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Tools and Techniques Flashcards

1
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______________ is a statistical method that determines the extent to which a relationship exists between two variables.

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<u>Regression Analysis</u> is a statistical method that determines the extent to which a relationship exists between two variables.

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Name any 3 interpersonal and team skills used for helping teams and individuals accomplish project activities?

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  • Active Listening
  • Conflict management
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Facilitation
  • Leadership
  • Meeting management
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Name at least 5 commonly used analytical techniques in project management.

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Alternatives analysis; 
Regression analysis; 
Root cause analysis; 
Reserve Analysis; 
Trend Analysis; 
Earned Value Management; 
SWOT Analysis; 
Variance Analysis, etc.
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4
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What tool can be used to develop a scope model?

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Context Diagrams

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5
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What are summary activities commonly used for?

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For schedule control and management communication.

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Which technique generates the project schedule model?

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Schedule Network Analysis

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What are the two commonly used modeling techniques in schedule management?

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  • What-If Scenario Analysis - Simulation (using Monte Carlo analysis)
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What is the 80/20 principle?

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80% of the problems are due to 20% of the causes.

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Which tool is used to assure the success of process improvement on a project?

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Process Analysis

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Which technique is used to confirm the implementation of Approved Change Requests?

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Quality Audits

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What is a SIPOC model?

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A tool used in quality management that summarizes the inputs and outputs of one or more processes in tabular format.

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Which tool can help in understanding and estimating the cost of quality in a process?

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Flowcharts

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13
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What is the X in DfX?

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The X in DfX can be different aspects of product development, such as reliability, deployment, assembly, manufacturing, cost, service, usability, safety, and quality.

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What are the various criteria used for team member selection?

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  • Availability - Cost - Experience - Ability - Knowledge - Skills - Attitude - International Factors
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If you are using selection criteria to rate or score potential team members, which technique are you using?

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Multicriteria Decision Analysis

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Give some examples of Personnel Assessment Tools that a project manager or project team can use.

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  • Attitudinal surveys - Specific assessments - Structured interviews - Ability tests - Focus groups
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Where might you use Bubble Charts on a project?

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Bubble charts may be used for plotting three-dimensional data such as plotting risk categorization data on a chart.

18
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When using bubble charts for representing risk categorization data, what does the size of the bubble represent?

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Bubble size is the Impact Value of the risk.

19
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What are usually the three dimensions of risk represented on a bubble chart?

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  • Detectability - Proximity - Impact Value
20
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What is a Prompt List?

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A predetermined list of risk categories that might give rise to individual project risks and that could also act as sources of overall project risk.

21
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What are Prompt Lists used for?

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Risk identification

22
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Name three common strategic frameworks suitable for identifying sources of overall project risk.

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  • PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental) - TECOP (technical, environmental, commercial, operational, political) - VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity)
23
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What is the main purpose of conducting Procurement Audits?

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Procurement Audits are conducted to capture “lessons learned” for the entire procurement.

24
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What is the purpose of procurement negotiations at the time of conducting procurements?

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To clarify the structure, requirements, and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement can be reached prior to signing the contract.

25
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What is the purpose of Bidder Conferences?

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They are used to ensure that all prospective sellers have a clear and common understanding of the procurement (both technical and contractual requirements), and that no bidders receive preferential treatment.

26
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Which technique identifies the interests, expectations, and influence of the stakeholders and relates them to the purpose of the project?

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Stakeholder Analysis

27
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In which processes are you likely to use Focus Groups?

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  • Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Management Plan - Collect Requirements
28
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What are the three dimensions of a Stakeholder Cube?

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  • Power - Interest - Attitude
29
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Which stakeholder mapping model is useful for large complex communities of stakeholders?

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Salience model

30
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Give examples of a few different types of stakes that stakeholders can have.

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  • Interest - Rights (legal or moral rights) - Ownership - Knowledge - Contribution
31
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What are the four categories of stakeholders in the Directions of Influence method?

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  • Upward - Downward - Outward - Sideward
32
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Who are sideward stakeholders?

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The peers of the project manager, such as other project managers or middle managers who are competing or sharing project resources.

33
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Which classification models are appropriate for small projects with simple stakeholder relationships?

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  • Power/interest grid - Power/influence grid - Impact/influence grid
34
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What information is contained in the Stakeholder Register?

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  • Identification information - Assessment information - Stakeholder classification
35
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What are the three key elements of a user story?

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  • The stakeholder who benefits from the feature (role) - What the stakeholder needs to accomplish (goal) - The benefit to the stakeholder (motivation)
36
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What tool is widely used with agile methods to collect user requirements?

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User stories

37
Q

In Fist to Five method, what does a closed fist indicate?

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Closed fist indicates no support for the proposed decision.

38
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An agile release consists of multiple __________________.

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An agile release consists of multiple <u>iterations or Sprints</u>.

39
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What is a common voting method used on agile-based projects?

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Fist of Five

40
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What are Bidder conferences also known as?

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  • Contractor conferences - Vendor conferences - Pre-bid conferences

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