PMP Processes
Project Management Professional: Processes
Project Management Professional: Processes
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Flashcards
List 6 project constraints.
- scope
- quality
- schedule
- budget
- resources
- risk
Define portfolio.
Collection of programs or projects that are grouped together to facilitate effective management to meet strategic business objectives.
Define program.
A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
Define "project".
a temporary endeavour to create a unique product, service or result.
What are the 3 characteristics of an effective project manager?
- knowledge (about project management)
- performance (ability to accomplish)
- personal effectiveness (e.g. leadership)
The project life cycle consists of?
- Starting the project;
- Organising and preparing;
- Carrying out the project work;
- Closing the project.
3 types of relationships between project phases (in a multiphase project)?
- sequential relationship
- overlapping relationship
- iterative relationship
Definition of "stakeholders"?
persons or organisations who are actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by the performane or completion of the project.
(this does not include competitors as they cannot exert influence on the project)
Define: functional manager
key individuals who play a management role within an administrative or functional area of the business (e.g. HR, finance, accounting, procurement).
Define: operations manager
individual who has a management role in a core business area, such as R&D, design, manufacturing.
Which processes does the Initiating process group contain and to what knowledge areas do they belong to?
- Develop Project Charter (Project Integration Management)
- Identify stakeholders (Project Communications Management)
What are the inputs to the Develop Project Charter process?
- enterprise environmental factors
- contract (where applicable)
- business case
- project statement of work
- organisational project assets
What are the tools & techniques of the Develop Project Charter process?
- expert judgement
What is the output of the Develop Project Charter process?
- project charter
What is the purpose of a Business Case document?
It says why it is worth spending money on a project.
What are enterprise environmental factors?
anything you need to know about how a company does business
What are organisational process assets?
they tell you how a company normally runs a project (e.g. standards, lessons learned etc.)
What is a work authorisation system?
it determines how work is assigned and ensures that things are done in the right order
What is the "statement of work"?
It lists all the deliverables that the project needs to produce
What are the inputs to the "Develop Project Management Plan" process?
- project charter
- organisational process assets
- outputs of planning processes of the other knowledge areas
- enterprise environmental factors
What are the outputs of the Develop Project Management Plan process?
- project management plan (consists of subsidiary plans for the individual knowledge areas)
Which tools and techniques are used in the Develop Projet Management Plan process?
- expert judgement
Which three baselines are contained in the project management plan?
- scope baseline
- schedule baseline
- cost performance baseline
What are the inputs to the Direct & Manage Execution process?
- project management plan
- enterprise environmental factors
- organisational process assets
- approved change requests
Which tools and techniques are used in the Direct and Manage Execution process?
- expert judgement
- project management information system
What are the outputs of the Direct & Manage Execution process?
- deliverables (including any PM documents)
- work performance information
- change requests / updates to project document and plan
What are the 3 components of the Direct & Execute Project process?
- Use plan to create deliverables.
- Repair defects in the deliverables.
- Make sure that changes to the plan are reflected in the deliverables.
