PMPCh9.2 - Acquire Project Team

Question 1

Acquire Project Team is

Answer 1

process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities

Question 2

Benefit of Acquire Project Team is

Answer 2

outlining and guiding the team selection and responsibility assignment to obtain a successful team

Question 3

Insert ITTO 9.2

Answer 3

Insert ITTO 9.2

Question 4

What factors should be considered when acquiring project team?

Answer 4

effectively negotiate and influence others who are in a position to provide the required human resources for the project; Failure to acquire the necessary human resources for the project may affect project schedules, budgets, customer satisfaction, quality, and risks; If the human resources are not available due to constraints, such as economic factors or previous assignments to other projects, the project manager or project team may be required to assign alternative resources, perhaps with lower competencies, provided there is no violation of legal, regulatory, mandatory, or other specific criteria. project management team will be required to reflect the impact of any unavailability of required human resources in the project schedule, project budget, project risks, project quality, training plans, and the other project management plans.

Question 5

Input of Acquire Project Team (HUMAN-EO)

Answer 5

Human Resource Management Plan, Enterprise Environmental Factors, OPA

Question 6

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP)

Answer 6

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Acquisition, Negotiation, Virtual Teams, Pre-Assignment

Question 7

Output of Acquire Project Team (Project Project Resource)

Answer 7

Project Management Plan Update, Project Staff Assignment, Resource Calendar

Question 8

Input of Acquire Project Team (HUMAN-EO): HR Mgmt Plan

Answer 8

provides guidance on how project human resources should be identified, staffed, managed, and eventually released; has Roles and responsibilities, org charts, staffing management plan showing time periods each project team member will be needed

Question 9

Input of Acquire Project Team (HUMAN-EO): EEF

Answer 9

Existing information on human resources including availability, competency levels, prior experience, interest in working on the project and their cost rate;Personnel administration policies ; Organizational structure;Colocation or multiple locations.

Question 10

Input of Acquire Project Team (HUMAN-EO): OPA

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organizational standard policies, processes, and procedures

Question 11

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP): Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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criteria are developed and used to rate or score potential team members. Availability, cost, experience, ability, knowledge, skills, attitude, international factors

Question 12

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP): Acquisition

Answer 12

required services may be acquired from outside sources; hiring individual consultants or subcontracting work to another organization.

Question 13

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP): negotiate

Answer 13

negotiate with functional managers,other pm teams, external organizations, vendors, suppliers, contractors.

Question 14

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP): Virtual Teams

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groups of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting face to face. Disadvantage: as possibility for misunderstandings, feeling of isolation, difficulties in sharing knowledge and experience between team members, and cost of appropriate technology. Communication planning becomes increasingly important

Question 15

TT of Acquire Project Team (MAN VP): Pre-assignment

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When team members are selected in advance, they are considered pre-assigned

Question 16

Output of Acquire Project Team (Project Project Resource): Project Management Plan Update

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the person assigned to a predefined role may not fulfill all staffing requirements outlined in the human resource management plan. When gaps occur, the project management plan needs to be updated to change the team structure, roles, or responsibilities

Question 17

Output of Acquire Project Team (Project Project Resource): Project Staff Assignments

Answer 17

appropriate people have been assigned to the team. documentation of these assignments can include a project team directory, memos to team members, and names inserted into other parts of the project management plan, such as project organization charts and schedules.

Question 18

Output of Acquire Project Team (Project Project Resource): Resource Calendars

Answer 18

time periods that each project team member is available to work on the project.