PM Final day 1 Flashcards
The process of defining how to estimate, acquire, manage, and use team and physical resources:
Plan resource management
What is the main benefit of the Plan Resource Management process?
to know how to handle and use project resources and how much effort is needed.
The key benefit of this process is to establish the approach and level of management effort needed for managing project resources based on WHAT?
the type and complexity of the project.
what are the Plan resource management inputs?
-project charter
-project management plan
[Plan resource management: inputs] Which input provides High-level project description, requirements, key stakeholder list, summary milestones, preapproved financial resources?
Project Charter
[Plan resource management: inputs] which input in the Plan resource management process may influence the resource management of the project?
project charter
[Plan resource management: inputs] what does Project Management Plan need to include in the Plan resource management process?
- Quality Management Plan
- scope baseline
[Plan resource management: inputs (Project Management Plan) ] what does the quality management plan do?
- defines the level of resources needed to achieve
- maintain the desired quality level
- meet project metrics.
(Plan Resource Management Process: inputs [project management plan])
Identifies deliverables that determine the types and quantities of required resources:
The scope baseline
(Plan Resource Management Process)
what are the T&T of Plan Resource Management Process?
- Data Representation (charts)
- Organizational Theory
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
what type of charts are OBS, RBS, and WBS?
hierarchical charts
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
Various charts exist to …………….. and ……………….. team member ……….. and ………………
document
communicate
roles
responsibilities
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
Arranged according to an organization’s existing departments and under each department there’s a project activity:
Organizational breakdown structure (OBS)
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
What is the Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) arranged by?
Existing departments, units, or teams.
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
True or False: Operational departments can view their project responsibilities through their portion of the OBS.
True
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
Operational departments, such as information technology or purchasing, can see all of their project responsibilities by looking at its portion of WHAT?
Organizational breakdown structure (OBS)
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
Hierarchical structure of identified resources:
Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
How are resources classified in the Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
By category (e.g., labor, material, equipment, supplier).
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
What does the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) map?
The work described in the WBS or activities to the team members responsible, as described in the OBS.
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
give me an example of Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM):
RACI
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
what does RACI stand for?
(R= Responsible, A= Accountable, C= Consult, I= Inform)
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
Formats of Team member responsibilities that require detailed descriptions:
Text-Oriented Formats
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T [Data Representation])
What kind of information is detailed in text-oriented formats?
- Responsibilities
- authority
- competencies
- qualifications.
(Plan Resource Management Process: T&T)
Provides information regarding the way in which organizational units behave:
Organizational Theory