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1
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What is the purpose of a governance structure?

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Individual accountabilities and responsibilities are understood, focus on meeting project deliverables, effective audit trail

2
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What acronym is used to understand responsibilities?

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RACI – Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed

3
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What is a project initiation document?

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Outlines objectives, scope, rationale, roles, risks, control, reporting, budget, milestones
It is a way of obtaining buy in & good comms tool

4
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What are the 3 main project structures?

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Project – team separate from org, PM full authority – risk: silo mentality
Functional – within business area with most interest – risk: resource conflict
Matrix – people from different functions – risk: juggling competing demands

5
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What are the key elements of project reporting?

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Project plan – detailed, tasks, activities, milestones
Progress reports – review at project board meetings
Variance report – changes to plan

6
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What needs to be taken into account when developing project objectives

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Stakeholders (power/interest), accurate estimate, org goals, budget, resources, external factors (PESTLE)

7
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Name the 2 types of specification

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Conformance specs: input based, no innovation

Performance specs: describing functions output based, allows innovation