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Start The Project Flashcards

1
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What are the levels of engagement for stakeholders?

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Unaware
Resistant
Neutral
Supportive
Leading

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What is the purpose of the project charter?

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Formally authorize the project. Give PM the authority to apply resources.

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In an Agile project, what term is used to refer to the initial kick-off meeting?

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Sprint 0

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What is the distinction between a Sprint Review and a Sprint Retrospective?

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Sprint Review = 4 hours

Sprint Retrospective = 3 hours

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Who are the typical project stakeholders?

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End Users
Customers
Employees
Organization
Mangers
Sponsors
Business partners
Suppliers and contractors
Government
Community

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What is a single point of failure?

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Single resource has a required skill.

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What are T-Shaped people?

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Combining breadth and depth of knowledge. Lends flexibility to the organization. Avoids key resource shortage due to availability.

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What is the Project Charter?

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It contains high-level information.

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Who creates the Project Charter?

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The Project Sponsor or Project Manager usually creates this with Executive/Stakeholder approval.

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What is included in the Project Charter?

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Assigned PM
Measurable project objectives and related success criteria
High-level requirements
Key stakeholders list
Project approval requirements, including who signs off on the project

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What are the characteristics of Agile project management?

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Change-driven or feedback-driven. Iterative or incremental. Time-boxed cadence (iterations/sprints) or continuous flow.

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What are the characteristics of predictive project management?

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Plan-driven. Linear sequence of activities in phases. Phase completion governed by phase gates.

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What is the certainty about requirements in a predictive project management approach?

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High from the beginning.

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What is the certainty about requirements in an Agile project management approach?

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Unclear or customer-driven. Needs further discovery.

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How do you approach change and risk when using a predictive project management approach?

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Change is possible but controlled. Risks are carefully studied and managed.

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How would you approach change and risk when using the agile project management approach?

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Built on the assumption of high degree of change. High tolerance of risk with guardrails for risk management.

17
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What is the difference between a project And a product?

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A product is part of a project.

18
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What is cadence?

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The timing and frequency of delivery of project deliverables.

19
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What is the cadence for Agile?

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Periodic: multiple deliveries on a fixed schedule.

20
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What is Scrum?

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Commonly used agile framework that offers suggestions for how work can be organized to maximize value to the end user. It is implemented at the product development level.

21
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What is the Scrum master or Senior Scrum master?

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In this agile framework, this person facilitates ceremonies (meetings).

22
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What do scrum ceremonies consist of?

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Sprint planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint review - can include demo
Sprint Retrspective

23
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What occurs during Sprint Planning?

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Team collaborates with product owner to plan work for current sprint. Scrum master facilitates.

24
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What occurs during daily scrum?

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Short, daily meeting of team only. Team members described work, ask for help, consider progress towards goal. Not a status meeting.

25
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What occurs during a Sprint Review?

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Held at the end of a Sprint. Team product owner and stakeholders attended, or customers review progress and give feedback to adapt product.

26
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What occurs during a Sprint Retrospective?

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Team identifies improvements to performance and collaboration.

27
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What do Agile ceremonies consist of?

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Product strategy meeting
Daily standup (also known as daily scrum)
Backlog refinement
Project retrospective

28
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What occurs during daily standup?

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Anyone from the team can facilitate. Team “walks” the task board or Kanban board. 5 to 15 minutes time-boxed.

29
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What occurs during backlog refinement?

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Product owner prioritizes items on backlog. Team members can usually assist.

30
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What occurs during the project retrospective?

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Held at the end of a project to review work and processes. Like lessons learned.

31
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What is sprint 0?

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In an agile project, this is the initial kick-off meeting.

32
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What is the distinction between a Sprint review and a Sprint retrospective.

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A sprint review is 4 hours and a retrospective is 3 hours.

33
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What is the distinction between a Sprint review and a Sprint retrospective.

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A sprint review is 4 hours and a retrospective is 3 hours.

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