D.5 Programme and project management Flashcards
Employ appropriate, effective, and efficient programme and project management methodologies.
Define a project.
A temporary form of organisation created to deliver products or services according to specified parameters with defined start and end dates.
What is a program?
A longer-term form of organisation that groups related projects and activities to collectively deliver business outcomes without necessarily having specified end dates.
What constitutes a portfolio?
An organisation of programs and/or projects under a management structure.
What distinguishes a project from routine activities?
A project is deliberately framed and recognized as such by the organisation, having identifiable start and finish dates.
List the key characteristics of a project.
- Deliberately framed as a project
- Has a start and finish
- Has inputs, activities, and outputs
- Governed as a project
Do projects produce outcomes as well as outputs?
They may produce outcomes, but often outcomes occur after the project is completed.
Why manage something as a project?
To explicitly recognize that activities are not ‘business as usual’, allowing for resource aggregation and visibility of activities.
What are some advantages of organizing activities as a project?
- Recognition of change
- Cross-organizational resource gathering
- Isolation of workstreams
- Visibility of activities
- Ability to measure and evaluate
What are the implications of declaring something a project?
- Responsibility for achieving outcomes
- Additional reporting and governance
- Visibility challenges
- Change management challenges
What does PRINCE2 stand for?
Projects In Controlled Environments
What is the focus of the PRINCE2 methodology?
It guides project management practitioners on what to do without prescribing how to undertake the project work.
What are the major steps in PRINCE2?
- Project start-up
- Initiation
- Controlling
- Monitoring
- Closure
What are the seven principles of PRINCE2?
- Ongoing business justification
- Learning from experience
- Definition of roles and responsibilities
- Management by stages
- Management by exception
- Focus on products
- Tailoring to the environment
What does PMBOK stand for?
Project Management Body of Knowledge
List the five process groups defined in PMBOK.
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring and controlling
- Closing
What are the ten knowledge areas in PMBOK?
- Integration management
- Scope management
- Time management
- Cost management
- Quality management
- Human resource management
- Communications management
- Risk management
- Procurement management
- Stakeholder management
What is PRiSM?
Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods, focusing on integrating sustainability into project processes.
What are the five measured elements of PRiSM’s Sustainability Management Plan?
- People
- Planet
- Profit
- Process
- Product
What are the six principles of sustainable change delivery in PRiSM?
- Commitment and accountability
- Ethics and decision-making power
- Integration and transparency
- Development of resources
- Social and ecological equity
- Economic prosperity
What is Agile project management?
An incremental approach focusing on prioritization and planning to deliver high value outputs early.
What is the Agile Manifesto?
A document defining the values and principles that Agile practitioners should follow.
True or False: Agile project management assumes change is the norm.
True
What types of projects are best suited for Agile management?
- High innovation
- Complexity
- Aggressive delivery deadlines
What is the Agile Manifesto?
Defines the values and principles that practitioners of the agile methodology should follow.
