities and are generally inside the project team’s control.

Question 26

Sequence Activities: Internal dependencies example

Answer 26

For example, if the team cannot test a machine until they assemble it, there is an internal mandatory dependency.

Question 27

Sequence Activities: 3 Leads and Lags

Answer 27

A lead is the amount of time a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.

Question 28

Sequence Activities: 3 Leads and Lag example

Answer 28

For example, on a project to construct a new office building, the landscaping could be scheduled to start 2 weeks prior to the scheduled punch list completion.

Question 29

Sequence Activities: Lag definition

Answer 29

A lag is the amount of time a successor activity will be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.

Question 30

Sequence Activities: Lag definition example

Answer 30

For example, a technical writing team may begin editing the draft of a large document 15 days after they begin writing it.

Question 31

Sequence Activities: PMIS

Answer 31

Project management information systems includes scheduling software that has the capability to help plan, organize, and adjust the sequence of the activities; insert the logical relationships, lead and lag values; and differentiate the different types of dependencies.