Waterfall_Initiating Flashcards

1
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Project success measures define in clear terms the criteria by which project success will be evaluated. What three questions do detailed and well constructed project success measures answer

A

What Does success look like?

How will success be measured?

What factors may impact success?

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What is the term for an individual who is involved with or impacted by a project

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Stakeholder

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What is the definition of a project?

A. Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
B. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result
C. Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
D. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a temporary business process or product

A

B. Temporary endeavor undertake in to create a unique product, service, or result

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4
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Name the two processes in the initiating Process Group

A

Develop Project Charter

Identify Stakeholders

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5
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What document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment

A. Service level Agreement

B. Cost Baseline

C. Memorandum of understanding

D. Business Case

A

D. Business Case

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6
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Who’s the person assigned by the performing organization to be responsible for achieving the projects objectives?

A. Program manager

B. Project Manager

C. Functional manager

D. Portfolio Manager

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B. Project manager

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Power, Urgency, an legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model

A. Salience

B. Influence-Impact

C. Power-Interest

D. Power-Influence

A

A. Salience

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8
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True or False:

Without approval from the project sponsor, there is no project

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True

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True or False:

The business case is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project

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False:

The assumption log is used to record all assumptions

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True or False:

It is critical to identify all stakeholders as early as possible?

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True

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True or False:

The stakeholder register is rarely updated throughout the life of the project

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False:

The stakeholder register is updated as new stakeholder information is discovered

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What is the definition of the project charter

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A project charter formally documents the high level details of a project as well as several key elements that structure and organize the formation of a project

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What is the assumption log ?

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The Assumption log is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project

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What process creates the assumption log

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The assumption log is one of the two major outputs of the Develop Project Charter process

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What is the stakeholder register

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The stakeholder register is a document used to record pertinent information on every stakeholder

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16
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What process creates the Stakeholder register

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The Stakeholder register is created during the identify Stakeholders process

17
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What is the difference between a project charter and a business case

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Project Charter formally documents the high level details of a project and after approval by the sponsor, formally authorizes the project

The business case helps to define the objective, purpose, and assumptions of a project to determine if the benefits of the achieving the objectives are worth the investment

18
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Which of the following is not a goal of the Initiating Process Group?

A. Define the Project
B. Obtain project approval
C. Define the scope
D. Identify and start to understand the stakeholders

A

C. Define the scope

The Scope is defined in the Planning Process Group

19
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What is the main goal of the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process?

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The Develop Project Charter Process focuses on developing and gaining sponsor approval of the project charter

20
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What is the Main goal of the identify stakeholders process

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The identify stakeholders process identifies, analyzes, and classifies all stakeholders that could impact or be impacted by the project

21
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Which of the following is not in input to the Develop Project Charter process

A. Business Case
B. Project management plan
C. Agreements
D. EEF’s and OPA’s

A

B. Project Management Plan

22
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Early in the project, what are two important inputs to identify stakeholders

A

Project Charter
Business Case

23
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Stakeholder ___________ and __________ helps the team design ways to appropriately engage each stakeholder

A

Identification
Analysis

24
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Which of the following is a method of eliciting information from groups or individuals, such as team members or subject matter experts
A. Brainstorming
B. Data analysis
C. Bidder conference
D. EEF

A

A. Brainstorming

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What is a mapping technique used to identify where stakeholders are perceived to be relative to their power and interest in the project
Power Interest grid
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How should stakeholders with high power and high interest be classified or managed
High powered and high interest stakeholders should be managed closely
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Listen the following processes in the order in which they should be completed’ . Create WBS . Collect Requirements . Plan Scope Management . Define Scope
1. Plan Scope Management 2. Collect Requirements 3. Define Scope 4. Create WBS
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A Project ______ meeting is a common practices to clearly communicate project objectives and build team and stakeholder Buy-in
Kickoff
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What is the major output created by the four scope management processes in the Planning Process Group
Scope Baseline
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_________ Defines all the necessary work that is required to complete the project
Project Scope
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A _____ is a condition or capability that must be present in the finished product to satisfy a business need
Requirement