PMP 101 Flashcards

1
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A ____________ is a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service that brings about beneficial change or added value.

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Project

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It carefully defined as a set of activities that use
resources to meet the pre-defined objectives and brings form or function to ideas or needs.

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Project

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Project Characteristics:
This is usually specified in terms of cost, schedule and performance requirements.

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Temporary

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Project Characteristics:
It requires the doing of something different, something that was not done previously.

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Unique

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5
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Project Characteristics:
It is often called “Routine”

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Unique

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Project Characteristics:
A project differs from what was previously done,
it also involves new techniques.

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Involves new processes

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Project Characteristics:
* Undertaken to achieve a particular aim ________________

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Deliverables

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Val___-add___dri____of________and impr____ During the process, projects pass through several distinct phases, which form and are called project ____________.

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*Value-adding driver of change and improvement

*Projects life cycle

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9
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Is the application of knowledge, skills,
tools and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project

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Project Management

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10
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These three (3) project management variables as often referred to as the _____________ of project management

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Eternal Triangle

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3 Project variables

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Time, Cost, Scope Constraint

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12
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1.) Project Success

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Project completed in time

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13
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2.) Project Success

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Projects completed within a budget

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14
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3.) Project Success

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Projects completed by achieving all deliverables

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15
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Project ________ or (_____________):
have major obstacles to completion. These hurdles might include financial overruns, missed deadlines, technological issues, and unexpected dangers.

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Distressed Projects

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16
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4 Phases Project management Life Cycle

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Beginning or Initiation, Planning, Execution, Closing

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17
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Project Management Life Cycles:
Identify a company need, challenge, or opportunity and discuss how your team might meet, solve, or exploit it. In this stage, you set a project goal, assess its feasibility, and establish its main deliverables.

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Beginning or Initiation

18
Q

Project Management Life Cycles:
___________ begins once your business case, statement of work, or project commencement document is authorized.

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Planning

19
Q

Project planning steps may include:
Determine the project timetable, including stages, tasks, and limits.

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Planning the project

20
Q

Project planning steps may include:
Swim lanes can help team members understand
their roles in a project.

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Making workflow and Diagram

21
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Project planning steps may include:
Cost estimates help you budget for the project to maximize ROI.

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Budgeting and financial planning

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Project planning steps may include:
Build your functional team from internal and external talent pools and make sure everyone has the right tools (software, hardware, etc.).

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Gathering Resources

23
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Project planning steps may include:
Identify issues that might slow your project and plan to mitigate them to preserve quality and deadline.

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Anticipating Risk and quality roadblocks

24
Q

Project Management Life Cycles:
You have business permission, a strategy, and a team. Now start working. ____________ puts your strategy into motion.

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Execution

25
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In this phase of the project management life cycle, the project manager organizes team members, manages timetables, and ensures work is done according to plan.

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Execution Phase

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Project execution steps may include:
Assign project details to the right people to avoid overwork.

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Task creation and workflow management

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Project execution steps may include:
Provide team members with task advice and organize process-related training as needed.

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Reporting responsibilities to teammates

28
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Project execution steps may include:
Ensure team members achieve time and quality targets.

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Monitoring work quality

29
Q

Project execution steps may include:
Track expenditures and project assets and resources. There are various visual tools you may use to track completed deliverables
and stay on schedule, depending on your project management technique

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Budget Management

30
Q

In the _______________, you provide final deliverables, release resources, and evaluate
project success. The project manager must evaluate what worked and didn’t work when the primary project work is done.

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Closing Phase

31
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Project closing steps may include:
Using a checklist, assess if the project’s goals
(tasks performed, on schedule, and on budget) and initial challenge were solved.

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Project performance analysis

32
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Project closing steps may include:
Including target achievement, timeliness, and
quality.

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Evaluate team performance

33
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Project closing steps may include:
Check that all project tasks are done and report to relevant stakeholders.

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Document project performance

34
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Project closing steps may include:
Finalize project analysis, including lessons
learnt for future projects.

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Reviewing after implementation

35
Q

Project closing steps may include:
Use leftover funds for future initiatives.

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Track spent and unused funds

36
Q

Document, defining, and scoping the project

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Compilation of Terms of Reference (TOR)

37
Q

Conducting an Environmental Scan: (4)

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Micro, Macro, Stakeholder Analysis, and Market

38
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SWOT Analysis:

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Strengths, Weakness, Resources, Capabilities, Capacity, Opportunities, Threats

39
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S.W.O.T

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Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats

40
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Criteria:

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Viability, Feasibility, Sustainability

41
Q

This element refers to the __________________ or
________________ as stated by Elkington (1997) and acknowledged by Adams (2006) as the ‘three pillars’ of sustainability

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triple bottom line. three-P concept,

42
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This element refers to the triple bottom line or
three-P concept as stated by ______________ and acknowledged by _____________ as the_______________ of sustainability

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Elkington (1997), Adams (2006), ‘three pillars’