Plan and Acquire Resources Flashcards
Which activities does the project manager carry out in terms of managing project resources?
Securing critical equipment and infrastructure for the project
Acquiring and supervising the project team
Providing leadership and project management for the duration of a project
Managing physical resources for the project
Which examples are inputs for developing a resource management plan?
A lessons learned register
The organizational culture and structure
A high-level project description with requirements
A risk register
The scope baseline
What are the tools and techniques that may be used in the development of a project resource management plan?
Organizational theory
Expert judgment
Data representation
Meetings
What are the components of a RACI chart?
Inform
Consult
Responsibility
Accountability
Which examples represent information that would be included in the roles and responsibilities section of a resource management plan?
The designation of project coordinator
Final sign-off on proposed changes to milestone deliverables
The description “to liaise between upper management and the project manager”
The requirement of an in-depth knowledge of the industry
What does the Estimate Activity Resources process aim to do?
Determine the people, materials, equipment, and facilities essential for completing a project
Provide information necessary to draw up the project schedule and budget
You’re managing a project to install a system in an amusement park to monitor the number of visitors per day.
Which types of information do you need to estimate the activity resources for this project?
The probability that, given the time of year, bad weather may hamper the installation process
A list of assumptions about the ease and speed of installation of the computerized system
How much the new hardware will cost, as well as labor rates for the installation team
A document outlining the availability of staff members qualified to test and implement the system
Which tools and techniques can you use to estimate activity resources?
Bottom-up estimating
Meetings
Analogous estimating
Parametric estimating
Expert judgment
Data analysis
A project management information system, or PMIS
You’re managing a highway project. You subcontract various sequential tasks, so scheduling depends on how quickly each team completes tasks.
Using bottom-up estimating, what conclusions do you reach?
You determine that you need five ten-person teams, three bulldozers, and three cement mixers for the construction of the four-lane highways
You determine that the teams can share machinery because they will not all be using the same equipment at the same time
What are the outputs of the Estimate Activity Resources process?
Instruction: Choose all options that best answer the question.
The resource breakdown structure
Updates to activity attributes
The resource requirements
A basis of estimates
You’re planning an annual newsletter for a social welfare organization and are listing resources the project will need. You use a three-level RBS.
What statements about the project’s RBS are correct?
Level one could be titled “Annual newsletter”
Level three could contain nodes titled “Address labels,” “Envelopes,” and “Postage stamps”
Which examples are inputs to the Acquire Resources process?
- The procurement management plan.
- Procedures regulating staff assignments
- Resource requirements
- The market value of resources
The availability of potential resources
The resource management plan
Documented policies and guidelines for outsourcing
Resource calendars
Which tools and techniques can you use during the Acquire Resources process?
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Virtual teams
- Decision making
- Preassignment
Virtual teams
Negotiation
Preassignment
Multicriteria decision analysis
What is the sequence for using negotiation to acquire project resources?
- Pick the best possible candidates
- Identify potential barriers
- Plan your negotiation strategy
- Negotiate for your team members
- Picking your “dream team”
- Identifying potential barriers
- Planning your negotiation strategy
- Negotiating for the team
What are the outputs of the Acquire Resources process?
- Updates to EEFs
- Project staff assignments
- Updates to project documents
- Project management plan updates
- Resource calendars
- OPA updates
- Physical resource assignments
