Quiz Flashcards
Project managers need to perform several project management processes as part of the Project Integration Management knowledge area. During project initiation, the project manager will need to __________.
Develop the project charter
You have been asked to analyze a project charter that has been developed by another part of your business. Which of the following would you consider essential for the project charter to be approved?
The business need for the project
An organizational structure in which staff is grouped by areas of specialization and the project manager has limited authority to assign work and apply resources.
Functional Organization
The knowledge gained during a project which shows how project events were addressed or should be addressed in the future for the purpose of improving future performance.
Lessons Learned
Generating the project, along with facilitating the forecasting of cost and schedule, are actions performed by the project manager and the project management team during which of the following process groups?
Executing
Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.
Portfolio
In which project management process group is the Identify Stakeholders process performed?
Initiating
Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate corresponding changes.
Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
You are working in a matrix organization. Who is primarily responsible for managing the dual reporting relationship of project team members?
Project manager
A project manger is systematically gathering and analyzing information to determine whose interests should be considered throughout the project. He is also organizing profile analysis meetings. What Project Stakeholder Management knowledge area output is he trying to produce?
Stakeholder register
The Monitor and Control Project Work process examines processes during which of the following process groups?
Initiating, planning, and executing, and closing
As part of developing a project charter, you have leveraged the company’s project management methodology to help you. Which of the following categories does the project management methodology fall under?
Organizational process assets
What is a collection of projects, programs, and other portfolios?
Portfolio
An important input to developing the project charter is the business case. It indicates all the following except __________.
Project budget
The project charter you have developed has not yet been approved by the project sponsor. Your direct line manager insists that you start work on the project immediately because he thinks time is tight. What is the best course of action for you?
State the likely impact of proceeding without approval
