Waterfall_Initiating Flashcards
Project success measures define in clear terms the criteria by which project success will be evaluated. What three questions do detailed and well constructed project success measures answer
What Does success look like?
How will success be measured?
What factors may impact success?
What is the term for an individual who is involved with or impacted by a project
Stakeholder
What is the definition of a project?
A. Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
B. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result
C. Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
D. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a temporary business process or product
B. Temporary endeavor undertake in to create a unique product, service, or result
Name the two processes in the initiating Process Group
Develop Project Charter
Identify Stakeholders
What document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment
A. Service level Agreement
B. Cost Baseline
C. Memorandum of understanding
D. Business Case
D. Business Case
Who’s the person assigned by the performing organization to be responsible for achieving the projects objectives?
A. Program manager
B. Project Manager
C. Functional manager
D. Portfolio Manager
B. Project manager
Power, Urgency, an legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model
A. Salience
B. Influence-Impact
C. Power-Interest
D. Power-Influence
A. Salience
True or False:
Without approval from the project sponsor, there is no project
True
True or False:
The business case is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project
False:
The assumption log is used to record all assumptions
True or False:
It is critical to identify all stakeholders as early as possible?
True
True or False:
The stakeholder register is rarely updated throughout the life of the project
False:
The stakeholder register is updated as new stakeholder information is discovered
What is the definition of the project charter
A project charter formally documents the high level details of a project as well as several key elements that structure and organize the formation of a project
What is the assumption log ?
The Assumption log is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project
What process creates the assumption log
The assumption log is one of the two major outputs of the Develop Project Charter process
What is the stakeholder register
The stakeholder register is a document used to record pertinent information on every stakeholder
What process creates the Stakeholder register
The Stakeholder register is created during the identify Stakeholders process
What is the difference between a project charter and a business case
Project Charter formally documents the high level details of a project and after approval by the sponsor, formally authorizes the project
The business case helps to define the objective, purpose, and assumptions of a project to determine if the benefits of the achieving the objectives are worth the investment
Which of the following is not a goal of the Initiating Process Group?
A. Define the Project
B. Obtain project approval
C. Define the scope
D. Identify and start to understand the stakeholders
C. Define the scope
The Scope is defined in the Planning Process Group
What is the main goal of the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process?
The Develop Project Charter Process focuses on developing and gaining sponsor approval of the project charter
What is the Main goal of the identify stakeholders process
The identify stakeholders process identifies, analyzes, and classifies all stakeholders that could impact or be impacted by the project
Which of the following is not in input to the Develop Project Charter process
A. Business Case
B. Project management plan
C. Agreements
D. EEF’s and OPA’s
B. Project Management Plan
Early in the project, what are two important inputs to identify stakeholders
Project Charter
Business Case
Stakeholder ___________ and __________ helps the team design ways to appropriately engage each stakeholder
Identification
Analysis
Which of the following is a method of eliciting information from groups or individuals, such as team members or subject matter experts
A. Brainstorming
B. Data analysis
C. Bidder conference
D. EEF
A. Brainstorming
What is a mapping technique used to identify where stakeholders are perceived to be relative to their power and interest in the project
Power Interest grid
How should stakeholders with high power and high interest be classified or managed
High powered and high interest stakeholders should be managed closely
Listen the following processes in the order in which they should be completed’
. Create WBS
. Collect Requirements
. Plan Scope Management
. Define Scope
- Plan Scope Management
- Collect Requirements
- Define Scope
- Create WBS
A Project ______ meeting is a common practices to clearly communicate project objectives and build team and stakeholder Buy-in
Kickoff
What is the major output created by the four scope management processes in the Planning Process Group
Scope Baseline
_________ Defines all the necessary work that is required to complete the project
Project Scope
A _____ is a condition or capability that must be present in the finished product to satisfy a business need
Requirement
