BICSI RTPM MAIN CORE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔When should the risk management plan be completed? - ✔✔Before a company
submits a proposal
✔✔Stakeholder Management - ✔✔Identify all internal/ external stakeholders
✔✔Whose job is it to integrate and mitigate the influence and interests of each
stakeholder - ✔✔Project Manager
✔✔Procurement Management - ✔✔Procurement of resources outside of the team,
(materials & subcontractors)
✔✔Client Needs Assessment - ✔✔Starts with a meeting with the client to evaluate their
needs
✔✔ICT Professional must understand: - ✔✔Industry, Business, Technology and
Strategic plans
✔✔ICT Professional should understand: - ✔✔Strengths/ Weaknesses
Vertical Market
Unique Requirements
✔✔Developing a Project Plan by Answering Questions - ✔✔Lessons Learned from
previous projects
What needs done (SOW)
How will accidents be prevented (Safety Plan)
Who will affect or be affected (Stakeholder MGMT)
Who should participate in project plan (OBS)
Who performs each task (WBS)
When is each task performed (PERT, CPM, Gantt)
What is the Project Budget (EVM)
How will the quality be checked (Quality Plan)
,How will risks be assessed (Risk plan)
How will communication be tracked (Comm MGMT)
✔✔Lessons Learned Questions - ✔✔What went right/ wrong
What produced best results
What processes can be improved
Did we learn anything
✔✔Corrective Action Plan - ✔✔Should be developed for the purpose of continuous
quality
✔✔Request for Proposal (RFP) - ✔✔Invitation for a contractor to submit proposal for a
service
✔✔What dictates scope but leaves the decisions to the firm? - ✔✔RFP
✔✔It is advisable for the project manager to send the 90% draft of the RFP to the: -
✔✔Project Manager's Legal Team
✔✔Parts of the RFP - ✔✔Cover Letter
Executive Summary
Background
Description of Solution
Concept Drawing
Projected Pricing
Business References
✔✔Code of Silence - ✔✔An oath by a solicitor, or other employee, not to disclose any
information in regards to the RFP
✔✔Violating the Code of Silence: - ✔✔will automatically disqualify the proposal and the
company could be further penalized in future RFP submittals
✔✔Design Team Members - ✔✔Owner
Architect
Professional Engineer
Consultant
✔✔Owner - ✔✔Defines requirements, provides approval @ each design phase
✔✔Architect - ✔✔Lead design professional, hired by the owner
✔✔Who usually hires professional engineers and consultants? - ✔✔Architect
, ✔✔Professional Engineer - ✔✔A licensed design professional, recognized by a state
or local authority, who focuses on the design of a specific system or requirement
(e.g., civil, structural, mechanical, electrical). Many members of an engineering firm are
ICT professionals who are supervised by a PE.
✔✔Consultant - ✔✔A design professional, recognized by an industry or industry
association, who
focuses on the design of a specific system or requirement that does not require a
PE designation.
✔✔Construction Team Members - ✔✔Construction Manager
Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR)
General Contractor
Contractors/ Subcontractor
✔✔Construction Manager - ✔✔Hired by Owner to assist in the management of a bid
✔✔Construction Managers can also be - ✔✔General Contractors
✔✔CMAR - ✔✔CM but acts as the consultant to the owner, or as GC during
construction
Usually the low bidder
✔✔General Contractor - ✔✔Hired by owner to complete work
✔✔Contractor/ Subcontractor - ✔✔Hired by owner or general contractor to complete a
portion of work
✔✔Design Phases - ✔✔Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Document
✔✔Schematic Design - ✔✔Prepared for the owner, includes sketches, graphics, logical
diagrams, general design criteria and cost estimates
✔✔Design Development - ✔✔After schematic designs approved by owner, design team
begins design development
Includes outline, specs, drawing and cost estimates
✔✔Formal reviews begin at what percentage of design development - ✔✔50 and 80
✔✔Construction Documents - ✔✔After owner approves DD, design team prepares
___________ __________, which are used to obtain pricing of required work
SET A+
✔✔When should the risk management plan be completed? - ✔✔Before a company
submits a proposal
✔✔Stakeholder Management - ✔✔Identify all internal/ external stakeholders
✔✔Whose job is it to integrate and mitigate the influence and interests of each
stakeholder - ✔✔Project Manager
✔✔Procurement Management - ✔✔Procurement of resources outside of the team,
(materials & subcontractors)
✔✔Client Needs Assessment - ✔✔Starts with a meeting with the client to evaluate their
needs
✔✔ICT Professional must understand: - ✔✔Industry, Business, Technology and
Strategic plans
✔✔ICT Professional should understand: - ✔✔Strengths/ Weaknesses
Vertical Market
Unique Requirements
✔✔Developing a Project Plan by Answering Questions - ✔✔Lessons Learned from
previous projects
What needs done (SOW)
How will accidents be prevented (Safety Plan)
Who will affect or be affected (Stakeholder MGMT)
Who should participate in project plan (OBS)
Who performs each task (WBS)
When is each task performed (PERT, CPM, Gantt)
What is the Project Budget (EVM)
How will the quality be checked (Quality Plan)
,How will risks be assessed (Risk plan)
How will communication be tracked (Comm MGMT)
✔✔Lessons Learned Questions - ✔✔What went right/ wrong
What produced best results
What processes can be improved
Did we learn anything
✔✔Corrective Action Plan - ✔✔Should be developed for the purpose of continuous
quality
✔✔Request for Proposal (RFP) - ✔✔Invitation for a contractor to submit proposal for a
service
✔✔What dictates scope but leaves the decisions to the firm? - ✔✔RFP
✔✔It is advisable for the project manager to send the 90% draft of the RFP to the: -
✔✔Project Manager's Legal Team
✔✔Parts of the RFP - ✔✔Cover Letter
Executive Summary
Background
Description of Solution
Concept Drawing
Projected Pricing
Business References
✔✔Code of Silence - ✔✔An oath by a solicitor, or other employee, not to disclose any
information in regards to the RFP
✔✔Violating the Code of Silence: - ✔✔will automatically disqualify the proposal and the
company could be further penalized in future RFP submittals
✔✔Design Team Members - ✔✔Owner
Architect
Professional Engineer
Consultant
✔✔Owner - ✔✔Defines requirements, provides approval @ each design phase
✔✔Architect - ✔✔Lead design professional, hired by the owner
✔✔Who usually hires professional engineers and consultants? - ✔✔Architect
, ✔✔Professional Engineer - ✔✔A licensed design professional, recognized by a state
or local authority, who focuses on the design of a specific system or requirement
(e.g., civil, structural, mechanical, electrical). Many members of an engineering firm are
ICT professionals who are supervised by a PE.
✔✔Consultant - ✔✔A design professional, recognized by an industry or industry
association, who
focuses on the design of a specific system or requirement that does not require a
PE designation.
✔✔Construction Team Members - ✔✔Construction Manager
Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR)
General Contractor
Contractors/ Subcontractor
✔✔Construction Manager - ✔✔Hired by Owner to assist in the management of a bid
✔✔Construction Managers can also be - ✔✔General Contractors
✔✔CMAR - ✔✔CM but acts as the consultant to the owner, or as GC during
construction
Usually the low bidder
✔✔General Contractor - ✔✔Hired by owner to complete work
✔✔Contractor/ Subcontractor - ✔✔Hired by owner or general contractor to complete a
portion of work
✔✔Design Phases - ✔✔Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Document
✔✔Schematic Design - ✔✔Prepared for the owner, includes sketches, graphics, logical
diagrams, general design criteria and cost estimates
✔✔Design Development - ✔✔After schematic designs approved by owner, design team
begins design development
Includes outline, specs, drawing and cost estimates
✔✔Formal reviews begin at what percentage of design development - ✔✔50 and 80
✔✔Construction Documents - ✔✔After owner approves DD, design team prepares
___________ __________, which are used to obtain pricing of required work
