PROJECT MANAGEMENT OA COMPREHENSIVE
PROJECT PLANNING AND EXECUTION STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ The five stages Dr. Bruce Tuckman (1965) introduced of group
development.
Answer: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjorning
◉ Forming.
Answer: In this stage, team members may be meeting for the first
time. Often, no one really knows much about anyone else on the
team. It may be premature to refer to this group of individuals as a
team. It is a time of introduction and forming relationships and
understanding from exchange of information.
◉ Storming.
Answer: Team members are beginning to know about each other, but
they do not yet understand how to work together. Members may
"jockey for position" within the team. The dynamics of working
together beyond any written statement of "roles and
responsibilities" are being established. Personalities surface,
showing the strengths, weaknesses, and personal needs of each
individual on the team. Integration into a team may come with some
struggle and conflict.
,◉ Norming.
Answer: Team members have "figured out" how they will interact
with each other. Working relationships are beginning to form. Trust
and understanding is beginning to form between team members.
They are beginning to feel comfortable working together and openly
and willingly sharing information.
◉ Performing.
Answer: Team members are fully comfortable working together.
Trust has been developed. Working relationships have jelled. Work
is being conducted and project progress is occurring.
◉ Adjourning.
Answer: This only occurs when all the team's work has been
completed and the team is no longer required. This may occur at any
time in the project life cycle.
◉ Co-located Teams.
Answer: involves team members physically working at the same
location or holding project meetings together in a common setup.
◉ Virtual Teams.
,Answer: are teams whose members interact primarily through
electronic communications. Members of a virtual team may be
within the same building or across continents.
◉ Two common situations occur that may prompt a change to the
baseline scope.
Answer: The scope may be expanded to include additional
functionality or the scope may be diminished due to changes in the
project environment such as reduced funding or requirements or
changing time/due date.
◉ Scope creep.
Answer: occurs when the project team integrates enhancements to
the scope without proper evaluation and approval.
◉ work performance data.
Answer: will identify the work activities that are completed, partially
completed, or not started.
◉ risk register.
Answer: is a list of potential risks, how the risks will be monitored,
and what action will be taken should the risk event occur.
◉ corrective action.
, Answer: is a document issued to identify quality failures and how
they will be corrected. The deliverable itself may need to be
reworked and the project plan may need to be revised to ensure that
future deliverables do not include the same error.
◉ The Four Categories of Change.
Answer: Contingency plans, improvement changes, external events,
scope change
◉ The change management system.
Answer: is in place to formally identify, evaluate, decide, and
communicate project changes.
◉ Recording.
Answer: is the process of documenting and archiving project-related
information.
◉ Reporting.
Answer: is a key nonverbal communications methodology used to
inform and to document project information.
◉ Weekly status reports that are often working documents for the
team to communicate:.
Answer: Accomplishments, Issues, Schedules, Resource utilization
PROJECT PLANNING AND EXECUTION STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ The five stages Dr. Bruce Tuckman (1965) introduced of group
development.
Answer: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjorning
◉ Forming.
Answer: In this stage, team members may be meeting for the first
time. Often, no one really knows much about anyone else on the
team. It may be premature to refer to this group of individuals as a
team. It is a time of introduction and forming relationships and
understanding from exchange of information.
◉ Storming.
Answer: Team members are beginning to know about each other, but
they do not yet understand how to work together. Members may
"jockey for position" within the team. The dynamics of working
together beyond any written statement of "roles and
responsibilities" are being established. Personalities surface,
showing the strengths, weaknesses, and personal needs of each
individual on the team. Integration into a team may come with some
struggle and conflict.
,◉ Norming.
Answer: Team members have "figured out" how they will interact
with each other. Working relationships are beginning to form. Trust
and understanding is beginning to form between team members.
They are beginning to feel comfortable working together and openly
and willingly sharing information.
◉ Performing.
Answer: Team members are fully comfortable working together.
Trust has been developed. Working relationships have jelled. Work
is being conducted and project progress is occurring.
◉ Adjourning.
Answer: This only occurs when all the team's work has been
completed and the team is no longer required. This may occur at any
time in the project life cycle.
◉ Co-located Teams.
Answer: involves team members physically working at the same
location or holding project meetings together in a common setup.
◉ Virtual Teams.
,Answer: are teams whose members interact primarily through
electronic communications. Members of a virtual team may be
within the same building or across continents.
◉ Two common situations occur that may prompt a change to the
baseline scope.
Answer: The scope may be expanded to include additional
functionality or the scope may be diminished due to changes in the
project environment such as reduced funding or requirements or
changing time/due date.
◉ Scope creep.
Answer: occurs when the project team integrates enhancements to
the scope without proper evaluation and approval.
◉ work performance data.
Answer: will identify the work activities that are completed, partially
completed, or not started.
◉ risk register.
Answer: is a list of potential risks, how the risks will be monitored,
and what action will be taken should the risk event occur.
◉ corrective action.
, Answer: is a document issued to identify quality failures and how
they will be corrected. The deliverable itself may need to be
reworked and the project plan may need to be revised to ensure that
future deliverables do not include the same error.
◉ The Four Categories of Change.
Answer: Contingency plans, improvement changes, external events,
scope change
◉ The change management system.
Answer: is in place to formally identify, evaluate, decide, and
communicate project changes.
◉ Recording.
Answer: is the process of documenting and archiving project-related
information.
◉ Reporting.
Answer: is a key nonverbal communications methodology used to
inform and to document project information.
◉ Weekly status reports that are often working documents for the
team to communicate:.
Answer: Accomplishments, Issues, Schedules, Resource utilization
