PLANNING 24% Slide 134 Flashcards

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List the following processes in the order
in which they should be completed:
• Create WBS
• Collect Requirements
• Plan Scope Management
• Define Scope

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Although iterative, the general
order is as follows:
1) Plan Scope Management
2) Define Scope
3) Collect Requirements
4) Create WBS
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The project management plan uses the
______ process to react to the realities of a constantly changing project environment.

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Change Control

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When the Develop Project
Management Plan (4.2) process
initially begins, it is a fully fledged
and comprehensive plan.
True or False:

Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan

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False
At this point in the project, the
project management plan is
merely a “shell”, and likely only
contains or references the project
charter, business documents, and
the stakeholder register.
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Which input feeds into the Develop
Project Management Plan (4.2)
process to be the foundational
input to opening the project
management plan?

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Project charter

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A project _____ meeting is a common practice to clearly communicate project objectives and
build team and stakeholder buy-in.

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Kick-off

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What is the major output created
by the four scope management
processes in the Planning
Process Group?

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Scope baseline

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_______ defines all the necessary work that is required
to complete the project.

Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management

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Project scope

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The development of other plans often
produces additional information and
realizations that make it necessary
to refine the scope and resource
management plans.
True or False:

Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan

A

True
The planning process is iterative.
As each plan is created, it is very
common to adjust the scope.

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A ______ is a condition or capability that must be present in the finished product to satisfy
a business need.

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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Requirement

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Why is the Collect Requirements
(5.2) process completed before the
Define Scope (5.3) process?

Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope

A

The Collect Requirements process transforms

highlevel requirements

into clear objectives required to

define the scope of the project.

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What is the difference between requirements documentation and requirements traceability matrix?

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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The requirements documentation
serves to clearly define all potential
project requirements needed for
creating the scope baseline.

The requirements traceability
matrix organizes and presents the
requirements in a visual manner
that links each requirement to the
individual deliverables that satisfy it.
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______ documentation details how each requirement
supports the project’s business needs.

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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Requirements

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The ____________ is used to
track the status of requirements
throughout the project.

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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Requirements

traceability matrix

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A trained facilitator is often used in
the _______ process to obtain requirements from stakeholders and others with expert judgement.

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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Collect

Requirements

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What is the definition of an
affinity diagram?

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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An affinity diagram classifies
requirements into distinct
groups for review and analysis.

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_______ a model of the
potential product and providing it for review can be a fast and inexpensive method for obtaining
feedback on requirements.

Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements

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Prototyping

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17
Q

A well-defined scope statement
creates clear boundaries,
reducing _______.

Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope

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Scope creep

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What is the project scope
statement?

Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope

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Definition of the project and product scope,
major deliverables, assumptions, and
constraints.

The statement
clearly defines what is and is not
in the project scope.

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What is the difference between
project scope and product scope?

Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope

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Project scope describes the work
performed to deliver a product,
service, or result.

Product scope describes the
features and functions of the
actual product, service, or result.

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Three documents comprise the
scope baseline: _____, ______ ,_______

Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS

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• Scope statement
• Work breakdown
structure (WBS)
• WBS dictionary

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The lowest level of work in the WBS is
referred to as the work package.

True or False:
Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS

A
True
The work package is the lowest
level of the WBS and represents
the smallest amount of work
for which cost and duration can
be estimated and managed.
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The WBS should follow the
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ rule: the total of
all work at the lowest level (work
packages) should “roll up” so that
nothing is left out and no extra
work is performed.

Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS

A

100%

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The _______ and ______
are two major scheduling approaches.

Planning • Schedule Management • Plan Schedule Management

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Critical path

method; agile

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List the following processes in the order
in which they should be completed:
• Define Activities
• Plan Schedule Management
• Sequence Activities
• Develop Schedule
• Estimate Activity Durations

Planning • Schedule Management • Plan Schedule Management

A

1) Plan Schedule Management
2) Define Activities
3) Sequence Activities
4) Estimate Activity Durations
5) Develop Schedule

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The _______ process describes the actions that deliver the deliverables created by the Create WBS (5.4) process. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Define Activities
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An _____ is a distinct, scheduled portion of work to be performed. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Activity
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Why is the Create WBS (5.4) process completed before the Define Activities (6.2) process? Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
The Create WBS process identifies the work packages needed to satisfy the project deliverables. The Define Activities process is the first step in transforming the work packages into the detailed schedule of activities that the team will complete.
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Activity attributes evolve and deepen in description as the project progresses. True or False: Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
True
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_______ have zero duration. They define a point in time, not an activity. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Milestones
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What is rolling wave planning? Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
Rolling wave planning is an iterative technique to define | activities where the near-term work is planned in detail and later work is planned at a high level.
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``` Which of the following relationship types is the most common of the precedence diagramming method? A) Finish to start (FS) B) Finish to finish (FF) C) Start to start (SS) D) Start to finish (SF) ``` Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
A) Finish to start (FS). The successor cannot start until the predecessor has finished.
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``` Which of the following relationship types is the least common of the precedence diagramming method? A) Finish to start (FS) B) Finish to finish (FF) C) Start to start (SS) D) Start to finish (SF) ``` Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
D) Start to finish (SF) The successor cannot finish until predecessor has started.
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What is the difference between mandatory and discretionary dependencies? Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
Mandatory dependencies are required by the nature of the work or are legally or contractually required. Discretionary dependencies are not mandatory, but are preferred, usually based on best practices.
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________ moves a successor LEFT (earlier); ________ moves a successor RIGHT (later). Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
Lead; | lag
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_______ are calculated in terms of the number of work periods needed to complete an activity. Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
Duration estimates
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What two outputs produced by the Estimate Activity Durations (6.4) process are leveraged by the Develop Schedule (6.5) process to produce the project schedule? Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
* Duration estimates | * Basis of estimates
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Duration estimates do not contain any lags. True or False: Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
True
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``` Which of the following estimating techniques is less costly and time consuming, but also the least accurate? A) Parametric estimating B) Analogous estimating C) Bottom-up estimating D) Three-point estimating ``` Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
``` B) Analogous estimating Analogous estimating uses historical data from similar projects to produce a gross value estimate for a project’s activity duration. ```
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``` Which of the following estimating techniques uses a statistical or numerical relationship to calculate activity durations? A) Parametric estimating B) Analogous estimating C) Bottom-up estimating D) Three-point estimating ``` Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
A) Parametric estimating
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________ estimating requires significant resources and time, but can be very accurate. Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
Bottom-up estimating This technique aggregates estimates of individual lower-level activities.
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Which of the following estimating techniques uses the triangular distribution mathematical equation to incorporate risk and uncertainty into the estimate? A) Bottom-up estimating B) Parametric estimating C) Three-point estimating D) Analogous estimating Planning • Schedule Management • Estimate Activity Durations
C) Three-point estimating
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What’s the difference between contingency reserves and management reserves? Planning • Cost Management • Estimate Costs
``` Contingency reserves address known-unknowns (for example, the project manager expects rework but the exact amount is unknown). ``` Management reserves address unknown-unknowns (unforeseen work).
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``` When creating the cost baseline in the Determine Budget process, ________ reserves are included in the baseline, but ________ reserves are not included. ``` Planning • Cost Management • Determine Budget
Contingency; | management
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Which of the following is not a core objective of the Planning Process Group? A) Define the project scope and objectives B) Define the plans that will govern the project C) Identify, evaluate, and implement changes D) Develop a course of action Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan
``` C) The identification, evaluation, and implementation of changes within the project is one of the two core objectives of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group. ``` The second core objective of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is to track, regulate, and review process completion.
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``` The _______ process builds on the progress started with the charter by defining in greater detail how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled, and closed. ``` Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan
Develop Project Management Plan
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After the time, scope, and cost baselines are defined within the project management plan, all future changes can be made only through the _______ process. Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan
Perform Integrated Change Control process (included in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group)
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``` List the following processes in the order in which they should be completed: • Identify Risks • Plan Risk Management • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis • Plan Risk Responses • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Management
1) Plan Risk Management 2) Identify Risks 3) Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis 4) Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 5) Plan Risk Responses
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``` The project management plan consolidates all subsidiary plans and project baselines. Which of the following is not one of the three project baselines? A) Scope baseline B) Schedule baseline C) Benefits baseline D) Cost baseline ``` Planning • Integration Management • Develop Project Management Plan
C) Benefits baseline The benefits baseline is not one of the project’s three core baselines.
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What is name of the plan that documents how the project and product scope will be defined, validated, and controlled? Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management
Scope management plan
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Which document visually translates the project deliverables into small, manageable components? Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
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The __________ process describes how the product and project requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed. Planning • Scope Management • Plan Scope Management
Requirements Management Plan (also known as the business analysis plan)
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What is the definition of a requirement? Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
A requirement is a condition/ capability that must be present in the finished product to satisfy a business need.
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What are the two key outputs of the Collect Requirements process? Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
Requirements documentation and requirements traceability matrix
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The requirement documentation details how each requirement _____ the project’s business need. Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
Supports
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The requirements traceability matrix links each requirement to the individual _____ that satisfy the requirement. Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
Deliverable
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``` Which data gathering technique used to collect requirements involves observing and comparing similar, products, practices, processes, or companies? ``` Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
Benchmarking
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Which data representation technique involves classifying large numbers of ideas into distinct groups for review and analysis? Planning • Scope Management • Collect Requirements
Affinity diagramming
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``` The ______ process builds on the Collect Requirements process, selecting and defining the final requirements list in detail and crafting a descriptive scope statement. ``` Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope
Define Scope
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What is scope creep? Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope
Scope creep is the expansion of project work beyond the project boundaries.
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What is the one key output of the Define Scope process? Planning • Scope Management • Define Scope
Project scope statement ``` The project scope statement provides a detailed definition of the project and product scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints. ```
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``` The _________ process translates the project scope statement (created in the 5.3 Define Scope process) into an actionable list of work that must be delivered. ``` Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
Create WBS
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What is the key output created by the Create WBS process? Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
Scope baseline The scope baseline consists of the scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary.
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The ________ establishes the standard by which work completion is compared throughout the project. Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
Scope baseline
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“Work” refers to the deliverables produced, not the activities that produce the deliverables. True or False: Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
``` True Using an example of a project to dig a long ditch, the work would be defined as the completed ditch, not the activities required to dig the ditch. ```
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What information does the WBS dictionary provide? Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
The WBS dictionary provides detailed information on the delivery, activity, and schedule of every component in the WBS.
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Name the technique used to create the WBS by subdividing the scope into progressively smaller, more manageable parts. Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
Decomposition
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# Define a work package. Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
lowest level of the WBS. smallest amount of work for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed.
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How is the 100% rule used? Planning • Scope Management • Create WBS
``` The 100% rule is used to confirm that the total of all work at the lowest level (work packages) “rolls up” to the higher level in a way that no work is omitted and no extra work is performed. ```
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The schedule management processes in the Planning Process Group progressively translate the _____ of the scope baseline into a logically sequenced work schedule. Planning • Schedule Management • Plan Schedule Management
Deliverables
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What is the purpose of the Define Activities process? Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
The Define Activities (6.2) process describes the actions that deliver the deliverables defined by the Create WBS (5.4) process
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What are the three key outputs produced by the Define Activities process? Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Activity list, activity attributes, and | milestone list
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What is the definition of an activity? Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
An activity is a distinct, scheduled portion of work | to be performed.
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The _______ displays all of the specific actions required to produce the work packages defined in the WBS. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Activity list
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__________ extend the description of activities defined in the activity list, providing details on the effort type and work location. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
Activity attributes Activity attributes evolve and deepen in description as the project progresses
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The _______ document frames the schedule constraints impacting the project. Planning • Schedule Management • Define Activities
``` Milestone list The milestone list is created as an output of the Define Activities process. The defined milestones identify significant points/events that are used in creating the detailed schedule. ```
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``` The process _______ aims to organize the activities into a schedule network diagram that graphically shows the order in which work will be completed. ``` Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
Sequence Activities
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What is the key output produced by the Sequence Activity process? Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
Project schedule network diagram The project schedule network diagram shows the logical relationships of all activities from start to finish.
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Would the software required to build a network diagram be classified as an EEF or OPA? Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
EEF The software design is outside of the control of the company and therefore an EEF.
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What is the most common relationship type in precedence diagramming? Planning • Schedule Management • Sequence Activities
``` Finish to start When two activities have a finish-to-start relationship, the successor cannot start until the predecessor has finished ```
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The _______ process brings depth and perspective to the network diagram by defining the amount of effort and resources each activity demands. Planning • Schedule Management • Est. Activity Durations
Estimate Activity Durations
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The _______ process analyzes all schedule data, created by processes 6.2 to 6.4, to define a comprehensive final schedule model and schedule baseline. Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Develop Schedule
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The ___________ is the approved version of the schedule model used to evaluate actual vs. planned progress throughout the project. Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Schedule baseline
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All project baselines must be approved by the project sponsor. True or False: Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
True All project baselines must be approved by the project sponsor
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What key output created by the Develop Schedule process fully presents the planned start and finish dates for all activities in a clear visual format? Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Project schedule
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What is free float? Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Free float is the measure of the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of a successor activity.
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What is the difference between free float and total float? Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Free float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of a successor activity. Total float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date.
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What is the difference between crashing activities and fast tracking activities? Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Crashing refers to the addition of resources to reduce the time required to complete an activity. Fast tracking refers to the reorganization of sequential activities into parallel activities to reduce the time required to complete the activities.
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Which question explores the opportunity for fast tracking activities? “Could these activities be done in parallel?” or “How much faster could this be done if we added resources?” Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
“Could these activities | be done in parallel?”
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What is the largest negative impact of crashing that must be evaluated and accounted for? Planning • Schedule Management • Develop Schedule
Additional cost
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The Estimate Costs (7.2), Estimate Activity Durations (6.4), and Estimate Activity Resources (9.2) processes all have similar output structures. What are the three key outputs produced by each of these processes? Planning • Cost Management • Estimate Costs
Estimates, basis of estimates, and project document updates
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The process _______ develops an approximation of the project’s total monetary resource need that is used in the Determine Budget process to create the cost baseline. Planning • Cost Management • Estimate Costs
Estimate Costs
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The _________ explains the logic behind each cost estimate, allowing the team to understand how the costs were derived. Planning • Cost Management • Estimate Costs
Basis of estimates
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What are the triangular and beta distribution three-point estimating equations? Planning • Cost Management • Estimate Costs
Triangular distribution: cE = (cO + cM + cP) / 3 Beta distribution: cE = (cO + 4*cM + cP) / 6 - Most likely (cM) - Best case (cO) - Pessimistic (cP)
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The __________ produced by the Estimate Costs (7.2) process are used to create the cost baseline in the Determine Budget process. Planning • Cost Management • Determine Budget
Cost estimates
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The Determine Budget process creates the project’s budget and baseline by _______ the cost estimates into a time-phased view. Planning • Cost Management • Determine Budget
Aggregating
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The project budget and cost baseline are different. True or False: Planning • Cost Management • Determine Budget
True The project budget includes the management reserve; the cost baseline does not.
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Which type of reserve accounts for identified risks? Planning • Cost Management • Determine Budget
``` The contingency reserve accounts for identified risks. In comparison, the management reserve accounts for unplanned work. ```
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Quality planning should be performed in ___________ with other planning processes. Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
Parallel The realities of meeting quality standards may impact cost and schedule plans.
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The cost of preventing mistakes is ____________ than the cost of correcting mistakes found by inspection or use. Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
Less
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The __________ describes the activities and resources necessary for the project team to achieve the project’s quality objectives. Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
Quality management plan ``` The quality management plan also defines procedures for addressing nonconformance, corrective actions, and continuous improvement. ```
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``` Quality metrics defined in the Plan Quality Management process are used in later processes to determine the overall quality status and communicate status to stakeholders. True or False: ``` Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
True Quality metrics describe a product attribute and how the Control Quality process will verify compliance to it.
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What two components comprise the cost of quality? Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
Cost of conformance and | cost of nonconformance
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The cost of conformance includes what two types of costs? Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
Prevention and appraisal costs Prevention costs are those associated with building quality into a product (training, equipment, etc). Appraisal costs are those associated with assessing the quality (testing, destructive testing loss, inspection).
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The cost of quality (COQ) only considers the cost incurred while completing the project’s physical work. True or False: Planning • Quality Management • Plan Quality Management
False The cost of quality includes all quality-related costs over the entire life of the project
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What is the difference between the project charter and team charter? Planning • Resource Management • Plan Resource Management
The project charter is the foundational document that authorizes the existence of the project. The team charter defines the team’s agreed-upon operating guidelines.
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What is the purpose of the resource management processes? Planning • Resource Management • Plan Resource Management
The resource management processes ensure that sufficient resources are available at the right place and right time to complete the project work.
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``` Which chart type is commonly used in the Plan Resource Management process to clarify and define the roles and responsibilities of each team member? ``` Planning • Resource Management • Plan Resource Management
``` RACI chart The responsibility assignment chart (RACI) clarifies the roles of each team member (Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform). ```
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``` Working directly with the Estimate Costs process, the ________ process approximates the total physical and human resources needs of the project. ``` Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Estimate Activity | Resources
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``` What is the primary output of the Estimate Activity Resources process that defines what is needed to complete every work package and activity defined on the WBS? ``` Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Resource | requirements
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The _________ organizes the resource estimates into a hierarchical chart that can be used to help acquire and monitor resources. Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Resource breakdown structure
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In which resource estimating technique are similar activities from previous projects used to estimate resource needs? Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Analogous | estimating
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When lower-level components are “rolled up” to create an estimate of the higher-level activities, what estimating activity is being leveraged? Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Bottom-up | estimating
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Throughout the Resource Estimating process, various options must be evaluated to determine the optimal resource solution given the project’s constraints. Which data analysis technique does this describe? Planning • Resource Management • Est. Activity Resources
Alternative | analysis
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Which two documents must be updated to reflect the planned communications activities? Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
Project schedule and stakeholder register
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How are the stakeholder register and requirements documentation leveraged in the creation of the communications management plan? Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
``` Stakeholder communication needs were determined during the development of the stakeholder register and requirements documentation. ``` The communications management plan creates strategies to address each need
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Define the steps in a basic sender-reciever communications model. Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
Encode, transmit, decode Encode = Message put in text/sound for transmission Transmit = Message sent via communication channel Decode = Data translated by reciever into a usable form
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Name the three most common communication methods. Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
Interactive, push, pull Interactive = Multidirectional communication Push = Sent to specific recipients, but no confirmation that the information is understood Pull = Allows content access at the user’s own discretion
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____________ is anything compromising the understanding of a communicated message. Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
Noise Noise can be caused by a receiver being distracted or lacking adequate perception and/or knowledge.
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What is the equation for calculating communication channels? Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
Communication channels = N x (N - 1) / 2 N = number of stakeholders
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``` By posting project updates at regularly scheduled intervals on a corporate intranet page that is accessible to all stakeholders, a project team is using which method of communications? ``` Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
``` Pull Pull communications allow content access at the user’s own discretion. This is ideal when communicating with large audiences or transmitting complicated information. ```
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One-on-one meetings are an example of which type of communication method? Planning • Communications Mgmt. • Plan Communications Mgmt.
``` Interactive Interactive communication involves multi-directional communication between two or more parties. ```
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``` List the following processes in the order in which they should be completed: • Plan Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis • Identify Risks • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Management
``` The risk management processes in the Planning Process Group are completed as follows: 1) Plan Risk Management 2) Identify Risks 3) Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis 4) Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 5) Plan Risk Responses ```
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Which type of risk describes an uncertain event or condition? Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Management
Individual risk
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Which type of risk describes the total resulting effect of all risks on a project? Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Management
Overall risk
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``` The Plan Risk Management process is focused on developing processes for identifying and analyzing risks and what other key risk activities? ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Management
Developing and implementing risk responses ``` In conducting the Plan Risk Responses process, the project team is focused on defining how risks will be both identified and managed to increase the chance of project success. ``` ``` It is key that the team develop processes for developing and implementing risk responses to mitigate/ avoid negative risks and exploit/enhance positive opportunities. ```
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Which document is created during the Identify Risks process to record specific details on every individual project risk? Planning • Risk Management • Identify Risks
Risk register The risk register is a key output of the Identify Risk process.
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What are the two key outputs of the Identify Risks process? Planning • Risk Management • Identify Risks
Risk register and | risk report
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Once created, the risk register and risk report are not adjusted. True or False (and Why?): Planning • Risk Management • Identify Risks
``` False The risk register and risk report are continually adjusted to deepen the understanding of the current risk profile and to include additional risks identified. ```
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``` Which document often used in the Identify Risks process leverages a predetermined list of risk categories that serve as a framework and starting point for identifying, describing, and planning for project risks? ``` Planning • Risk Management • Identify Risks
Prompt list
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What factors are used to evaluate each risk on the risk register during the Qualitative Risk Analysis process? Planning • Risk Management • Perform Qual. Risk Analysis
probability of occurrence and impact ``` Qualitative risk analysis is subjective, as it based on perception of each risk’s probability of occurrence and impact. ```
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``` Which process determines the aggregate effect of a project’s individual risks using the prioritized list of risks created as an output of the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process? ``` Planning • Risk Management • Perform Qual. Risk Analysis Planning • Risk Management • Perform Qual. Risk Analysis
Quantitative Risk | Analysis process
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What type of matrix is used to rank each individual risk by two factors (probability, impact)? Planning • Risk Management • Perform Qual. Risk Analysis
Probability-impact | matrix
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An S-curve is produced by which type of risk analysis? Planning • Risk Management • Perform Quant. Risk Analysis
``` Monte Carlo analysis The S-curve from a Monte Carlo risk analysis visually shows the probability of achieving any project outcome. ```
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What is purpose of a tornado diagram? Planning • Risk Management • Perform Quant. Risk Analysis
determines which individual risk has the greatest impact by correlating different project outcomes to individual risks. The tornado diagram (used in 11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis)
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Which analysis method is used to select the best of several alternative courses of action? Planning • Risk Management • Perform Quant. Risk Analysis
``` Decision tree analysis Decision tree analysis is a mathematical method in which alternate decision paths are shown and evaluated for their overall expected monetary value. The net path value is calculated for each and the decision path with the best value is selected. ```
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What is the term for the strategies developed to address risks with highest impact overall and individual risks? Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
Risk responses
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_________ are fallback plans developed for use if and when the selected risk response strategies don’t work. Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
Contingency plans
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``` What are the two data analysis methods used to evaluate and select the preferred risk response strategies the during Plan Risk Responses process? ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
Alternative analysis and | cost-benefit analysis
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``` Which of the following is not a desired characteristic of a proper risk response plan? A) Appropriate B) Cost-effective C) Timely D) Realistic ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
Timely Risk response plans should be appropriate, cost-effective, and realistic.
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What are the five alternative risk strategies that must be considered when planning for threats? A) Escalate, avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept B) Escalate, avoid, expedite, mitigate, accept C) Escalate, exploit, share, enhance, accept D) Escalate, exploit, transfer, enhance, accept Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
A) Escalate, avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept
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``` Which strategy for addressing risk threats involves shifting ownership of the threat to a third party so that it bears the impact if the threat occurs? ``` Planning • Risk Management • Plan Risk Responses
Transfer
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``` Which output produced in the Plan Procurements Management process defines the procurement need in detail sufficient to allow the sellers to assess if they are capable of providing the work? ``` Planning • Procurement Mgmt. • Plan Procurement Mgmt.
Procurement | statement of work
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Which type of contract is used when the scope of work is expected to change significantly during the project? Planning • Procurement Mgmt. • Plan Procurement Mgmt.
Cost-reimbursable contract ``` The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs (per contract). ```
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Which documents produced as outputs of the Plan Procurement Management process must not be provided to the potential sellers? Planning • Procurement Mgmt. • Plan Procurement Mgmt.
Source selection criteria and independent cost estimates ``` Source selection criteria provide an objective means to evaluate each proposal in order to select the seller offering the greatest overall value. Independent cost estimates provide a frame of reference for evaluating bids submitted. These documents are for internal project team use only! ```
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``` Which plan documents the specific actions and strategies used to deliver the desired level of stakeholder engagement and what process creates it? ``` Planning • Stakeholder Management • Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder management plan, which is created as an output of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process
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The stakeholder engagement matrix is used to visually compare which two levels of stakeholder engagement? Planning • Stakeholder Management • Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Current vs. desired | engagement
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``` Which document created by the Identify Stakeholder process is a key input to the Plan Stakeholder Management process, helping to provide detailed stakeholder information? ``` Planning • Stakeholder Management • Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder | register