Tools and Techniques Flashcards
______________ is a statistical method that determines the extent to which a relationship exists between two variables.
<u>Regression Analysis</u> is a statistical method that determines the extent to which a relationship exists between two variables.
Name any 3 interpersonal and team skills used for helping teams and individuals accomplish project activities?
- Active Listening
- Conflict management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Facilitation
- Leadership
- Meeting management
Name at least 5 commonly used analytical techniques in project management.
Alternatives analysis; Regression analysis; Root cause analysis; Reserve Analysis; Trend Analysis; Earned Value Management; SWOT Analysis; Variance Analysis, etc.
What tool can be used to develop a scope model?
Context Diagrams
What are summary activities commonly used for?
For schedule control and management communication.
Which technique generates the project schedule model?
Schedule Network Analysis
What are the two commonly used modeling techniques in schedule management?
- What-If Scenario Analysis - Simulation (using Monte Carlo analysis)
What is the 80/20 principle?
80% of the problems are due to 20% of the causes.
Which tool is used to assure the success of process improvement on a project?
Process Analysis
Which technique is used to confirm the implementation of Approved Change Requests?
Quality Audits
What is a SIPOC model?
A tool used in quality management that summarizes the inputs and outputs of one or more processes in tabular format.
Which tool can help in understanding and estimating the cost of quality in a process?
Flowcharts
What is the X in DfX?
The X in DfX can be different aspects of product development, such as reliability, deployment, assembly, manufacturing, cost, service, usability, safety, and quality.
What are the various criteria used for team member selection?
- Availability - Cost - Experience - Ability - Knowledge - Skills - Attitude - International Factors
If you are using selection criteria to rate or score potential team members, which technique are you using?
Multicriteria Decision Analysis
Give some examples of Personnel Assessment Tools that a project manager or project team can use.
- Attitudinal surveys - Specific assessments - Structured interviews - Ability tests - Focus groups
Where might you use Bubble Charts on a project?
Bubble charts may be used for plotting three-dimensional data such as plotting risk categorization data on a chart.
When using bubble charts for representing risk categorization data, what does the size of the bubble represent?
Bubble size is the Impact Value of the risk.
What are usually the three dimensions of risk represented on a bubble chart?
- Detectability - Proximity - Impact Value
What is a Prompt List?
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.
What are Prompt Lists used for?
Risk identification
Name three common strategic frameworks suitable for identifying sources of overall project risk.
- PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental) - TECOP (technical, environmental, commercial, operational, political) - VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity)
What is the main purpose of conducting Procurement Audits?
Procurement Audits are conducted to capture “lessons learned” for the entire procurement.
What is the purpose of procurement negotiations at the time of conducting procurements?
To clarify the structure, requirements, and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement can be reached prior to signing the contract.
What is the purpose of Bidder Conferences?
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.
Which technique identifies the interests, expectations, and influence of the stakeholders and relates them to the purpose of the project?
Stakeholder Analysis
In which processes are you likely to use Focus Groups?
- Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Management Plan - Collect Requirements
What are the three dimensions of a Stakeholder Cube?
- Power - Interest - Attitude
Which stakeholder mapping model is useful for large complex communities of stakeholders?
Salience model
Give examples of a few different types of stakes that stakeholders can have.
- Interest - Rights (legal or moral rights) - Ownership - Knowledge - Contribution
What are the four categories of stakeholders in the Directions of Influence method?
- Upward - Downward - Outward - Sideward
Who are sideward stakeholders?
The peers of the project manager, such as other project managers or middle managers who are competing or sharing project resources.
Which classification models are appropriate for small projects with simple stakeholder relationships?
- Power/interest grid - Power/influence grid - Impact/influence grid
What information is contained in the Stakeholder Register?
- Identification information - Assessment information - Stakeholder classification
What are the three key elements of a user story?
- The stakeholder who benefits from the feature (role) - What the stakeholder needs to accomplish (goal) - The benefit to the stakeholder (motivation)
What tool is widely used with agile methods to collect user requirements?
User stories
In Fist to Five method, what does a closed fist indicate?
Closed fist indicates no support for the proposed decision.
An agile release consists of multiple __________________.
An agile release consists of multiple <u>iterations or Sprints</u>.
What is a common voting method used on agile-based projects?
Fist of Five
What are Bidder conferences also known as?
- Contractor conferences - Vendor conferences - Pre-bid conferences
