Project Management Domains Flashcards
??? are a group of related activities that are critical for the effective delivery of project outcomes.
Domains
Addresses activities and functions associated with ???.
A productive working relationship with ??? throughout the project.
??? agreement with project objectives.
Stakeholder performance domain
Identify : understand who they are, internal and external
Understand and analyze : understand ??? feelings, emotions, beliefs and values
Prioritize : focus on the ??? with the most power and interests to prioritize engagement
Engage : work collaboratively to elicit requirements, manage expectations, resolve issues
Monitor : ??? change.
Stakeholder performance domain
Outcome: A productive working relationship
Check: A significant number of changes or modification to the project and product requirements in addition to the scope may indicate ??? are not engaged or aligned with the project objectives.
Check: ??? behavior can indicate whether project recipients are satisfied and supportive of the project or whether they oppose it. Surveys, interviews and focus groups
Stakeholder performance domain
Deals with activities and functions associated with the people who are responsible for creating project deliverables that realize business outcomes.
Outcomes includes:
Shared ownership
A high-performing team
Appropriate leadership and other interpersonal skills
Entails establishing a culture and environment that enables diverse individuals to evolve into a high-performing project ???.
Team performance domain
??? ??? is a method of leadership that is based on the understanding and addressing the needs and development of project team members.
Are project team members growing
Obstacle removal
Diversion shield
Encouragement and development opportunities
Servant Leadership
Common aspects of ??? ??? include :
Vision and objectives : everyone aware of the vision
Roles and responsibilities : members understand and fulfill their roles
Project team operations : facilitating communication, problem solving, coming to consensus
Guidance : heading in the right direction
Growth : identify what the team does well and areas to improve
Team development
Each team develops a ??? ???
PM is important in establishing and maintaining a safe, respectful, nonjudgemental environment that allows the project team to communicate openly.
Accomplished by behaviours such as Transparency Integrity Respect Positive discourse Support Courage Celebrating success
Team culture
Here are a number of factors that contribute to ??? project teams : Open communication Shared understanding Shared ownership Trust Collaboration Adaptability Resilience Empowerement Recognition
High-performing
??? are valuable for all project team members. Including : Establishing and maintaining vision Critical thinking Motivation Interpersonal ??? Emotional intelligence Being self-aware, social skills, social awareness Decision making Conflict management
Leadership skills
There are different ??? ???. Three common ??? includes:
Predictive ???
Adaptive ???, including both iterative and incremental
Hybrid ???
Development approach
There are several factors that influence the selection of a ??? ???. Degree of innovation Requirements certainty SCope stability Ease of change Delivery options Risk Safety requirements Stakeholders chedule constraints Funding availability Organizational structure Culture Organizational capability Project team size and location
Development approach
The type and number of projects phases in a project ??? ??? rest upon many things. One example of a ??? ??? can be
Feasibility > Design > Build > Test > Deploy > Close
Life cycle
Performance domain that deals with activities and functions associated with the initial ongoing and evolving organization and coordination necessary for delivering project deliverables and outcomes.
Planning
The volume, timing and frequency of ??? varies.
Variables include, but are not limited to
Development approach
Project deliverables
Organization requirements
Market conditions
Legal or regulatory restrictions
Planning
??? for how the team will be made begins with identifying the skills sets required to accomplish the project work.
Communication ??? overlaps with stakeholder identification, analysis, prioritization and engagement.
Planning
Project ??? keeps the project team dedicated and project activities running correctly. Includes
Managing the flow of existing, new and change ???
Keeping the team focused
Establishing and efficient project systems and processes
Communicating with stakeholders
Managing physical ressources
Working external vendors
Monitoring changes
Work
??? on procurements which can involve hiring and managing vendors throughout the project. This includes managing bids and contracts.
Monitoring new ??? and changes
Work
Some projects ??? value throughout and others ??? the bulk at the end.
The project manager will need to understand how the ??? is able to ??? value to the stakeholders. This includes Requirements gathering Evolving and discovering requirements Managing requirements Define and decompose the scope Completion of ???
Deliver, deliverables
The ??? performance domain deals with activities and functions associated with assessing project performance and taking appropriate actions to maintain acceptable performance.
Outcomes :
Reliable understanding of the status of the project.
Actionable data to enable decision making
Timely and appropriate actions to keep the project on track
Achieving targets and generating business value
Involves ??? project performance and implementing appropriate responses to keep the project on track.
This domain evaluates the amount to which the work done in the delivery performance domain is meeting the metrics identified in the planning performance domain.
Measurement
The ??? performance domains deals with activities and functions associated with assessing project performance and taking appropriate actions to maintain acceptable performance.
Measurement
Outcomes of the ??? measurement performance domain include
A reliable understanding of the status of the project
Actionable data to enable decision making
Timely and appropriate actions to keep the project on track
Achieving targets and generating business value.
Measurement
??? are used for multiple reasons
Evaluating performance compared to plan
Tracking the utilization of ressources
Demonstrating accountability
Providing information to stakeholders
Assessing whether project deliverables are on track
Ensuring the project deliverables will meet customer acceptance criteria
Measures
AAA indicators predict changes or trends in the project. BBB indicators measure project deliverables or events. They provide information after the fact.
AAA = leading BBB = lagging
??? pitfalls associated with measurement includes: Hawthorne effect Vanity metric Demoralization Misusing the metrics Confirmation bias
Pitfalls
??? performance domain deals with activities and functions associated with risk and uncertainty.
Effective execution of this performance domain results in the following desired outcome:
Awareness of the project environment.
Proactively exploring and responding to ???
Awareness of interdepence of multiple variables
Capacity to anticipate threats and oppotunities
Delivery with little or no negative impact
Opportunities realized
Cost and schedule reserves utilized
Uncertainty
There are many shades to ???, such as :
Risk associated with not knowing future events
Ambiguity associated with not being aware of current or future conditions
Complexity associated with complex systems having different outcomes.
Uncertainty
??? exists in an environment that is subject to rapid and unpredictable change.
??? can occur when there are ongoing fluctuations in available skill sets or materials.
Volatility
