Section 26B - Domain 2: Process

Question 1

Task 1: Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value

Answer 1

•Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally
•Examine the business value throughout the project
•Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the minimum viable product

Question 2

Task 2: Manage communications

Answer 2

•Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders
•Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all stakeholders
•Communicate project information and updates effectively
•Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received

Question 3

Task 3: Assess and manage risks

Answer 3

•Determine risk management options
•Iteratively assess and prioritize risks

Question 4

Task 4: Engage stakeholders

Answer 4

•Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact)
•Categorize stakeholders
•Engage stakeholders by category
•Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement

Question 5

Task 5: Plan and manage budget and resources

Answer 5

•Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned from past projects
•Anticipate future budget challenges
•Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as necessary
•Plan and manage resources

Question 6

Task 6: Plan and manage schedule

Answer 6

•Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies,
story points)
•Utilize benchmarks and historical data
•Prepare schedule based on methodology
•Measure ongoing progress based on methodology
•Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology
•Coordinate with other projects and other operations

Question 7

Task 7: Plan and manage quality of products/deliverables

Answer 7

•Determine quality standard required for project deliverables
•Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps
•Continually survey project deliverable quality

Question 8

Task 8: Plan and manage scope

Answer 8

•Determine and prioritize requirements
•Break down scope (e.g., WBS, backlog)
•Monitor and validate scope

Question 9

Task 9: Integrate project planning activities

Answer 9

•Consolidate the project/phase plans •Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business
value
•Analyze the data collected
•Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions
•Determine critical information requirements

Question 10

Task 10: Manage project changes

Answer 10

•Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management practices)
•Determine strategy to handle change
•Execute change management strategy according to the methodology
•Determine a change response to move the project forward

Question 11

Task 11: Plan and manage procurement

Answer 11

•Define resource requirements and needs
•Communicate resource requirements
•Manage suppliers/contracts
•Plan and manage procurement strategy
•Develop a delivery solution

Question 12

Task 12: Manage project artifacts

Answer 12

•Determine the requirements (what, when, where, who, etc.) for managing the project artifacts
•Validate that the project information is kept up to date (i.e., version control) and accessible to all stakeholders
•Continually assess the effectiveness of the management of the project artifacts

Question 13

Task 13: Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices

Answer 13

•Assess project needs, complexity, and magnitude
•Recommend project execution strategy (e.g., contracting, finance)
•Recommend a project methodology/approach (i.e., predictive, agile, hybrid)
•Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle (e.g., lessons learned, stakeholder engagement, risk)

Question 14

Task 14: Establish project governance structure

Answer 14

•Determine appropriate governance for a project (e.g., replicate organizational governance)
•Define escalation paths and thresholds

Question 15

Task 15: Manage project issues

Answer 15

•Recognize when a risk becomes an issue
•Attack the issue with the optimal action to achieve project success
•Collaborate with relevant stakeholders on the approach to resolve the issues

Question 16

Task 16: Ensure knowledge transfer for project continuity

Answer 16

•Discuss project responsibilities within team
•Outline expectations for working environment
•Confirm approach for knowledge transfers

Question 17

Task 17: Plan and manage project/phase closure or transitions

Answer 17

•Determine criteria to successfully close the project or phase
•Validate readiness for transition (e.g., to operations team or next phase)
•Conclude activities to close out project or phase (e.g., final lessons learned, retrospective, procurement, financials, resources)