Ch 2. Frameworks

Question 1

What is the definition of a project?

Answer 1

Temporary, Creates a unique project, service or result

Question 2

What is operational work?

Answer 2

Ongoing work to support the business and system of the org.

Question 3

What is the definition of:

1. a program
2. a portfolio

Answer 3

Program: a group of interrelated projects, managed in a coordinated way.

Portfolio: a group of programs, individual projects, and related operational work to achieve specific strategic buess goal.

Question 4

What is organizational project management (OPM)

What are its benefits?

Answer 4

A framework for keeping the org focused on its overall strategy.

Provides direction for how portfolios, programs, projects, and other organizational work should be prioritized, managed, executed, and measured to best achieve the firm’s strategic goals.

Question 5

What is OPM3 ?

Answer 5

A PMI model designed to help orgs determine their level of maturity in project management

Question 6

What is project management office PMO?

What are the 3 possible formats of PMO?

Answer 6

A department that centralizes and standzies the management of projects

• Supportive
• Contalling
• Directive

Question 7

What are project constraints?

Answer 7

Time
Cost
Risk
Scope
Quality
Resources
Customer satisfaction 

Constraints are used to help evaluate commenting demands

Question 8

Who are project stakeholders?

Answer 8

Anyone whose interest maybe positive or negative impacted by the project

Question 9

What are the primary forms of organizational structure?

Answer 9

• Functional
• Projectized
• Matrix

Question 10

What is a functional organization?

Answer 10

The organization is grouped by areas of specialization (e.g, accounting marketing)

Question 11

What is a projectized org?

Answer 11

The organization is grouped by projects.

The team has no department to go at the project end

The project manager has total control of the resources

Question 12

What is a matrix org?

Answer 12

A blend of functional and projectized orgs where the team members have two bosses (the project manager and functional manager)

Question 13

What is a strong matrix org?

Answer 13

A matrix org where the balance of power rests with the project manager instead of the functional manager

Question 14

What is a weak matrix org?

What role might the project manager play in a weak matrix?

Answer 14

A matrix org where the balance of power rests with the functional manager instead of the project manager

A project expediter or project coordinator

Question 15

What is a balance matrix org?

Answer 15

A matrix org where power is equally balanced between the project manager and the functional manager

Question 16

What is a project-based org?

Answer 16

A temporary framework for projects created to circumvent any obstacles inherent in the org’s existing structure (where functional, projectized, or matrix)

Question 17

What are enterprise environmental factors?

When are they used?

Answer 17

The org’s culture and existing systems that the project will have the deal with or can make use of.

They are used throughout the project management process

Question 18

What are the organizational process assets?

When are they used?

Answer 18

Company processes and procedures
Historical information
Lessons learned

They are used throughout the project management process.

Question 19

What is historical information?

Answer 19

Records of past projects, including lessons learned, used to plan and manage future projects.

Records of the current project that will become part of organizational process asset

Question 20

What is a project management information system?

Answer 20

The automated system to submit and track changes and monitor and control project activities

Question 21

What do lessons learned describe?

How are lessons learned used?

Answer 21

What went right, what went wrong, and what would be done differently if the project could be redone.

Used in planning the project

used by other proejcts in the future

Question 22

What is work performance data?

Answer 22

Measurements and details about activities gathered during project work (executing)

Question 23

What is work performance information?

Answer 23

Work performance information data analyzed to make sure it conforms to the project management plan and to assess what is means for the project as a whole

Question 24

What are work performance reports?

Answer 24

Work performance organized into reports that are distributed to the stakeholders

Question 25

What is the product life cycle?

Answer 25

The cycle of a product’s life from conception to withdrawal from the marketplace.

Question 26

What is a project life cycle?

Answer 26

What you need to do to complete the work (produced the deliverables of the product)

It varies by type of product, industry, and organization’s preferences.

Question 27

Describe a plan-driven project?

Answer 27

How a predictive life cycle in which scope, schedule, and cost are determined in details early in the life of the project, before the work begins to produce the project deliverables

Question 28

Describe a change-driven project

Answer 28

Uses iterative, incremental, or adaptive (agile) life cycles.

Has varying levels of early planning for scope, schedule, and cost.