Project Integration Management

Question 1

Main outputs and Process Group of Develop Project Charter

Answer 1

Project charter, assumption long; initiating

Question 2

Main outputs and Process Group of Develop Project Management Plan

Answer 2

Project Management Plan; Planning

Question 3

Main outputs and Process Group of Direct & Manage Project Work

Answer 3

Deliverables, Work Performance Data, Issue Log, Change Request; Executing

Question 4

Main outputs and Process Group of Manage Project Knowledge

Answer 4

Lessons Learned Register; Executing

Question 5

Main outputs and Process Group of Monitor & Control Project Work

Answer 5

Work Performance Reports, Change Requests; Monitoring & Controlling

Question 6

Main outputs and Process Group of Perform Integrated Change Control

Answer 6

Approved Change Request; Monitoring & Controlling

Question 7

Main outputs and Process Group of Close Project or Phase

Answer 7

Final Product, Service or Result; Transition and Final report; Closing

Question 8

Project Benefits Management Plan

Answer 8

Used to describe the main benefits that the project will produce once its complete; could be the product, service or result that the organization is looking to obtain after the project is done

Question 9

Data Gathering Technique

Answer 9

Uses techniques such as brainstorming, focus groups and interviews. Objectives are to gather the main requirements needed for the project, including requirements for scope, cost and schedule

Question 10

Project Charter includes:

Answer 10

Project justification and purpose
Name of the project manager
Assignment of Authority to the project manager
Signature of the sponsor or others authorizing the project
High-level requirements including scope, budget, and milestones view of the project schedule
High-level risks
Stakeholder list
Exit criteria (things that might cause the project to be canceled

Question 11

Assumption Log

Answer 11

Consider this the list of things that you perceive to be true and things that might constrain the project

Question 12

Change Management Plan

Answer 12

Outline how change requests will be collected, assessed, authorized and incorporated into the project.

Question 13

Configuration management plan

Answer 13

Outline how the various components of a project can be configured

Question 14

Performance Measurement Baseline

Answer 14

Used to check the performance of the project as it is being executed; integrates scope, schedule and costs into a single baseline that can be used to track the performance of the project

Question 15

Project lifecycle description

Answer 15

Outlines what type of lifecycle the project will be following; agile would be adaptive lifecycle and a traditional project would be a predictive lifecycle

Question 16

Development approach

Answer 16

Outlines how the product will be developed. An agile project might be more iterative and developed in small increments; a more traditional project will be developed in one shot

Question 17

Deliverables

Answer 17

The products or parts of the product that are given to the customer for acceptance

Question 18

Work performance data

Answer 18

The raw information about the work that was performed

Question 19

Issue Log

Answer 19

List of all the issues on a project and who rises the issue and when they did

Question 20

Manage Project Knowledge Process

Answer 20

Process that ensures the knowledge that is gained before, during and after the project is used for the organization’s benefit

Question 21

Explicit Knowledge

Answer 21

Tangible form of knowledge; documents, procedures, manuals, textbooks

Question 22

Tacit Knowledge

Answer 22

Difficult to transfer between people by just speaking to them; gained by doing work and is sometimes referred to as “know-how”

Question 23

Knowledge Management

Answer 23

Sharing of generally tacit knowledge between stakeholders on a project

Question 24

Information management

Answer 24

Ensuring that information is available to stakeholders when needed

Question 25

Monitor and Control Project Work Process

Answer 25

The process of tracking, reviewing and reporting the progress of the project work, with the goal of keeping the project on plan

Question 26

What is the output of all “Control” processes (“control scope”, “control schedule”)?

Answer 26

Work performance information

Question 27

Perform Integrated Change Control

Answer 27

The process of reviewing all change requests and approving or rejecting them

Question 28

Never take actions without an assessment and never reject a change without an assessment

Answer 28

1. Record the change request
2. Assess the change and see how it will impact the overall project.
3. Come up with options to implement the change
4. Get the change approved
5. If approved, execute changes. If rejected, communicate to the stakeholder who requests

Question 29

Change Control Tools

Answer 29

Manual or automated tools used to manage the change request. Help to identify, document and track the changes. Main objective is to help the CCB make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove a change.

Question 30

Close Project or Phase Process

Answer 30

The process of formalizing all activities over all project management process groups to formally complete the project, phase, or contract; establishes a process to investigate and document the reasons if a project is terminated early

Question 31

Final report

Answer 31

Gives the overall performance of the project that will then be filed with the organization; provides summary of what took place on the project and how successful the project was; should include:

1. High-level description of the project or phase
2. The objectives (scope) of the project and whether they were accomplished
3. The techniques that were used to measure the quality requirements and whether the requirements were met.
4. The budget of the project, how it was measured and whether there were any variations.
5. Whether the project accomplished its real-world problems that it had set out to achieve and the benefits of this project to the organization