Plan and Baseline Definitions

Question 1

Baseline

Answer 1

The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results

Question 2

Change Management Plan

Answer 2

Defines the activities and roles to manage and control the change during the execute and control phases of the project

Question 3

Communication Management Plan

Answer 3

Organizes and documents the process, types, and expectations of communications

Question 4

Configuration Management Plan

Answer 4

The ongoing process of identifying and managing changes to deliverables and other work products

Question 5

Cost Baseline

Answer 5

The approved version of work package cost estimates and contingency reserve that can be changed using formal change control procedures and is used as the basis for comparison to actual results

Question 6

Cost Management Plan

Answer 6

Describes how costs will be planned, structured, and controlled

Question 7

Financial Management Plan

Answer 7

Identifies and provides all financial requirements for the project and assigns financial management roles and responsibilities

Question 8

Human Resource Management Plan

Answer 8

establishes guidelines on how the human resources for project management should be defined

Question 9

Performance Measurement Baseline

Answer 9

Combined baseline of the Triple Constraints; Scope Baseline + Cost Baseline + Schedule Baseline

Question 10

Process Improvement Plan

Answer 10

The process of identifying, analyzing, and improving existing processes

Question 11

Procurement Management Plan

Answer 11

Documents how a project will conduct its procurement

Question 12

Project Change Management Plan

Answer 12

Helps manage the change process, and also ensures control in budget, schedule, scope, communication, and resources

Question 13

Project Management Plan

Answer 13

The document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled.

Question 14

Quality Management Plan

Answer 14

Documents the necessary information required to effectively manage project quality from project planning to delivery

Question 15

Requirements Management Plan

Answer 15

Used to document the necessary information required to effectively manage project requirements from definition, through traceability, to delivery

Question 16

Resource Management Plan

Answer 16

The component of the project management plan that provides guidance on how project resources should be categorized, allocated, managed, and released

Question 17

Risk Management Plan

Answer 17

The document that a project manager prepares to foresee risks, estimate impacts, and define responses to risks

Question 18

Schedule Baseline

Answer 18

The projected schedules, based on information that is known to date

Question 19

Schedule Management Plan

Answer 19

Defines how the project schedule is managed throughout the project lifecycle

Question 20

Scope Baseline

Answer 20

The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary

Question 21

Scope Management Plan

Answer 21

Describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and verified

Question 22

Stakeholder Management Plan

Answer 22

Defines and documents the approach and actions that will increase support and minimize the negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the life of the project

Question 23

Team Management Plan

Answer 23

A component of the resource management plan that describes when and how project team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed.

Question 24

Staff Release Plan

Answer 24

Defines when resources are released from the project so that those resources are no longer charged to the project