Project Management Processes

Question 1

What is the project management process?

What efforts are included in this process?

Answer 1

What you need to do to MANAGE the work.

Includes the management efforts of:

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and controlling
• Closing

Question 2

What occurs during the initiating process group?

Answer 2

• Formal authorization of a project or phase.
• Project manager is provided with authority and information necessary to begin the project.
• Stakeholders are identified and analyzed.
• The project vision is created.

Question 3

What occurs during the planning process group?

Answer 3

Determine whether the project objectives, as stated in the project charter, can be achieved.

Determine how the project will be accomplished.

Question 4

What occurs during the executing process group?

Answer 4

Work defined in the project management plan is completed to meet project objectives.

Question 5

What occurs during the monitoring and controlling process group?

Answer 5

• Work performance is measured against the project management plan.
• Variances are determined and addressed .
• Change requests are approved, including corrective and preventive actions and defect repair.

Question 6

What occurs during the closing process group?

Answer 6

• Accentance of the final product of the project is obtained and documented.
• Lessons learned are completed.
• Files are indexed and archived.

Question 7

Which process group must be completed in a certain order?

Answer 7

Planning is the only process group with a set order.

Question 8

What does “input” mean?

Answer 8

“What do I need before I can…”

Question 9

What does “output” mean?

Answer 9

“What will I have when I’m done with…”