Project Integration Management (2)

Question 1

What are the 7 project management processes in the project integration management knowledge area?

Answer 1

Develop project charter, develop project management plan, direct and manage project work, manage project knowledge, monitor and control project work, perform integrated change control, and close project or phase

Question 2

What are the inputs for the develop project charter process?

Answer 2

EEFs (standards, laws, regulations, marketplace conditions, culture, politics, organizational governance, stakeholder expectations), agreements, business documents (business case), OPAs (policies, governance framework, reporting methods, templates, historical information/lessons learned)

Question 3

What is a business case?

Answer 3

Document that summarizes whether necessary information from project outcomes justify investment

Question 4

What tools are used for the develop project charter process?

Answer 4

Meetings, expert judgement, interpersonal and team skills, and data gathering

Question 5

What are the outputs for the develop project charter process?

Answer 5

Project charter and assumption log

Question 6

What is the purpose of project integration management?

Answer 6

Bringing together various factors as a cohesive whole

Question 7

What is the role of the PM in project integration management?

Answer 7

Collaborate to establish strategy, guide team, allocate resources, ensure due dates, make plans and decisions, communication, measure progress, complete project work

Question 8

What are concepts and procedures related to project change management?

Answer 8

Relationships of processes within groups are iterative, projects are integrative by nature, managing project performance, changes to project activities

Question 9

What are tailoring considerations in project integration management?

Answer 9

Project life cycle, collaborative knowledge management, how change will be managed, when to report benefits

Question 10

What are the inputs for develop project management plan?

Answer 10

Outputs from other processes, EEFs (standards, bodies of knowledge, legal requirements, governance framework, structure, infrastructure), project charter, OPAs (policies, reporting methods, historical information/lessons learned, project information from other projects, change control procedures)

Question 11

What tools are used for the develop project management plan process?

Answer 11

interpersonal and team skills, expert judgement, meetings, data gathering

Question 12

What are the outputs for develop project management plan?

Answer 12

Project management plan (and subsidaries)

Question 13

What are the inputs for direct the direct and manage project work process?

Answer 13

Project management, plan, approved change requests, OPAs (standards policies, change control procedures, issue management procedures, project information from other projects, performance measurement databases), EEFs (organization structure, infrastructure, stakeholder risk thresholds), project documents (change log, lessons learned, milestone list, project communications, schedule, risk register, requirements matrix, risk report)

Question 14

What are the tools used for the direct and manage project work process?

Answer 14

Project management information system, meetings, expert judgement

Question 15

What are the outputs for the direct and manage project work process?

Answer 15

Deliverables, issue log, project management plan updates, change requests, work performance data, project document updates (activity list, assumption log, lessons learned register, requirements documentation, risk register, stakeholder register), OPA updates

Question 16

What are the inputs for the manage project knowledge process?

Answer 16

OPAs (policies, personnel, communication requirements, knowledge-sharing policies), EEFs (culture, geography, knowledge experts, resources, stakeholder register), project documents (lessons learned, project team assignments, resource breakdown, stakeholder register), PMP, deliverables

Question 17

What are the tools used for the manage project knowledge process?

Answer 17

Knowledge management, team skills, information management, expert knowledge

Question 18

What are the outputs for the manage project knowledge process?

Answer 18

PMP updates, OPA updates, lessons learned register

Question 19

What are the inputs for the monitor and control project work process?

Answer 19

Project documents (assumption log, basis of estimates, cost forecasts, issue log, lessons learned register, milestone list, quality reports, risk register, risk report, schedule), EEFs (PM info system, infrastructure, stakeholder expectations, standards), work performance information, OPAs (policies, financial control, reporting methods, knowledge base), PMP, agreements

Question 20

What is work performance information?

Answer 20

Raw data

Question 21

What tools are used for the monitor and control project work process?

Answer 21

Meetings, decision making, expert judgement, data analysis

Question 22

What are the outputs for the monitor and control project work process?

Answer 22

Project document updates (core forecasts, issue log, lessons learned, risk register, schedule), work performance reports, change requests (corrective action, preventive action, defect repair), PMP updates

Question 23

What are the inputs for the perform integrated change control process?

Answer 23

Change requests, PMP (change management plan, scope, schedule and cost baselines), EEFs (legal, standards, governance, contracting constraints), project documents (basis of estimates, requirements traceability matrix, risk report), OPAs (procedures for change control, approving and issuing change, and configuration management knowledge base), work performance reports

Question 24

What are the tools used for the perform integrated change control process?

Answer 24

Change control tools, decision making, data analysis (alternative and cost-benefit), expert judgement, meetings

Question 25

What are the outputs for the perform integrated change control process?

Answer 25

Project document updates, approved change requests, PMP updates (change log)

Question 26

What are the inputs for the close project or phase process?

Answer 26

Accepted deliverables, project documents (assumption log, basis of estimates, change and issue log, lessons learned, milestone list, project communications, QC measurements, quality reports, requirements documents, risk register and report), OPAs (project or phase closure guidlines), PMP, procurement documentation (contract schedule, scope, quality and cost performance, payment records and inspection results), agreements, business documents (business case, benefits management plan), project charter

Question 27

What are the tools used for the close project or phase process?

Answer 27

Expert judgement, data analysis, meetings

Question 28

What are the outputs for the close project or phase process?

Answer 28

Project document updates, OPA updates (project documents, lessons learned), final report, final product

Question 29

What are assumptions?

Answer 29

Factors in planning process that are considered true without proof

Question 30

What is explicit knowledge?

Answer 30

Can be codified using words, numbers or pictures

Question 31

What is tacit knowledge?

Answer 31

Personal knowledge (beliefs, experience, etc.)