Topic A- Determine Appropriate Project Methodology / Methods & Practices

Question 1

Enablers

Answer 1

• Access Project needs, complexity, and magnitude
• Recommend project execution strategy (ie: contracting finance)
• Recommend a project methodology / approach (i.e: predictive, agile, hybrid)
• Use iterative, incremental practices throughout the project life cycle.

Question 2

Deliverables

Answer 2

• Create Survey
• Project business case / needs document
• Project Overview Statement
• Project Implementation Plan
• Agile Practice guidelines

Question 3

Tools

Answer 3

• Expert judgement
• Meetings
• Focus Groups
• Workshops
• Create SMART Objectives
• Knowledge of classic PM & agile practice
• Project Integration

Question 4

What are the 3 major methods of project management?

Answer 4

Agile, Predictive / Plan Driven, Hybrid

Question 5

Agile Method (modern approach)

Answer 5

teams work collaboratively with the customer to determine the project needs, quickly building outputs based on those assumptions, getting feedback and adapting as needed.

*Goal is to deliver value by regularly confirming and incorporating input.

Question 6

Predictive / Plan Driven (traditional approach)

Answer 6

The project needs, requirements, and constraints, are understood and plans are developed accordingly. Those plans drive the project forward.

*The more well planned out, the more predictive and controlled the project is.

Question 7

Hybrid

Answer 7

Incorporates components of both approaches. This may be accomplished by blending the various approaches concurrently on the project.

*The project may switch approaches based on need, changing work requirements or circumstances.

Question 8

Project Implementation Plan

Answer 8

Should consider all stakeholders, schedules, risks, budgets, and quality standards

*Helps to ensure minimal disruption and address concerns relative to the [project and business environment.

Question 9

Progressive Elaboration

Answer 9

The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan, as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available.

*As planning progresses, more details become evident and once the project is complete, the full scope and effect of the projects are then understood.

Question 10

Identify the two types of project life cycles

Answer 10

Predictive & Adaptive

*The Adaptive lifecycle includes Iterative, Incremental & Agile.

Question 11

Predictive Life Cycle

Answer 11

a form of project life cycle in which the project scope, time and cost are determined in the early phases of the life cycle.

*Formal and enable the project team to stay focused on each phase of the project before having to move forward into the next phase.

Question 12

Iterative Life Cycles

Answer 12

the project scope is generally determined early in the project life cycle, but time and cost estimates are routinely modified as the project team’s understanding of the product increases.

*develops the product through a series of repeated cycles, while increments successively add to the functionality of the product.

Question 13

Incremental Life Cycle

Answer 13

An adaptive project life cycle in which the deliverable is produced through a series of iterations and successively add functionality within a predetermined time frame.

Question 14

Agile Life Cycles

Answer 14

Are iterative or incremental and also can be referred to as change-driven or adaptive.

• Work well in environments with high levels of change and ongoing stakeholder involvement in a project.
• Much more rapid pace than iterative and incremental life cycles. and is used where project outcomes are realized while the project work is being completed and not at the beginning of the project.