Deck 3: The Project Management Framework

Question 1

Define Scope Management and describe its component processes?

Answer 1

Scope Management is one of the nine knowledge areas of PMI's PMBOK. It describes the processes and methods required to ensure that the project delivers exactly what the customer requested and only what the customer requested to create a successful project. Component processes are collect requirements, define scope, create WBS, verify scope, and control scope.

Question 2

Describe the deliverables of scope planning and scope definition.

Answer 2

As a result of scope planning and scope definition, three major deliverables are produced: requirements document; scope statement; work breakdown structure (WBS). In addition, the WBS dictionary is produced to support the WBS. The requirements document describes how each requirement meets a business need for the project. The scope statement provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a common understanding of project scope among the stakeholders. The WBS defines each outcome or deliverable that is required to build the product, and its dictionary provides further details of the work packages and control accounts.

Question 3

A process group is a collection that consists of one or more component processes.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

There are 10 areas of project management knowledge, as specified by PMI's PMBOK.

Question 5

Explain the importance of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Question 6

Each PMBOK knowledge area has mapped to it component processes.

Question 7

Describe the structure of the project management framework, according to PMI's PMBOK.

Question 8

The Executing processes coordinate all resources during the implementation of the project design.

Question 9

Define Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Question 10

PMBOK stands for Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Question 11

One of the reasons the Project Management Institute was founded is to officially recognize project management as a profession in and of itself.

Question 12

When an organization develops a project management framework, the PMBOK is not a starting point but rather an end point.

Question 13

Define the nine knowledge areas of PMI's PMBOK.

Question 14

The Initiating process authorizes the beginning or ending of a project or phase.

Question 15

What is a WBS and where does the process of creating it fall in the process groups and knowledge areas?

Question 16

PMP stands for Project Management Person.

Question 17

Define the five project management process groups of PMI's PMBOK.

Question 18

A component process is an organized set of tasks designed to fulfill an explicit outcome within a knowledge area.

Question 19

Define Integration Management and describe its component processes?

Question 20

List and describe the three major deliverables produced by the project initiation process.

Question 21

Project Communications Management has only one planning process.

Question 22

Manage project team is one of three executing processes in Human Resource Management.

Question 23

Configuration control is the process for controlling and tracking changes.

Question 24

The projects chosen must be in step with the organization's strategic plan.

Question 25

Defining activities is a planning process of Scope Management.

Question 26

The five major deliverables of the Time Management planning processes are: activity list; project network diagrams; activity resource requirements; activity duration estimates; and project schedule.

Question 27

The controlling process group consists of component processes and deliverables that are applicable to all of the knowledge areas of the project management framework.

Question 28

Informal acceptance is a deliverable of stakeholders acknowledging the acceptance of the product.

Question 29

The process of closing project or phase occurs in Integration Management.

Question 30

A deliverable is a tangible and verifiable work product.

Question 31

Knowledge areas supply us with a roadmap to follow, and process group supply us with the methods of how to get to our destination.

Question 32

The project management process groups do not overlap during the execution of a project.

Question 33

During the execution process, the initiating processes, planning processes, and controlling processes often are in operation as well.

Question 34

Lessons learned is documentation of anything done to bring expected future project performance in line with the project plan.

Question 35

The project management framework consists of nine knowledge areas presented on the horizontal axis and five process groups organized across the top on the vertical axis.

Question 36

The output of one process group is not usually an input to another.

Question 37

As a result of project plan execution, three major deliverables are produced: deliverables; implemented changes; closing contract.

Question 38

The planning processes of Project Cost Management are estimate schedule and determine budget.

Question 39

Project Quality Management has only one planning process: quality planning.

Question 40

The primary deliverable of the quality assurance process is test plan.

Question 41

The ________ processes formally accept the project or phase and update the project information bank with lessons learned.

A) Controlling
B) Initiating
C) Executing
D) Closing

Question 42

Process groups supply us with a(n) ________ to follow.

A) roadmap
B) book
C) analysis
D) objective

Question 43

A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a large group organized around a(n) ________ interest or issue.

A) common
B) uncommon
C) integrated
D) technical

Question 44

PMI stands for Project Management ________.

A) International
B) Incorporated
C) Intelligence
D) Institute

Question 45

SIGs are Special ________ Groups within the Project Management Institute.

A) Interest
B) Investment
C) Internal
D) Integration

Question 46

PMP, or Project Management ________, is the leading certification credential for project managers.

A) Person
B) Practitioner
C) Programmer
D) Professional

Question 47

The Executing processes coordinate all ________ during the implementation of the project plan.

A) objectives
B) designs
C) resources
D) tasks

Question 48

The Planning processes ensure that the ________ of the project are achieved in the most appropriate way.

A) objectives
B) constraints
C) designs
D) resources

Question 49

In an iterative project, each ________ consists of all five process groups interacting over time.

A) day
B) objective
C) phase
D) requirement

Question 50

The project management process groups consist of several individual component processes which turn ________ into outputs during each phase of the project.

A) materials
B) inputs
C) objects
D) teams

Question 51

The PMBOK establishes a common ________ to allow researchers and practitioners to communicate across departments, organizations, industries, and countries.

A) process
B) practice
C) medium
D) language

Question 52

The process groups are linked to each other by the ________ they produce.

A) inputs
B) products
C) services
D) outputs

Question 53

The ________ processes monitor project variances from what was planned to actual progress.

A) Monitoring
B) Planning
C) Controlling
D) Executing

Question 54

Organizations use the PMBOK as a starting point in developing their own project management ________.

A) process
B) body of knowledge
C) framework
D) book

Question 55

The Project Management Institute is an international ________ society created to guide the development of project managers and researchers.

A) secret
B) free
C) professional
D) technical

Question 56

PMI refers to Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing as process groups because they contain one or more related component ________.

A) processes
B) projects
C) phases
D) objects

Question 57

The Initiating processes ________ the beginning or ending of a project or phase.

A) kick off
B) authorize
C) signal
D) plan

Question 58

PMBOK stands for Project Management ________ of Knowledge.

A) Basis
B) Body
C) Book
D) Boardgame

Question 59

The project ________ is one of the main documents created during project initiation.

A) charter
B) authorization
C) schedule
D) plan

Question 60

A ________ is a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitute a way of viewing reality.

A) framework
B) philosophy
C) guideline
D) belief

Question 61

The nine knowledge areas are broken down into three groups, including:

A) Integration.
B) Core knowledge areas.
C) Facilitating knowledge areas.
D) All of the above

Question 62

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to ensure that the project delivers exactly what the customer requested and only what they requested to create a successful project.

A) Scope
B) Integration
C) Communication
D) Human Resource

Question 63

The project management framework is structured around five process groups which are made up of component processes consisting of tools, ________, and outcomes organized within nine knowledge areas.

A) techniques
B) processes
C) methods
D) documents

Question 64

Which of the following is NOT a component process of Integration Management?

A) Develop project charter
B) Direct and manage project execution
C) Monitor and control project work
D) Collect requirements

Question 65

Which of the following is NOT a deliverable in the close project process?

A) Project Archives
B) Project Closure
C) Project Plan
D) Lessons Learned

Question 66

The knowledge area of Time Management consists of one controlling process, and that is:

A) Control schedule.
B) Control quality.
C) Control time.
D) Control project plan.

Question 67

A change request is a request to change project scope, costs, or ________.

A) quality
B) plan
C) design
D) schedule

Question 68

Knowledge areas describe the ________ of how to get to our destination.

A) methods
B) analysis
C) interpretation
D) directions

Question 69

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to create and manage the project budget.

A) Cost
B) Time
C) Integration
D) Scope

Question 70

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to effectively use the people associated with the project.

A) Scope
B) Cost
C) Time
D) Human Resource

Question 71

Information ________ is a process that involves making needed information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner.

A) distribution
B) confidentiality
C) gathering
D) none of the above

Question 72

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to identify, quantify, and control risks associated with the project.

A) Risk
B) Quality
C) Scope
D) Cost

Question 73

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to create and manage appropriate schedules to complete the project.

A) Scope
B) Integration
C) Cost
D) Time

Question 74

Monitoring and controlling risks is a ________ that involves monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks, executing risk reduction plans, and evaluating their effectiveness throughout the project life cycle.

A) plan
B) process
C) knowledge group
D) step

Question 75

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes with all of the other eight knowledge areas.

A) Scope
B) Integration
C) Communication
D) Human Resource

Question 76

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to create, collect, disseminate, and store information about the project.

A) Communication
B) Quality
C) Scope
D) Time

Question 77

A ________ plan is a formal plan for an entire business entity defining its mission, vision, goals, strategies, and measures of progress.

A) project
B) program management
C) strategic
D) enterprise

Question 78

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to ensure the project delivers the stated and implied needs for which it was designed.

A) Scope
B) Quality
C) Time
D) Cost

Question 79

________ Management describes the processes and methods required to acquire and manage goods and resources from a source outside of the project team.

A) Cost
B) Human Resource
C) Procurement
D) Time

Question 80

When a change is made to the project, the ________ must be adjusted.

A) scope
B) time
C) quality
D) baseline