CAPM EXAM PREP STUDY GUIDE
Initiation Process - Answers -Obtain authorization to start a new project or phase on an
existing project
Planning Process - Answers -Establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives
and define the course of action required
Executing Process - Answers -Complete the work defined in the project management
plan to satisfy the project specifications
Monitoring and Controlling Process - Answers -Track, review, and regulate the
progress and performance of the project; identify areas which changes to the plan are
required
Closing Process - Answers -Finalize all activities across all Process Groups to formally
close the project or phase
Integration Management - Answers -Identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the
various processes and project management activities
Scope Management - Answers -All the work required, and only the work required, to
complete the project successfully
Time Management - Answers -Manage the timely completion of the project
Cost Management - Answers -Planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding,
managing, and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the
approved budget
Quality Management - Answers -Policies and procedures used to implement the
organization's quality management system and it supports continuous process
improvement activities
Human Resource Management - Answers -Organize, manage, and lead the project
team; people with assigned roles and responsibilities
Communications Management - Answers -Timely and appropriate planning, collection,
distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate
disposition of project information
Risk Management - Answers -Conducting risk management planning, identification,
analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on a project
, Procurement Management - Answers -Purchase or acquire products, services, or
results needed from outside the project team
Stakeholder Management - Answers -Identify the people, groups, or organizations that
could impact or be impacted by the project, analyze stakeholder expectations and their
impact on the project, and develop appropriate management strategies for effectively
engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution
Develop Project Charter - Answers -Expert judgement
Facilitation techniques
Develop Project Management Plan - Answers -Expert judgement
Facilitation techniques
Direct and Manage Project Work - Answers -Expert judgement
Project management information system
Meetings
Monitor and Control Project Work - Answers -Expert judgement
Analytical techniques
Project management information system
Meetings
Perform Integrated Change Control - Answers -Expert judgement
Meetings
Change control tools
Close Project or Phase - Answers -Expert judgement
Analytical techniques
Meetings
Plan Scope Management - Answers -Expert judgement
Meetings
Collect Requirements - Answers -Interviews
Focus groups
Facilitated workshops
Group creativity techniques
Group decision-making techniques
Questionnaires and surveys
Observations
Prototypes
Benchmarking
Context diagrams
Document analysis
Initiation Process - Answers -Obtain authorization to start a new project or phase on an
existing project
Planning Process - Answers -Establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives
and define the course of action required
Executing Process - Answers -Complete the work defined in the project management
plan to satisfy the project specifications
Monitoring and Controlling Process - Answers -Track, review, and regulate the
progress and performance of the project; identify areas which changes to the plan are
required
Closing Process - Answers -Finalize all activities across all Process Groups to formally
close the project or phase
Integration Management - Answers -Identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the
various processes and project management activities
Scope Management - Answers -All the work required, and only the work required, to
complete the project successfully
Time Management - Answers -Manage the timely completion of the project
Cost Management - Answers -Planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding,
managing, and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the
approved budget
Quality Management - Answers -Policies and procedures used to implement the
organization's quality management system and it supports continuous process
improvement activities
Human Resource Management - Answers -Organize, manage, and lead the project
team; people with assigned roles and responsibilities
Communications Management - Answers -Timely and appropriate planning, collection,
distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate
disposition of project information
Risk Management - Answers -Conducting risk management planning, identification,
analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on a project
, Procurement Management - Answers -Purchase or acquire products, services, or
results needed from outside the project team
Stakeholder Management - Answers -Identify the people, groups, or organizations that
could impact or be impacted by the project, analyze stakeholder expectations and their
impact on the project, and develop appropriate management strategies for effectively
engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution
Develop Project Charter - Answers -Expert judgement
Facilitation techniques
Develop Project Management Plan - Answers -Expert judgement
Facilitation techniques
Direct and Manage Project Work - Answers -Expert judgement
Project management information system
Meetings
Monitor and Control Project Work - Answers -Expert judgement
Analytical techniques
Project management information system
Meetings
Perform Integrated Change Control - Answers -Expert judgement
Meetings
Change control tools
Close Project or Phase - Answers -Expert judgement
Analytical techniques
Meetings
Plan Scope Management - Answers -Expert judgement
Meetings
Collect Requirements - Answers -Interviews
Focus groups
Facilitated workshops
Group creativity techniques
Group decision-making techniques
Questionnaires and surveys
Observations
Prototypes
Benchmarking
Context diagrams
Document analysis
