Answers.
Plan Schedule Management (Process 2)
Project Schedule Management (KA) - ANS
What are the Outputs of the 'Define Scope'? - ANS Process 4, Planning, Project Scope
Management (KA)
How many processes in Project Integration Management knowledge area? - ANS Seven
What are the seven processes of the Project Integration Management knowledge area? -
ANS 1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop Project Management Plan
3. Direct and Manage Project Work
4. Manage Project Knowledge
5. Monitor and Control Project Work
6. Perform Integrated Change Control
7. Close Project or Phase.
Develop Project Charter - ANS The process of developing a document that formally
authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority
to apply organizational resources to project activities.
Develop Project Charter
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 1, Initiating
Develop Project Management Plan - ANS The process of defining, preparing, and
coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive project
management plan.
Develop Project Management Plan
,Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 2, Planning
Direct and Manage Project Work - ANS The process of leading and performing the work
defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve
the project's objectives.
Direct and Manage Project Work
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 3, Executing
Manage Project Knowledge - ANS The process of using existing knowledge and creating
new knowledge to achieve the project's objectives and contribute to organizational
learning.
Manage Project Knowledge
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 4, Executing
Monitor and Control Project Work - ANS The process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting
the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan.
Monitor and Control Project Work
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 5, M&C
Perform Integrated Change Control - ANS The process of reviewing all change requests;
approving changes and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process
assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating their
disposition.
Perform Integrated Change Control
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 6, M&C
Close Project or Phase - ANS The process of finalizing all activities for the project, phase,
or contract.
,Close Project or Phase
Knowledge Area, Process #, Focus Group - ANS Project Integration Management,
Process 7, Closing
(True or False) Project Integration Management is specific to project managers. - ANS
True. The accountability of Project Integration Management cannot be delegated or
transferred.
Who is ultimately responsible for the project as a whole? - ANS The project manager.
In iterative and agile environments, who determines how plans and components should
integrate? - ANS Team members
What are the key benefits of developing the project charter? - ANS It provides a direct link
between the project and the strategic objectives of the organization, creates a formal
record of the project, and shows the organizational commitment to the project.
What is the focus of Project Integration Management (KA)? - ANS This area has more of a
focus on the alignments of the benefits, management, and project life cycle.
(True or False) Team members usually are generalists, rather than specialists. - ANS
True.
What are the inputs of the 'Develop Project Charter'? - ANS 1. Business Documents
-Business Case
-Benefits management plan
2. Agreements
3. Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEFs)
4. Organizational Process Assets (OPAs
What are the tools and techniques of the 'Develop Project Charter'? - ANS 1. Expert
judgment
2.Data gathering
-Brainstorming
, -Focus Groups
-Interviews
3. Interpersonal and team skills
-Conflict management
-Facilitation
-Meeting management
4. Meetings
What are the outputs of 'Develop Project Charter'? - ANS 1. Project Charter
2. Assumption Log
What document formally initiates the project? - ANS An approved project charter
When is the best time to assign a project manager? - ANS A project manager is identified
and assigned as early in the project as feasible, preferably while the project charter is
being developed and ALWAYS prior to the start of the planning.
Who develops the project charter? - ANS The project charter can be developed by the
sponsor or the project manager in collaboration with the initiating entity.
What authority does the project charter provide the project manager? - ANS With the
project charter, the project manager is provided the authority to plan, execute, and control
the project.
(True or False) A project charter is a contract. - ANS False. A project charter is not
considered to be a contract because there is no consideration or money promised or
exchanged in its creation.
What is the document most commonly used to create the project charter? - ANS The
approved business case. This business document most commonly used to create the
project charter.
Business case - ANS The business case describes the necessary information from a
business standpoint to determine whether the expected outcomes of the project justify the
required investment. This is a cost-benefit analysis for go on a project.