Project Performance Domains

Question 1

Stakeholder Performance Domain

Answer 1

What we’re doing throughout the project to manage stakeholders

• includes productive working relationships with stakeholders throughout the project
• make sure people who oppose the project don’t negatively impact the outcomes

Question 2

Team Performance Domain

Answer 2

Deals with activities and functions associated with the people responsible for creating project outcomes

• shared ownership
• high performing team
• appropriate leadership and other interpersonal skills

Question 3

Development Approach and Life Cycle Domain

Answer 3

Deals with activities and functions associated with the development, approach, cadence and life cycle phases of project

• the development approach is determined by many things like: degree of innovation, requirements certainty, scope stability, ease of change, risk, delivery options, and more
• every project has a different lifecycle

Question 4

Planning Performance Domain

Answer 4

Deals with activities and functions assigned with initial, ongoing and evolving organization and coordination necessary for delivering project deliverables and outcomes

• evolving as you get more information
• must plan physical resources, materials, equipment

Question 5

Project Work Domain

Answer 5

Deals with activities and functions associated with establishing project processes, managing physical resources, and fostering a learning environment

• performing the work
• keep team focused on work, establish efficient project systems and processes, enable project learning

Question 6

Project Delivery Performance Domain

Answer 6

Deals with activities and functions associated with delivering scope and quality that the project was supposed to achieve

• meeting requirements, scope and quality expectations
• some projects delivery value throughout

Question 7

Measurement Performance Domain

Answer 7

Deals with activities and functions related to project performance assessment

• outcomes: achieving targets, reliable understanding of status of project
• ways to measure: key performance indicators
• pitfalls of measurement include misusing metrics and measuring too much

Question 8

Uncertainty Project Domain

Answer 8

Deals with activities and functions associated with risk and uncertainty
- must be proactive with uncertainty
- the capacity to anticipate threats and opportunities
- to respond to uncertainty: gather information, prepare multiple outcomes, build in resiliency
- volatility exists in environment subject to rapid change