PMP Blitz Review Flashcards
Actions in Execution
Corrective action - realigns project performance
Preventative action - ensures future performance
Defect repair - modifies non-conformance to project requirements
These require change requests!
Two types of knowledge
Explicit Knowledge - knowledge that can be quickly and easily expressed through conversations and documents.
Explicit: project scope
Tactit Knowledge: knowledge that’s more difficult to express because its knowledge gained from experience (process oriented)
What is Integrated Change Control Workflow? VERY IMPROTANT**
Chapter 4 in PMBOK Guide
Start with change request >
Configuration management system or change management system (project management information system…where you capture and document change) >
move to integrated change control (how does this impact all elements of project) OR change control board if it needs >
Change is then either approved or rejected. You will need to update the project management plan/ project document plan AND change log.
Chapter 4 in PMBOK Guide
Effects change to:
Scope
schedule
cost
quality
resources
communications
risk
procurement
stakeholders
Predictive project has normal constraints - agile project has what?
Agile is an inverted Triangle of Constraints
Triple Constraints for fixed Agile Triangle of Triple Constraints
Scope <fixed> Time - Cost
Time - Cost <varies> Scope</varies></fixed>
Project Charter vs Project Scope
Project charter is all about authorizing the work and the project manager (project purpose, schedule, risk)
Project scope is all about what we will create. (deliverables, acceptance criteria)
How do you validate scope?
Validating the scope is customer receiving…signing off….formal acceptance.
When can you validate scope?
Reviews, audits, walk throughs
can happen at end of phase, end of project or when you create a major deliverable
Theory of Constraints
this theory is about the most important of the limiting factor.
constraint is the “bottle neck” of your project.
Dependency Determination:
What is Mandatory dependecy?
Hard Logic (it needs to be done in A - B - C - D
Dependency Determination:
What is Discretionary dependencies?
Soft logic (you can do it in any order you want)
Dependency Determination:
What is External dependencies?
external constraint (waiting for vendor to deliver materials. constraint outside your control)
Dependency Determination:
What is internal dependencies
type of hard logic (my project is dpeendent on your project. until you complete your project my project is stalled out)
Network Diagram spend extra time reviewing Chapter 6 PMBOK; schedule management course
1) write down all of the paths to completion and their duration - shows critical path (longest path to completion)
2) look at forward pass and backward path - look for activities that have two tasks that feed into it.
Leads and Lags
Lead is accelerated time. Leads allow activities to overlap. (positive)
Lag is waiting time. Lag moves activities further away (negative)
What is free float?
An activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any successor activities.
What is total float?
An activitiy can be delayed without delaying project completion
What is project float?
A project can be delayed without passing the customer - expected completion date.
What is resource leveling?
limits labor in time period. Often extends the project schedule.
Essentially - 40 hour max cap
limited to hours in a work week.
What is resource smoothing?
limits labor except for critical path. Tries to adhere to deadline….allows OT for activities that are important.
Three Point Estimate
Finds an average of optimistic, most likely
pessimistic
remember (O + ML + P) /3
(25+45+75)/3 = 48.33 hours
PERT
(O + (4ML) + P)/6
gives more weight to what is most likely
Cost Performance Baseline: phase gates
Phase gates or stage gates are when you get additional funding once you hit certain stages in your project.
Customer Satisfaction
conforming to requirements…delivering exactly what was requested.
Prevention
quality is planned into the project not inspected in.
Management Responsibility with quality
Management has responsibility to give tools/mechanisms to have 0 defects.
Quality is about:
- fulfilling requirements
- project scope
- implied needs are met
- project scope
low quality is always a problem.
Grade is about:
category or ranking
class of services
types of materials
low grade isn’t necessary a problem
What are the types of quality costs?
Prevention
We don’t want mistakes to enter…quality assurance projects
Appraisal
inspection…quality control. That takes time.
Failure
Paying for it to be redone due to failure.
What does “Design for X” mean?
Design for X = DfX
X is usually a variable that the project is trying to address.
examples: cost, uptime, return on investment
considers all components of the design and how the component affects the X variable
Goals include lowered costs and improved service, reliability, safety and overall quality
Fishbone chart / Ishikawa
Cause and effect chart….5 whys
