APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
1. Concept - ANS-1. Develop initial idea.
2. Outline business case.
3. Accept/reject?
1. Project evaluation review - ANS-Review of project's performance at predefined points in
project life cycle.
1. Quality Planning - ANS-1. Prepares to achieve quality requirements of stakeholders
expressed as acceptance criteria.
2. Produces Quality Management Plan.
1. Work breakdown structure - ANS-Packages of work to produce deliverables. Captures project
scope.
2. Definition - ANS-1. Identify preferred solution.
2. Refine Business Case.
3. Develop Project Management Plan.
4. Accept/reject?
2. Gate review - ANS-Formal point in project where its expected worth, progress, cost and
execution plan are reviewed and decision made whether to continue to next phase.
2. Product breakdown structure - ANS-Hierarchy of deliverables required to be produced on
project.
2. Quality Assurance - ANS-1. Provides confidence to stakeholders that quality requirements will
be achieved.
2. Independent of project.
3. Audit - ANS-Systematic, retrospective examination of whole or part of project or function to
measure conformance with predetermined standards.
3. Cost breakdown structure - ANS-Costs assigned to work packages using WBS.
3. Development - ANS-1. Put Project Management Plan into action.
2. Design stage - produce necessary documentation.
3. Build stage - deliverables produced and tested against quality criteria; monitoring and control
against plan.
4. Accept/reject?
, 3. Quality control - ANS-Inspection, testing and measuring project deliverables to ensure they
conform to specification, are fit for purpose, and meet stakeholder requirements.
4. Handover and closure - ANS-1. Testing of complete set of deliverables.
2. Deliverables and documentation handed over to sponsor or end user.
3. Post project review and benefits realisation review.
4. Redeploy project team.
4. Organisation breakdown structure - ANS-Reporting structure and lines of communication, i.e.
who is doing what.
4. Post project review - ANS-1. Documents learning for future usage.
2. Undertaken after project deliverables handed over and before final closeout, intended to
produce lessons learned that will enable continuous improvement.
5. Benefits realisation review - ANS-Undertaken after a period of operations of the project
deliverables, to establish whether project benefits have been realised.
5. Responsibility Assignment Matrix - ANS-Derived from WBS and OBS.
Belbin team roles - ANS-1. Plant.
2. Resources Investigator.
3. Co-ordinator.
4. Shaper.
5. Monitor evaluator.
6. Teamworker.
7. Implementer.
8. Completer.
9. Specialist.
Benefits management - ANS-Identification, definition, planning, tracking and realisation of
business benefits.
Benefits of project management - ANS-1. Better chance of delivering desired result.
2. Efficient use of resources.
3. Satisfy stakeholders.
Benefits realisation - ANS-1. Practice of ensuring that outcome of project produces projected
benefits.
2. Measure success of sponsor not project manager.
Business Case - ANS-1. Provides justification for undertaking project.
1. Concept - ANS-1. Develop initial idea.
2. Outline business case.
3. Accept/reject?
1. Project evaluation review - ANS-Review of project's performance at predefined points in
project life cycle.
1. Quality Planning - ANS-1. Prepares to achieve quality requirements of stakeholders
expressed as acceptance criteria.
2. Produces Quality Management Plan.
1. Work breakdown structure - ANS-Packages of work to produce deliverables. Captures project
scope.
2. Definition - ANS-1. Identify preferred solution.
2. Refine Business Case.
3. Develop Project Management Plan.
4. Accept/reject?
2. Gate review - ANS-Formal point in project where its expected worth, progress, cost and
execution plan are reviewed and decision made whether to continue to next phase.
2. Product breakdown structure - ANS-Hierarchy of deliverables required to be produced on
project.
2. Quality Assurance - ANS-1. Provides confidence to stakeholders that quality requirements will
be achieved.
2. Independent of project.
3. Audit - ANS-Systematic, retrospective examination of whole or part of project or function to
measure conformance with predetermined standards.
3. Cost breakdown structure - ANS-Costs assigned to work packages using WBS.
3. Development - ANS-1. Put Project Management Plan into action.
2. Design stage - produce necessary documentation.
3. Build stage - deliverables produced and tested against quality criteria; monitoring and control
against plan.
4. Accept/reject?
, 3. Quality control - ANS-Inspection, testing and measuring project deliverables to ensure they
conform to specification, are fit for purpose, and meet stakeholder requirements.
4. Handover and closure - ANS-1. Testing of complete set of deliverables.
2. Deliverables and documentation handed over to sponsor or end user.
3. Post project review and benefits realisation review.
4. Redeploy project team.
4. Organisation breakdown structure - ANS-Reporting structure and lines of communication, i.e.
who is doing what.
4. Post project review - ANS-1. Documents learning for future usage.
2. Undertaken after project deliverables handed over and before final closeout, intended to
produce lessons learned that will enable continuous improvement.
5. Benefits realisation review - ANS-Undertaken after a period of operations of the project
deliverables, to establish whether project benefits have been realised.
5. Responsibility Assignment Matrix - ANS-Derived from WBS and OBS.
Belbin team roles - ANS-1. Plant.
2. Resources Investigator.
3. Co-ordinator.
4. Shaper.
5. Monitor evaluator.
6. Teamworker.
7. Implementer.
8. Completer.
9. Specialist.
Benefits management - ANS-Identification, definition, planning, tracking and realisation of
business benefits.
Benefits of project management - ANS-1. Better chance of delivering desired result.
2. Efficient use of resources.
3. Satisfy stakeholders.
Benefits realisation - ANS-1. Practice of ensuring that outcome of project produces projected
benefits.
2. Measure success of sponsor not project manager.
Business Case - ANS-1. Provides justification for undertaking project.
