Process Domain

Question 1

Task 1
Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value
• Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally
• Examine the business value throughout the project
• Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the minimum
viable product

Question 2

Task 2
Manage communications
• Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders
• Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all
stakeholders
• Communicate project information and updates effectively
• Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received

Question 3

Task 3 Assess and manage risks
• Determine risk management options
• Iteratively assess and prioritize risks

Question 4

Task 4 Engage stakeholders
• Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact)
• Categorize stakeholders
• Engage stakeholders by category
• Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement

Question 5

Task 5 Plan and manage budget and resources
• Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned
from past projects
• Anticipate future budget challenges
• Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as
necessary
• Plan and manage resource

Question 6

Task 6 Plan and manage schedule
• Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies, story points)
• Utilize benchmarks and historical data
• Prepare schedule based on methodology
• Measure ongoing progress based on methodology
• Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology
• Coordinate with other projects and other operations

Question 7

Task 7 Plan and manage quality of products/deliverables
• Determine quality standard required for project deliverables
• Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps
• Continually survey project deliverable quality

Question 8

Task 8 Plan and manage scope
• Determine and prioritize requirements
• Break down scope (e.g., WBS, backlog)
• Monitor and validate scope

Question 9

Task 9 Integrate project planning activities
• Consolidate the project/phase plans
• Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business
value
• Analyze the data collected
• Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions
• Determine critical information requirements

Question 10

Task 10 Manage project changes
• Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management
practices)
• Determine strategy to handle change
• Execute change management strategy according to the methodology
• Determine a change response to move the project forward

Question 11

Task 11 Plan and manage procurement
• Define resource requirements and needs
• Communicate resource requirements
• Manage suppliers/contracts
• Plan and manage procurement strategy
• Develop a delivery solution

Question 12

Task 12 Manage project artifacts
• Determine the requirements (what, when, where, who, etc.) for managing the
project artifacts
• Validate that the project information is kept up to date (i.e., version control) and
accessible to all stakeholders
• Continually assess the effectiveness of the management of the project artifacts

Question 13

Task 13 Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices
• Assess project needs, complexity, and magnitude
• Recommend project execution strategy (e.g., contracting, finance)
• Recommend a project methodology/approach (i.e., predictive, agile, hybrid)
• Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle (e.g., lessons
learned, stakeholder engagement, risk)

Question 14

Task 14 Establish project governance structure
• Determine appropriate governance for a project (e.g., replicate organizational
governance)
• Define escalation paths and thresholds

Question 15

Task 15 Manage project issues
• Recognize when a risk becomes an issue
• Attack the issue with the optimal action to achieve project success
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the approach to resolve the issues

Question 16

Task 16 Ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity
• Discuss project responsibilities within team
• Outline expectations for working environment
• Confirm approach for knowledge transfers

Question 17

Task 17 Plan and manage project/phase closure or transitions
• Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase
• Validate readiness for transition (e.g., to operations team or next phase)
• Conclude activities to close out project or phase (e.g., final lessons learned,
retrospective, procurement, financials, resources)