PM Chapter 3 - Project Management Process Groups

Question 1

All project meetings with major stakeholders should include a(n) ____________________.

Answer 1

Agenda

Question 2

Top management must support the development of project management standards and guidelines and encourage or even enforce their use.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The main goal of the stakeholder _______ is to help project managers determine which staholders’ interests to focus on and how to increase stakeholder support.

Answer 3

Analysis

Question 4

It is good practice to send kick-off meeting minutes to all meeting participants and other appropriate stakeholders within a day or two of a meeting.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Stakeholders must be internal to the organization.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The task of creating a project charter is normally performed during project initiation.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

A(n) ____________________ is a file with a preset format that serves as a starting point for creating various documents so that the format and structure do not have to be re-created.

Answer 7

template

Question 8

is the leading agile development methodology for completing projects with a complex, innovative scope of work

Answer 8

Scrum

Question 9

Ideally, the ____________________ manager will play a major role in developing the project charter.

Answer 9

Project

Question 10

Project management consists of ten project management knowledge areas: project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk, procurement, and ____________________ management.

Answer 10

Stakeholder

Question 11

____________________ project stakeholders generally include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, and internal customers for the project.

Answer 11

Internal

Question 12

Project management process groups are isolated events.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

A project ____________________ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides a summary of the project’s objectives and management.

Answer 13

Charter

Question 14

___________________ processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out the project plans and produce the deliverables of the project or phase.

Answer 14

Executing

Question 15

The PMBOK® Guide does not provide detailed information on how project charter requirements should be created, when, or by whom.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A(n) ____________________ is an organizational entity created to assist project managers in achieving project goals.

Answer 16

PMO (Project Management Office)

Question 17

___________________ processes include actions to begin projects and project phases.

Answer 17

Initiating

Question 18

A(n) ____________________ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.

Answer 18

process

Question 19

Six sigma is the leading agile development method.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

You should not monitor stakeholders with low interest and low power.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What section of a kick-off meeting agenda (or any other meeting agenda) helps you focus on results of the meeting?

Answer 21

Action Team

Question 22

Most experienced people will assert that it is easier to successfully complete a large project than a small one.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

A stakeholder analysis power/interest grid can be created during initiation.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The majority of project management processes occur as part of the ____________________ process group.

Answer 24

Plannning

Question 25

Agile is a not a popular software development methodology.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

In which of the five project management process groups are activities performed that relate to each knowledge area?

Answer 26

Planning

Question 27

Project charters are normally lengthy documents.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

After a project charter is completed, it is good practice to hold an official kick-off meeting for the project.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

A(n) ____________________ meeting is a meeting held at the beginning of a project so that stakeholders can meet each other, review the goals of the project, and discuss future plans.

Answer 29

Kick-off

Question 30

Is the leading agile development methodology for completing projects with a complex, innovative scope of work

Answer 30

Scrum

Question 31

The majority of project management processes occur as part of the executing process group.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

You can categorize stakeholders as being unaware, resistant, neutral, supportive, or leading.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

___________________ project stakeholders include the project’s customers (if they are external to the organization), competitors, and suppliers, and other external groups that are potentially involved in or affected by the project, such as government officials and concerned citizens.

Answer 33

External

Question 34

Applying project management process groups in a consistent, structured fashion increases the chance of project success.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

There is normally little work done before an official kick-off meeting for a project.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

____________________ processes include formalizing acceptance of the project or phase and bringing it to an orderly end.

Answer 36

Closing

Question 37

___________________ processes include actions to begin projects and project phases.

Answer 37

Initiating