Traditional: Initiating & Planning Flashcards
Common Inputs
-Project Management Plan
-Enterprise Environmental
Factors, (EEF)
-Organization Process Assets, (OPA)
-Project Documents
Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF)
Things that impact the project but are not part of the project itself. Influence the organization, the project, and its outcome. Can enhance or restrain
Internal: corp structure, governance, infrastructure, resources, software
External: Political Climate, Govt Regulations or Standards, Laws
Organization Process Assets (OPA)
Assets such as information, policies, procedures, documents, or knowledge bases to help them in achieving their objectives
Ex: project templates, software tools, historical info, procedures
Project Management Plan
Defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed
18 components, 14 plans and 4 baselines
“Change Management Plan” and “Configuration Management Plan” are made in what process?
Develop Project Management Plan
“Scope baseline” is made in what process?
Create WBS
“Cost baseline” is made in what process?
Determine Budget
“Performance Measurement Baseline” , “Project Life Cycle Description”, & “Development Approach” are made in what process?
Develop Project Management Plan
Data Gathering Methods (5)
Brainstorming
Interview
Focus Groups
Checklist
Questionnaires & Surveys
Data Analysis Methods (4)
Alternative Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Variance Analysis
Trend Analysis
Alternative analysis
involves looking at different options or ways to accomplish something.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
A root cause analysis is used to identify the main underlining reason for particular event.
Variance Analysis
used quite often to find the exact differences between different things.
Trend Analysis
involves looking at data over a period of time to see if a particular trend is forming
Decision Making Methods (3)
Voting
Multicriteria decision analysis (matrix)
Autocratic decision making (1 person)
Interpersonal & Team Skills used by PM (4)
Active listening
Conflict management
Facilitation
Meeting management
Change Request
Proposal to change a document, deliverable, or baseline
Implements:
Corrective action
Preventive action
Defect repair
Work Performance Data
Raw data. Status of the work that was done but does not have any analysis applied to it.
Not useful by itself. Usually an output of executing
Work Performance
Information
Information of the work that was performed compared to the plan. Gives status of deliverables. Usually an output of Monitoring & Controlling
Work Performance Report
Overall status report of the actual project, derived from Work Performance Information
What is the purpose of the Project Charter
-Outlines the project objectives
-Defines the authority of the project manager
-Provides the project manager with the authority to put the resources together to project activities
-The approved project charter formally initiates the project
What are inputs to the “develop project charter” process?
Business Documents
Agreements (SLAs, contracts, work for payment)
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Project Benefits Management Plan
-Input of Develop Project Charter
-the main benefits that the project will produce once it is completed and how to measure the benefits. The project benefit could be the product, service, or result.
-It maybe created by doing a cost-benefit analysis a project.
What are the outputs of “develop project charter”?
-Project Charter
-Assumption Log