Deck 3: The Project Management Process Groups: a Case Study

Question 1

Identifying the project sponsor is a pre-initiation task.

Answer 1

True
It is a good practice to lay the groundwork for a project before it officially starts. Senior managers often perform several tasks, sometimes called pre-initiation tasks. These include identifying the project sponsor and selecting the project manager.

Question 2

A milestone list is an output associated with the Project Scope Management knowledge area.

Answer 2

False
A milestone list is an output associated with the Project Time Management knowledge area.

Question 3

Decisions and actions taken in one knowledge area at a certain time rarely affect other knowledge areas.

Answer 3

False
Project management is an integrative endeavor; decisions and actions taken in one knowledge area at a certain time usually affect other knowledge areas.

Question 4

Initiating processes take place during each phase of a project.

Question 5

Key outcomes of the executing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing documents.

Question 6

The Rational Unified Process (RUP) framework is incompatible with the PMBOK process.

Question 7

Agile methods comprise of 45 subprocesses which are organized into eight process groups.

Question 8

The burndown chart is a Scrum created artifact that provides a list of features prioritized by business value.

Question 9

Monitoring and controlling processes overlap all of the other project management process groups.

Question 10

Initiating and closing tasks are usually the longest and require the most amount of resources and time.

Question 11

The executing process group generally requires the most resources.

Question 12

The WBS provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.

Question 13

The level of activity and length of each process group varies for every project.

Question 14

Initiating processes are not required to end a project.

Question 15

A sprint review is a meeting in which the team demonstrates to the product owner what it has completed during the sprint.

Question 16

The kick-off meeting is always held before the business case and project charter are completed.

Question 17

The output of the stakeholder management strategy results is a project charter.

Question 18

An organization's project management plan expresses the vision, mission, goals, objectives, and strategies of the organization.

Question 19

Project initiation involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are completed.

Question 20

The DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) methodology of the Six Sigma projects, is used to improve an existing business process.

Question 21

_____ is an iterative software development process that focuses on team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members.

A) Agile Unified Process
B) Dynamic Systems Development Method
C) Rational Unified Process
D) Six Sigma

Question 22

Administrative activities, such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project, are often involved in _____ processes.

A) monitoring and controlling
B) executing
C) initiating
D) closing

Question 23

During _____ processes for a new project, the organization recognizes that a new project exists, and completes a project charter as part of this recognition.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) opening
D) controlling

Question 24

In the Scrum method, team members work as a self-directed group coached by the ScrumMaster.

Question 25

The project cost management knowledge area maps to the _____ process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) executing
D) monitoring and controlling

Question 26

_____ is a planning process that is within the Project Scope Management knowledge area.

A) Schedule development
B) Developing a project management plan
C) Creation of a WBS
D) Quality planning

Question 27

The project time management knowledge area maps to the _____ process group through the activity of schedule control.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) executing
D) monitoring and controlling

Question 28

The project scope management knowledge area maps to the _____ process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) executing
D) monitoring and controlling

Question 29

A common _____ process is reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track.

A) executing
B) closing
C) monitoring and controlling
D) planning

Question 30

Developing a _____ is a planning process that occurs in the Project Integration Management knowledge area.

A) schedule management plan
B) project management plan
C) WBS
D) quality management

Question 31

Details of kick-off meetings and the stakeholder details are usually recorded in a Word document.

Question 32

The project integration management knowledge area maps to the _____ process group through the activities of developing project charters.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) executing
D) monitoring and controlling

Question 33

The pre-initiation phase of a project using the Scrum method does not involve project charters, stakeholder management strategy, and kick-off meetings.

Question 34

Examples of _____ processes include acquiring and developing the project team, performing quality assurance, distributing information, managing stakeholder expectations, and conducting procurements.

A) monitoring and controlling
B) executing
C) planning
D) initiating

Question 35

Which of the following is a pre-initiation task?

A) Drawing up a work breakdown structure
B) Developing a business case for a project
C) Drafting the project charter
D) Identifying stakeholders

Question 36

The two main items for monitoring and controlling in the Scrum framework are the daily
Scrum and the sprint retrospectives.

Question 37

One of the main outputs of the initiation process is _____.

A) creating the work breakdown structure
B) selecting the project manager
C) developing the project charter
D) identifying the project sponsor

Question 38

The project stakeholder management knowledge area maps to the _____ process group by identifying stakeholders.

A) initiating
B) planning
C) executing
D) monitoring and controlling

Question 39

_____ processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization's needs.

A) Initiating
B) Planning
C) Executing
D) Monitoring and controlling

Question 40

_____ processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase.

A) Initiating
B) Planning
C) Executing
D) Monitoring and controlling

Question 41

Enterprise environmental factors are an output of the executing process of _____.

A) project integration management
B) project quality management
C) project human resource management
D) project procurement management

Question 42

_____ are people involved in or affected by project activities and include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents to the project.

Question 43

A(n) _____ describes how things should be done.

Question 44

_____ is a project management methodology that defines 45 separate subprocesses and organizes these into eight process groups.

Question 45

A(n)_____ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.

Question 46

_____ are an output of the executing process of project integration management.

A) Deliverables
B) Issue logs
C) Resource calendars
D) Enterprise environmental factor updates

Question 47

The improvement of the product and process in the Scrum method is discussed at the _____.

A) sprint reflection meeting
B) sprint review meeting
C) kick-off meeting
D) daily Scrum meeting

Question 48

Which of the following project parameters would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?

A) Projects with inexperienced and dispersed teams
B) Projects that have a fairly rigid completion date
C) Projects with clear-up front requirements
D) Projects that have more flexible scheduling

Question 49

The _____ process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and bringing the project, or project phase, to an orderly end.

A) executing
B) closing
C) planning
D) monitoring

Question 50

Organizational process assets update is the output of the closing process of _____.

A) project integration management
B) project quality management
C) project procurement management
D) project time management

Question 51

A _____ is an important Scrum artifact used to graphically display progress on each sprint during the monitoring and controlling process.

A) WBS
B) sprint backlog
C) burndown chart
D) product backlog

Question 52

A _____ is usually not necessary to the Scrum method.

A) team contract
B) velocity estimate
C) Gantt chart
D) product backlog

Question 53

Which of the following activities is a part of the planning process of the Scrum?

A) Determining how many sprints will compose each release
B) Demonstrating the product during a sprint review meeting
C) Completing tasks each day during sprints
D) Creating sprint backlog

Question 54

The ideal outcome of the _____ process group is to complete a project successfully by delivering the agreed-upon project scope within time, cost, and quality constraints.

Question 55

A(n) _____ is a document that includes stakeholders' roles, names, organizations, and contact information.

Question 56

The project management plan is the output of the planning process of project _____.

A) integration management
B) quality management
C) scope management
D) procurement management

Question 57

Which of the following is a planning process associated with project scope management?

A) Collecting requirements
B) Performing qualitative risk analysis
C) Planning schedule management
D) Estimating costs

Question 58

Which of the following is true about the agile method?

A) It is often used when a project team can express the scope early in the product life cycle.
B) It is used when a project team wants to provide a potentially shippable product earlier rather than later.
C) It uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide a product.
D) It is used when project teams want to use the predicative approach to a project.

Question 59

The _____ provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.

A) scope statement
B) cost management plan
C) work breakdown structure
D) project charter

Question 60

_____ progress from initiation activities to planning activities, executing activities, monitoring and controlling activities, and closing activities.

Question 61

What is a methodology and what are some methodologies other than the PMBOK Guide do organizations use as a basis for project management methodology?

Question 62

_____ the project includes work required to introduce any new hardware, software, and procedures into normal operations.

Question 63

A(n) _____ is the person who ensures that the team is productive, facilitates the daily Scrum, enables close cooperation across all roles and functions, and removes barriers that prevent the team from being effective.

Question 64

List and describe the five process management groups.

Question 65

A(n) _____ is a meeting held at the beginning of a project so that stakeholders can meet each other, review the goals of the project, and discuss future plans.

Question 66

Describe the process of initiating a project and the issues involved.

Question 67

What is a work breakdown structure?

Question 68

A(n) _____ is the person responsible for the business value of the project and for deciding what work to do and in what order when using a Scrum method.

Question 69

_____ are short descriptions written by customers of what they need a Scrum system to do for
them.

Question 70

A risk register is the output of _____.

Question 71

A(n) _____ is a set period of time, normally two to four weeks, during which specific work must be completed and made ready for review when using Scrum methods.

Question 72

A(n) _____ is a Scrum artifact and consists of the highest-priority items from the product backlog to be completed in a sprint.

Question 73

The _____ is a very important tool in project management because it provides the basis for deciding how to do the work.

Question 74

In Scrum, a(n) _____ is a useful object created by people.

Question 75

In the Scrum method, what role is played by the ScrumMaster?

Question 76

A(n) _____ is a cross-functional team of five to nine people who organize themselves and the work to produce the desired results for each sprint.