Process Descriptions

Question 1

Develop Project Management Plan

Answer 1

Defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project management plan

Question 2

Plan Scope Management

Answer 2

Creating a scope management plan that documents how the project scope will be defined, validated, and controlled

Question 3

Collect Requirements

Answer 3

Determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet project objectives

Question 4

Define Scope

Answer 4

Developing a detailed description of the project and product

Question 5

Create WBS

Answer 5

Subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components

Question 6

Plan Schedule Management

Answer 6

Establishing and documenting the procedures for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule

Question 7

Define Activities

Answer 7

Identifying and documenting the specific action to be performed to produce the project deliverables

Question 8

Sequence Activities

Answer 8

Identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities

Question 9

Estimate Activity Resources

Answer 9

Estimating the type and quantities of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity

Question 10

Estimate Activity Durations

Answer 10

Estimating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources

Question 11

Develop Schedule

Answer 11

Analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model

Question 12

Plan Cost Management

Answer 12

Establishing and documenting the procedures for planning, managing, expending, and controlling project costs

Question 13

Estimate Costs

Answer 13

Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities

Question 14

Determine Budget

Answer 14

Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline

Question 15

Plan Quality Management

Answer 15

Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and its deliverables, and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance

Question 16

Plan Human Resource Management

Answer 16

Identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, reporting relationships, and creating a staffing management plan

Question 17

Plan Communications Management

Answer 17

Developing an appropriate approach and plan for project communications based on stakeholder’s information needs and requirements

Question 18

Plan Risk Management

Answer 18

Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project

Question 19

Identify Risks

Answer 19

Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics

Question 20

Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

Answer 20

Prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact

Question 21

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

Answer 21

Numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives

Question 22

Plan Risk Responses

Answer 22

Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives

Question 23

Plan Procurement Management

Answer 23

Documenting project procurement decisions, specifying the approach, and identifying potential sellers

Question 24

Plan Stakeholder Management

Answer 24

Developing appropriate management strategies to effectively engage stakeholders throughout the project life cycle, based on their interests and impact on the project

Question 25

Develop Project Charter

Answer 25

Developing a document that formally authorizes a project and provides the project manager with authority to apply resources to project activities

Question 26

Identify Stakeholders

Answer 26

Identifying and analyzing all people or groups with an interest in or impact on the project success

Question 27

Direct and Manage Project Work

Answer 27

Leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve project objectives

Question 28

Perform Quality Assurance

Answer 28

Auditing quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards are used

Question 29

Acquire Project Team

Answer 29

Confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities

Question 30

Develop Project Team

Answer 30

Improving competencies, team member interaction, and overall team environment to enhance project performance

Question 31

Manage Project Team

Answer 31

Tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing team changes to optimize project performance

Question 32

Manage Communications

Answer 32

Creating, collecting, distributing, storing, and retrieving project information in accordance with the communication management plan

Question 33

Conduct Procurements

Answer 33

Obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract

Question 34

Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Answer 34

Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their expectations, address issues as they occur, and foster appropriate stakeholder engagement on the project

Question 35

Monitor and Control Project Work

Answer 35

Tracking, reviewing, and reporting the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan

Question 36

Perform Integrated Change Control

Answer 36

Reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to deliverables and the project management plan

Question 37

Validate Scope

Answer 37

Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables

Question 38

Control Scope

Answer 38

Monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline

Question 39

Control Schedule

Answer 39

Monitoring the status of project activities to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline to achieve the plan

Question 40

Control Costs

Answer 40

Monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline

Question 41

Control Quality

Answer 41

Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes

Question 42

Control Communications

Answer 42

Monitoring and controlling communications throughout the entire project life cycle to ensure the information needs of stakeholders are met

Question 43

Control Risks

Answer 43

Implementing risk response plans, tracking identified risks, monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks and evaluating risk process effectiveness

Question 44

Control Procurements

Answer 44

Managing procurement relationships, monitoring contract performance, and making changes and corrections to contracts as necessary

Question 45

Control Stakeholder Engagement

Answer 45

Monitoring overall project stakeholder relationships and adjusting strategies and plans for engaging stakeholders

Question 46

Close Project or Phase

Answer 46

Finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase

Question 47

Close Procurements

Answer 47

Completing each procurement