Project Management Processes

Question 1

When the project manager determines whether the business case can be met and does some high-level planning during initiating to verify that it is likely the project can be completed within the given constraints of scope, time, cost, ect…. What process is this?

Answer 1

Initiating

Question 2

When a project is officially approved, it is in the ______ process.

Answer 2

Initiating

Question 3

Once a project has been approved, it moves from initiating into the _____ process, where a plan is created for how planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing the project will be done.

Answer 3

Planning process

Question 4

When the team completes the work according to the processes and procedures detailed in the project management plan, it is in the ______ process.

Answer 4

Executing

Question 5

While the work is being done, the work results aka work performance ___ are fed into the ______ process, to make sure the project is tracking to the baselines in the project management plan.

Answer 5

Work performance data

Monitoring and controlling phase

Question 6

If there are variances from the plan that require changes, the change requests are evaluated during the ______ process to determine their impact on the project, identify the best options for dealing with them, and decide whether they should be approved or rejected.

Answer 6

Perform Integrated Change Control process

Question 7

Approved changes (name examples) that don’t affect the baseline are fed back into the _____ process to be implemented as part of the project work. The implementation of these approved changes should help ____ the variances

Answer 7

Corrective action
Preventive action
Rework

Executing process

Fix

Question 8

For approved changes that require adjustments to the baselines and project manager plan, what effort must be completed before the team can start working from the new updated version of the plan and baselines in executing.

Answer 8

Replanning effort

Question 9

If the project gets so far off the baselines that it requires an analysis of whether the project should continue at all, it may move back into the _____ phase.

Answer 9

Initiating

Question 10

The project management process groups don’t occur sequentially, they ALL ______.

Answer 10

Overlap

Question 11

Management plans are required for each of the knowledge areas (integration, scope, time, cost, ect). The first thing to do when planning is figure out how you are going to ____, ____, and _____ each knowledge area.

Answer 11

Plan, execute, and control

Question 12

Changes can be requested in both the _____ and ______ process groups. The change requests are then evaluated and approved/rejected as part of the _____ process.

Answer 12

Executing and the monitoring and controlling process groups.

Perform Integrated Change Control process

Question 13

The process of continually refining estimates and scope is called _____.

Answer 13

Progressive elaboration

Question 14

The results of the planning effort are the project mgmt plan and project documents that will guide the ____ and _____ of the project.

Project planning is _____.

Each planning process may use the results of the previous processes, and each process may ____ or ____ changes to the previous processes.

Then after _____, _____ & _____, and _____, you go back to finalize all the components of the project mgmt plan and project documents. This approach to planning ___ time & effort.

Answer 14

Execution and control

Iterative

Affect or cause

Risk indemnification, qualitative & quantitative risk analysis, and risk response planning

Saves

Question 15

In an ______ life cycle approach, only the first part of the project may be fully planned, while the later pieces are planned at a higher level and then ______ when more is known about the project. Detailed planning for the next phase is done as the previous phase nears completion. This approach is called ______.

Answer 15

Adaptive life cycle

Progressively elaborated

Rolling wave planning

Question 16

The purpose of project executing is to ____ the project work as defined in the project mgmt plan and to meet the project objectives. The goal is to achieve the project deliverables within the project’s planned ____ and _____, and to meet any other objectives established for the project.

Answer 16

Complete

Budget and schedule

Question 17

In the executing process group, the project manager’s focus is on ______ people, following ____, and ______ according to plan, while the team _____ the project activities.

Answer 17

Managing people
Following processes
Communicating

Completes

Question 18

Monitoring and controlling means _____ the performance of the project against the project mgmt plan and _____ change requests, including ____ actions, ____ actions, and ____ repair.

Answer 18

Measuring

Approving

Corrective actions
Preventive actions
Defect repair

Question 19

Performing monitoring and controlling is almost certain to involve ____ some information to the various project documents and the project mgmt plan.

Answer 19

Adding

Question 20

Updates to the project mgmt plan and project documents are ____ of the monitoring and controlling processes.

Answer 20

Outputs

Question 21

The processes of project mgmt can go from monitoring and controlling to other process groups, depending on the _____ of the project.

Answer 21

Needs

Question 22

The closing process group will include administrative activities such as ____ and ____ all the paperwork needed to complete the project, and the _____ work to confirm that the final product of the project is acceptable.

Closing will also include any work needed to _____ the completed product to those who will use it and to solicit _____ from the customer about the product and the project.

Answer 22

Collecting and finalizing

Technical work

Transfer
Feedback

Question 23

The work of completing the project scope is accomplished in which project mgmt process group?

Answer 23

Executing

Question 24

Name each of the project mgmt process group:

Collecting historical information and determining high-level acceptance criteria.

Gaining approval if mgmt plans.

Confirming that project requirements have been met.

Answer 24

Project initiating

Project planning

Project closing

Question 25

Name the project mgmt process group;

Work with stakeholders to determine their communication preferences.

Add new skills to team members human resource records.

Creating a project change mgmt plan.

Answer 25

Planning

Executing

Planning

Question 26

During what part of the project mgmt process is most of a project’s budget expended?

Answer 26

Executing

Question 27

Which project mgmt process group includes:

• turning over the product of the project.
• documenting the degree to each project phase was properly closed after it’s completion.
• updating the company’s organization process assets.

Answer 27

Closing

Question 28

What is the status of a project when the project team has completed all the work specified in the procurement statement of work and the final deliverable has been sent to the customer?

Answer 28

Its in the closing process

Question 29

The project is _____ when a formal acceptance has been achieved and other activities in the close project or phase process has been performed.

Answer 29

Complete

Question 30

______ weighs the benefits if quality mgmt efforts Vs. the costs of those efforts.

______ makes sure the project does not spend too much to achieve a particular level of quality.

Answer 30

Cost-benefit analysis

Cost of quality

Question 31

Which project mgmt process group includes:

• implementing approved changes, including corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repair.
• evaluating how effectively the team members function as a team.
• exchanging information about the project according to the plan and solicitations feedback to ensure that communication needs are being met.

Answer 31

Project executing

Question 32

In which project mgmt process group do you establish and manage communication channels?

Answer 32

Executing

Question 33

Name the project process group:

The project manager will meet with key stakeholders and define the high-level objectives, constraints, requirements, scope, risks, and assumptions in an effort to assess the feasibility of the project.

Answer 33

Project initiating