Vocab
Expertise may be provided by any group or person with specialized education, knowledge, skill, experience or training.
Expert Judgement
A mutually binding agreement, a mutual exchange of benefits and detriments.
Contract
A document that provides the necessary information from a business standpoint, demonstrates the value of the project.
Business Case
Deters Overspending, having a budget for the project.
Cost Performance Baseline
Includes the product scope description and the project deliverable, and it also defines the product user acceptance criteria.
Project Scope Statement
Brick masons, plumbers, painters and electricians for the project are all an example of
Human Resources
First time meeting a group of people and everyone is shy and quiet, what example of the group development stage is this?
Forming
When everyone is arguing and cannot agree on one thing, complete kaos, is an example of?
Storming
Creating a float for a homecoming parade is an example of.
Performing
What are the four core functions of PM?
Cost, time, scope and quality
A model used to compare actual project process with an expected timeline.
Scope Baseline
Examples may include policies and procedures, templates and general guidelines.
Organizational Process Assets
Marketplace conditions, may include inside or outside of the organization (external & internal)
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Allows the project manager and team members to determine if project becomes "off track" in terms of time.
Master blueprint of the project, provides a quick overview of the project
Project Management Plan
Involves summary milestones and summary budgets
Project Charter
Areas to include in a SOW (statement of work) objectives, scope, key assumptions and acceptance
Project Statement of Work
Anything where the person answering the question has to elaborate more and not use one worded answers
Give an example of a closed ended question
Anything with a one word answer, for example Yes or No.
5 process stages of PM are.
Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing
4 facilitating functions of PM are.
Human resources, communication, risk and procurement
What is the last stage in the 5 process stages of PM
Closing
What is the first stage of the 5 process stages of PM
Initiating
If you are carrying out and completing the work as defined in the project management plan, what process stage is taking place?
Executing
Trying new varieties of something to see which one produces the best taste is an example of which of the four core functions?
Quality