Project Management Processes

Question 1

What is the project management process?What efforts are included in this process?

Answer 1

What you need to do to manage the work.Includes the management efforts of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing

Question 2

What occurs during the initiating process group?

Answer 2

Formal authorization of a project or phase; project manager is provided with the authority and information necessary to begin the project; stakeholders are identified and analyzed; the project vision is created

Question 3

What occurs during the planning process group?

Answer 3

Determine whether the project objectives, as stated in the project charter, can be achieved; determine how the project will be accomplished

Question 4

What occurs during the execution process group?

Answer 4

Work defined in the project management plan is completed to meet the project objectives.

Question 5

What occurs during the monitoring and controlling process group?

Answer 5

Project performance is measured against the project management plan; variances are determined and addressed; change requests are approved, including corrective and preventive action and defect repair.

Question 6

What occurs during the closeout process group?

Answer 6

Acceptance of the final product of the project is obtained and documented; lessons learned are completed; files are indexed and archived

Question 7

Which process group must be completed in a certain order?

Answer 7

Planning is the only process group with a set order.

Question 8

What does “input” mean?

Answer 8

“What do I need before I can…”

Question 9

What does “output” mean?

Answer 9

“What will I have when I am done with…”