Closing a project phase should not be delayed until project completion because______________.
A. Useful information may be lost B. The project manager may be reassigned C. Project team members may be reassigned by that time D. Sellers are anxious for payments
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
Closure includes collecting project records, ensuring that the records accurately reflect final specifications, analyzing project or phase success and effectiveness, and archiving such information for future use. Each phase of the project should be properly closed
while important project information is still available.
Ideally, a project manager should be selected and assigned at which point in the project life cycle?
A. During the initiating processes B. During the project planning process C. At the end of the concept phase of the project life cycle D. Prior to the beginning of the development phase of the project life cycle
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
When the project manager is selected and assigned to the project during initiation, several of the usual start-up tasks for a project are simplified. In addition, becoming involved with project activities from the beginning helps the project manager to understand
where the project fits within the organization in terms of its priority relative to other projects and the ongoing work of the organization.
Working on your project management training curricula project, you decided it would be beneficial to you to become an active member of the Project Management Institute as part of the objectives of your project is to ensure it is aligned with PMIs best practices.
To complement PMIs Work
Breakdown Structure Practice Standard, you learned PMI was requesting volunteers to participate in development of a similar standard on the Scope Statement. You volunteered, and now the Standard is issued. This is an example of:
A. Improving your own competency as a project manager B. Corrective action C. Preventive action D. A requirement for you to immediately update your project management plan
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
When you volunteered, you signed a confidentiality statement so you could not disclose what was under way on this activity. Now the Standard has been issued, and to stay in alignment with PMIs best practices, you need to issue a change request based on
corrective action to realign the performance of the work of your project with your project management plan.
You are responsible for a project management training curriculum that is offered throughout the organization. In this situation, your intangible deliverables are______________.
A. Employees who can apply the training effectively B. Training materials for each course C. Certificates of completion for everyone who completes the program D. The training curriculum as advertised in your catalog
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
Most deliverables are tangible, such as buildings or roads, but intangible deliverables also can be provided. Work performance data are collected during direct and manage project work and is passed on to the controlling processes of each process area for further
analysis.
When closing a project, it is a best practice to______________.
A. Update the project documents B. Prepare a sustainment plan for the project's benefits C. Measure product scope against the project management plan D. Review the scope baseline
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
In closing the project, it is necessary to ensure that the project work is completed, and the project has met its objectives. Since project scope is measured against the project management plan, the project manager then reviews the scope baseline to ensure
completion.
PMI, PMBOK Guide, 2013, 101
You are managing a project to introduce a new product to the marketplace that is expected to have a very long life. In this situation, the concept of being temporary, which is part of the definition of a project,______________.
A. Does not apply because the project will have a lasting result B. Does not apply to the product to be created C. Recognizes that the project team will outlive the actual project D. Does not apply because the project will not be short in duration
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
A project is completed when its objectives have been achieved or when they are recognized as being unachievable and the project is terminated. In this case, the end will occur when the product is finished. Thus, the concept of temporary applies to the project life
cycle______________ not the product life cycle.
You want to minimize the impact of changes on your project, yet you want to ensure that change is managed when and if it occurs. This can be done through each of the following ways EXCEPT______________.
A. Rejecting requested changes B. Approving changes and incorporating them into a revised baseline C. Documenting the complete impact of requested changes D. Ensuring that project scope changes are reflected in changes to product scope
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Integrated change control requires maintaining the integrity of baselines by releasing only approved changes into project products, services, or results. It also ensures that changes to product scope are reflected in the project scope definition. This is done by
coordinating changes across the entire project.
Because your project is slated to last five years, you believe rolling wave planning is appropriate.
It provides information about the work to be done______________.
A. Throughout all project phases B. For successful completion of the current project phase C. For successful completion of the current and subsequent project phases D. In the next project phase
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation:
Rolling wave planning provides progressive detailing of the work to be accomplished throughout the life of the project, indicating that planning and documentation are iterative and ongoing processes.
You are project manager for a systems integration effort and need to procure the hardware components from external sources. Your subcontracts administrator has told you to prepare a product description, which is referenced in a______________.
A. Project statement of work B. Contract scope statement C. Request for proposal D. Contract
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
Project statement of work
The project statement of work describes in a narrative form the products, services, or results that the project will deliver. It references the product scope description as well as the business needs and the strategic plan.
