APM PMQ - Planning Risk & Quality
Define planning: - correct answer ✔What is to be delivered, how much it will
cost, when it will be delivered, how it will be delivered and who will carry it out.
What are the benefits of planning? - correct answer ✔Disciplined approach
(avoids missing things out)
Anticipates problems
Concentrates attention
Provides a basis for monitoring and control
Improves understanding - clarifies real issues
Builds commitment in the team through involvement
Improves confidence
Establishes achievable targets and milestones
Identifies resources required
Establishes responsibilities.
What is in the project definition? When is it produced? - correct answer
✔BOSCARD
Background
Objectives (smart)
Scope (What's in and out baselined)
Constraints (Triple Constraint)
Assumptions (Document guesswork)
Risks
Deliverables
,Produced following an endorsed business case in the definition phase.
What's the difference between project scheduling and project planning? What
does project scheduling comprise? - correct answer ✔Scheduling is
effectively everything leading up to the production of the Gaant chart.
It comprises:
- Scope planning and definition
- Creation of work breakdown structure
- Activity Sequencing
- Activity duration estimating
- Schedule development (Gaant).
The steps in project scheduling can be defined as: - correct answer ✔IDEAP
1. Identify activities
2. Define logic
3. Estimate durations
4. Analyse network
5. Present schedule
What does project planning comprise that's not covered in project scheduling?
- correct answer ✔Cost budgeting
Cost estimating
Risk considerations
Quality considerations
Safety considerations
, Procurement considerations
(All likely to be considered iteratively)
And the overall project management plan.
Define project management plan - correct answer ✔The output of the
definition phase of a project
In the project management plan we ask
Why...
What...
How...
How much...
Who...
When...
Where... - correct answer ✔Why - An expansion of the projects background
from business case
What - Scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria,
How - Strategy for how project run, managed, monitored and controlled
How much - Budget and cost management
Who - Resources, OBS, RACI/RAM
When - Milestones, lifecycle
Where - Where resources located e.g. offices.
Define planning: - correct answer ✔What is to be delivered, how much it will
cost, when it will be delivered, how it will be delivered and who will carry it out.
What are the benefits of planning? - correct answer ✔Disciplined approach
(avoids missing things out)
Anticipates problems
Concentrates attention
Provides a basis for monitoring and control
Improves understanding - clarifies real issues
Builds commitment in the team through involvement
Improves confidence
Establishes achievable targets and milestones
Identifies resources required
Establishes responsibilities.
What is in the project definition? When is it produced? - correct answer
✔BOSCARD
Background
Objectives (smart)
Scope (What's in and out baselined)
Constraints (Triple Constraint)
Assumptions (Document guesswork)
Risks
Deliverables
,Produced following an endorsed business case in the definition phase.
What's the difference between project scheduling and project planning? What
does project scheduling comprise? - correct answer ✔Scheduling is
effectively everything leading up to the production of the Gaant chart.
It comprises:
- Scope planning and definition
- Creation of work breakdown structure
- Activity Sequencing
- Activity duration estimating
- Schedule development (Gaant).
The steps in project scheduling can be defined as: - correct answer ✔IDEAP
1. Identify activities
2. Define logic
3. Estimate durations
4. Analyse network
5. Present schedule
What does project planning comprise that's not covered in project scheduling?
- correct answer ✔Cost budgeting
Cost estimating
Risk considerations
Quality considerations
Safety considerations
, Procurement considerations
(All likely to be considered iteratively)
And the overall project management plan.
Define project management plan - correct answer ✔The output of the
definition phase of a project
In the project management plan we ask
Why...
What...
How...
How much...
Who...
When...
Where... - correct answer ✔Why - An expansion of the projects background
from business case
What - Scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria,
How - Strategy for how project run, managed, monitored and controlled
How much - Budget and cost management
Who - Resources, OBS, RACI/RAM
When - Milestones, lifecycle
Where - Where resources located e.g. offices.
