Processes Key Inputs/Tools/Outputs

Question 1

Develop Project Charter

Answer 1

Business Docs, agreements / /project charter, assumptions log

Question 2

Develop project management plan

Answer 2

outputs from other process / / PM Plan

Question 3

direct and manage project work

Answer 3

PM Plan, approved change requests / / deliverables, work performance data, issue log

Question 4

Manage Project Knowledge

Answer 4

Deliverables / knowledge management, information management / lessons learned register

Question 5

Monitor and Control Project Work

Answer 5

PM plan, wpi / / wpr

Question 6

perform integrated change control

Answer 6

change requests / / approved change requests, project documents updates (change log)

Question 7

Close Project or Phase

Answer 7

accepted deliverables / / final report, final product or service or transition, project document updates (llr)

Question 8

plan scope management

Answer 8

pm plan / / scope management plan, requirements management plan

Question 9

collect requirements

Answer 9

PM plan (scope, requirements, stakeholder engagement plan) / data representation, data gathering, decision making / requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix

Question 10

Define Scope

Answer 10

project docs (requirements docs) / data analysis (alternative analysis) , product analysis (value analysis) / project scope statement

Question 11

create wbs

Answer 11

pm plan (scope mp) / decomposition / scope baseline

Question 12

validate scope

Answer 12

verified deliverables / inspection / accepted deliverables

Question 13

control scope

Answer 13

wpd / data analytics / wpi

Question 14

plan schedule management

Answer 14

/ / schedule management plan (PM plan)

Question 15

Define Activities

Answer 15

PM Plan (schedule mp, scope baseline) / decomposition, rolling wave planning / activity list, activity attributes

Question 16

Sequence Activities

Answer 16

activity list, milestone list / precedence diagramming method, dependency determination and integration, leads and lags / project schedule network diagram

Question 17

Estimate Activity Duration

Answer 17

Project docs (resource calendar, activity list, resource requirements) / analogous estimating, parametric estimating, three point estimating / duration estimates

Question 18

develop schedule

Answer 18

project documents ( activity list, duration estimates, project schedule network diagram) / cpm, resource optimization (resource leveling, smoothing), agile release planning, leads and lags, schedule compression / schedule baseline (pm plan), project schedule

Question 19

control schedule

Answer 19

/ data analysis (iteration burndown chart) / wpi, schedule forecasting, change requests

Question 20

plan cost management

Answer 20

/ / cost management plan (pm plan)

Question 21

estimate costs

Answer 21

/ analogous estimating, parametric estimating, bottom up estimating, three point estimating / cost estimates

Question 22

determine budget

Answer 22

project documents (cost estimates), agreements / cost aggregation, founding limit reconciliation / cost baseline, project funding requirements

Question 23

control costs

Answer 23

project management plan (cost baseline, cost management plan), project funding requirements / data analysis (eva), to complete performance index / wpi, cost forecasts

Question 24

plan quality management

Answer 24

/ data gathering, data analysis (cost of quality), decision making, data representation, test and inspection planning / quality management plan (pm plan), quality metrics

Question 25

manage quality

Answer 25

/ data analysis (alternative analysis), data representation, audits, design for x, quality improvement method / quality reports, test and eval docs

Question 26

control quality

Answer 26

project documents (llr, quality metrics, test and eval docs) / data gathering, inspection, data representation / quality control measurements, verified deliverables

Question 27

plan resource management

Answer 27

/ data representation (RAM, hierarchical charts), organizational theory (org different then people) / resource management plan, team charter

Question 28

estimate activity resources

Answer 28

/ bottom up estimating, analogous estimating, parametric estimating, data analysis (alternative analysis) / resource requirements, resource breakdown structure

Question 29

acquire resources

Answer 29

/ decision making (multi criteria decision analysis), pre assignment, virtual teams / physical resource assignment, project team assignment, resource calendar

Question 30

develop team

Answer 30

/ colocation, virtual teams, interpersonal and team skills, recognition and rewards / team performance

Question 31

manage team

Answer 31

work performance reports, team performance reports / interpersonal and team skills / change requests

Question 32

control resources

Answer 32

wpd / data analysis (alternative analysis) / wpi

Question 33

plan communication management

Answer 33

/ communications requirement analysis, interpersonal and team skills, communication models, communication methods, data representation (stakeholder engagement assessment) / communication mp

Question 34

manage communications

Answer 34

/ communication skills, interpersonal and team skills / project communication

Question 35

monitor communications

Answer 35

/ data representation, interpersonal and team skills /

Question 36

Plan Risk Management

Answer 36

/ / risk management plan

Question 37

identify risks

Answer 37

agreements / data gathering (brainstorming, root cause analysis, swot), prompt lists /

Question 38

perform qualititative risk analysis

Answer 38

/ risk probability and impact assessment, data representation (bubble charts) /

Question 39

perform quantitative risk analysis

Answer 39

/ representation of uncertainty, data anlysis (monte carlo, simulation) /

Question 40

plan risk responses

Answer 40

/ strategies for threats/opportunities, contingent response strategies /

Question 41

implement risk responses

Answer 41

/ / change requests

Question 42

monitor risks

Answer 42

/ data analysis (reserve analysis) /

Question 43

plan procurement management

Answer 43

/ data analysis (make or buy analysis), source selection analysis / procurement mp, procurement strategy, bid documents, procurement statement of work, source selection criteria, make or buy decision, independent cost estimates

Question 44

conduct procurement

Answer 44

/ advertising, bidder conference, data analysis (seller proposal evaluations) , interpersonal and team skills (negotiations) / selected sellers, agreements

Question 45

control procurements

Answer 45

/ claims administration, data analysis (seller performance) , inspection, audits / closed procurements, wpi (seller performance)

Question 46

identify stakeholders

Answer 46

project charter / data gathering (questionaires, surveys), data analysis ( data about stakeholders), data representation (stakeholder analysis grid) / stakeholder register

Question 47

plan stakeholder engagement

Answer 47

/ data representation (analyze stakeholders) / stakeholder engagement plan

Question 48

manage stakeholders

Answer 48

/ communication skills, interpersonal and team skills, ground rules / project documents update (issue logs)

Question 49

monitor stakeholders

Answer 49

/ data representation (stakeholder engagement matrix) , communication skills, interpersonal and team skills /