unit 3 - Project management life cycle

Question 1

What are the phases of a project lifecycle?

Answer 1

1. Define
2. planning
3. Executing
4. Closing

Question 2

What is a bare-bones summary of the “Define” Phase?

Answer 2

Conception, high-level details of the project

Question 3

What is a bare-bones summary of the “planning” Phase?

Answer 3

detail specification of the project. Create integrated project plans, scope schedules, and WBS.

Question 4

What is a bare-bones summary of the “Executing” Phase?

Answer 4

The deliverables are created (work)

Question 5

What is a bare-bones summary of the “Closing” Phase?

Answer 5

The completed project is turned over to the customer and the project reaches conclusion

Question 6

What are the core activities of the “Define” Phase?

Answer 6

• proposal
• project selection
• Business Case
• Project Charter

Question 7

What are the core activities of the “planning” Phase?

Answer 7

• The PM and team plan and budget the activities that will need to be completed.
• Project scope statement
• WBS
• Budget
• Schedule
• Risk management plan

Question 8

What are the core activities of the “Executing” Phase?

Answer 8

• work on the project begins and ends.
• monitoring cost, schedule, scope quality

Question 9

What are the core activities of the “Closing” Phase?

Answer 9

• reports
• lessons learned
• team performance
• disbanding team
• paying vendor
• return unused material

Question 10

What is the Iterative Process?

Answer 10

Phase 1 - Document business process and existing systems
Phase 2 - Identify software providers and bid on the contract
Phase 3 - Implement the software solution

Question 11

What are the lessons learned?

Answer 11

These are things you and your team have learned from prior projects and should be primary sources for use in the defining and planning phases of a project.

Question 12

What is the triple constraint?

Answer 12

Time
Cost
Scope

Question 13

What is “Time” with regards the the triple constraint?

Answer 13

How long will it take? Both hours of work and calendar time.

Question 14

What is “Cost” with regard to the triple constraint?

Answer 14

How much will it cost? You want to know how the items fit in your budget.

Question 15

What is “Scope” with regard to the triple constraint?

Answer 15

The number and type of features and/or functions.

Question 16

What is the Project Scope/Scope statement?

Answer 16

What the results of the project is desired to be.

A well-written scope will clearly define every aspect of the project including functions and features, quality expectations and time constraints.

Question 17

What is scope creep?

Answer 17

When there are incremental additions to the project scope that are not subject to the formal scope change process.

Question 18

What is the project schedule?

Answer 18

it is defined by beginning and end dates, represented by a timeline or on a calendar.

Question 19

What are key dates (milestones)?

Answer 19

They indicate critical events and other activities that must be performed on specific dates before the project may proceed.

Question 20

What does the project baseline establish?

Answer 20

• Scope baseline
• cost baseline
• Schedule baseline

Question 21

What is quality?

Answer 21

• An aspect of the scope that defines to what degree the characteristics meet the customer’s expectiosn
• a result and impact of the triple constraint

Question 22

can the phases of a project overlap?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

What are 5 activities that take place in the planning phase?

Answer 23

1. Process Improvement Plan
   2, Stakeholder Management Plan
2. Communications Management Plan
3. Integration Management Plan
4. Requirements Management Plan

Question 24

What is the Process Improvement Plan?

Answer 24

Describes how the processes and procedures used on the project will be evaluated to ensure that the most efficient methods are implemented.

Question 25

What is the Stakeholder Management Plan?

Answer 25

Explains how stakeholders will be identified along with their level of interest in the project and influence over the project. This is closely tied to the communications plan since stakeholders will need varying levels and frequency of information.

Question 26

What is the Communications Management Plan?

Answer 26

Documents which information will be communicated, when it will be communicated, how it will be communicated, and to whom.

Question 27

What is the Integration Management Plan?

Answer 27

Documents how the various processes and planning areas will be kept in sync throughout the project life cycle.

Question 28

What is the Requirements Management Plan?

Answer 28

Documents how the customer and stakeholder requirements will be identified, integrated to the project scope, tracked throughout the project, and verified at closure.