Flashcards: PMP Exam Prep
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princessham on November 28, 2009
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project management, PMBOK 4th Edition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Schedule Development/Project Time Management | Analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule |
| Activity Duration Estimating/Project Time Management | Estimating the number of work periods that will be needed to complete individual schedule activities |
| Activity Resource Estimating/Project Time Management | Estimating the type and quantities of resources required to perform each schedule activity |
| Activity Sequencing/Project Time Management | Identifying and documenting dependencies among schedule activities |
| Manage Stakeholders/Project Communications Management | Managing communications to satisfy the requirements of, and resolve issues with, project stakeholders |
| What process group does 'Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Verify Scope' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Manage Stakeholder Expectations' belong to? | Executing |
| What process group does 'Perform Quality Control' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Collect Requirements' belong to? | Planning |
| Contract Administration/Project Procurement Management | Managing the contract and the relationship between the buyer and the seller, reviewing and documenting how a seller is performing or has performed to establish required corrective actions and provide basis for future relationship with seller |
| What process group does 'Adminsiter Procurements' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| Risk REsponse Planning/Project Risk Management | Developing Options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to projcect objectives |
| Activity Definition/Project Time Management | Identifying the specific schedule activities that need to be performed to produce the various project deliverables |
| What process group does 'Control Scope' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| Plan Contracting/Project Procurement Management | Dcoumenting products, services and results requirements and identifying potential sellers |
| Select Sellers/Project Procurement Management | Reviewing offers, choosing from among potential sellers, and negotiating a written contract with a seller |
| Request Seller Responses/Project Procurement Management | Obtaining information, quotations, bids, offers or proposals as appropriate |
| To-Complete Performance Index(TCPI) | (BAC-EV)/(BAC-AC) or (work remaining)/(funds remaining) |
| EAC forecast for ETC at BUDGETED RATE | EAC=AC+BAC-EV |
| EAC forecast for ETC at PRESENT CPI | EAC=BAC/(cumulative CPI) |
| EAC forecast for ETC at both CPI & SPI factors | EAC=AC+((BAC-EV)/(Cumulative CPI x Cumulative SPI)) |
| What process group does 'Identify Risks' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Manage Project Team' belong to? | Executing |
| Risk Management Planning/Project Risk Management | Deciding how to appproach, plan and execute the risk management activities for a project |
| Risk Identification/Project Risk Management | Determining which risks might affect the project and documenting their characteristics |
| What process group does 'Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Plan Risk Responses' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Define Scope' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Acquire Project Team' belong to? | Executing |
| Plan Purchases and Acuisitions/Project Procurement Management | Determining what to purchase or acquire and determining WHEN and HOW |
| Risk Monitoring and Control/Project Risk Management | Tracking identifies risk, monitoring residual risks, identifying new risks, executing risk response plans and evaluating their effectiveness throughout the project life cycle |
| What process group does 'Close Procurements' belong to? | Closing |
| What process group does 'Close Project Phase' belong to? | Closing |
| What process group does 'Monitor and Control Risks' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Develop Schedule' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Perform Integrated Change Control' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Monitor and Control Project Work' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Sequence Activities' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Plan Procurements' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Control Schedule' belong to? | Monitoring and Controlling |
| What process group does 'Define Activities' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Develop Project Team' belong to? | Executing |
| What process group does 'Determine Budget' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Plan Communications' belong to? | Planning |
| What process group does 'Plan Risk Management' belong to? | Planning |
| Scope Control/Project Scope Management | Controlling changes to the project scope |
| Develop Project Charter/Project Integraion Management | Process of developing project charter that formally authorizes a project |
| Create WBS/Project Scope Management | Subdividing the major project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components |
| Scope Verification/Project Scope Management | Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables |
| Schedule Control/Project Time Management | Controlling changes to the project schedule |
| Scope Planning/Project Scope Management | Creating a project scope management plan that documents how the project scope will be defined, verified and controlled, and how WBS will be created and defined |
| Scope Definition/Project Scope Management | Developing a detailed project scope statement as the basis for future project decisions |
| Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement/Project Integration Management | Developing the preliminary project scope statement provided as a high-level scope narrative |
| Develop Project Management Plan/Project Integration Management | Documenting the actions necessary to define prepare, integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans into a project management plan |
| Direct and Manage Project Execution/Project Integration Management | Executing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's requirements defined in the project scope statement |
| Monitor and Control Project Work/Project Integration Management | Monitoring and Controlling the processes required to initiate, plan, execute and close a project to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan |
| Integrated Change Control/Project Integration Management | Reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and controlling changes to the deliverables and organizational process assets |
| Close Project/Project Integration Management | Finalizing all activities across all the project process groups to formally close the project |
| Quality Planning/Project Quality Management | Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them |
| Perform Quality Assurance/Project Quality Management | Applying the planned, systematic quality activities to ensure that the project employs all processes needed to meet requirements |
| Perform Quality Control/Project Quality Management | Monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance |
| Manage Project Team/Project Human Resource Management | Tracking team members' performance, providing feedback, resolving issues and coordinating changes to enhance project performance |
| Acquire Project Team/Project Human Resource Management | Obtaining the human resources needed to complete the project |
| Human Resource Planning/Project Human Resource Management | Identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships as well as creating the staffing management plan |
| Develop Project Team/Project Human Resource Management | Improving the competencies and interaction of team members to enhance project performance |
| Cost Estimating/Project Cost Manangement | Developing an approximation of the costs of resources needed to complete project activities |
| Cost Budgeting/Project Cost Management | Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish a cost baseline |
| Cost Control/Project Cost Management | Inflluencing the factors that create cost variances and controlling changes to the project budget |
| Communications Planning/Project Communications Management | Determining the information and communication needs of the project stakeholders |
| Information Distribution/Project Communications Management | Making needed information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner |
| Performance Reporting/Project Communications Management | Collecting and distributing performance information including status reporting, progress measurement and forecasting |
| What is a surgical team structure comprised of? | The organizational structure in which a single individual has primary responsibility for the final product |
| What are the five Project Management process groups? | Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing |
| What is life-cycle costing? | considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives |
| What is configuration management? | is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to: identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a product, result, service, or component; control any changes to such characteristics; record and report each change and its implementation status; and support the audit of the products, results, or components to verify conformance to requirements. |