IT Project Management Chapter 3
The project stakeholder management knowledge area maps to which process group by identifying stakeholders?
initiating
What process group does the project integration management knowledge area map to through the activities of developing project charters?
initiating
What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management?
planning
What process provides enterprise environmental factors as an output?
project human resource management
What tool provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance?
work breakdown structure
What important Scrum artifact is used to graphically display progress on each sprint during the monitoring and controlling process?
burndown chart
Administrative activities, such as archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project, are often involved in which processes?
closing
Which process involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and bringing the project, or project phase, to an orderly end?
closing
The project scope management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control?
monitoring and controlling
Which project would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?
Projects that have more flexible scheduling
Which planning process is associated with project scope management?
Collecting requirements
Which activity is a part of the Scrum planning process?
Creating sprint backlog
Which planning process is within the Project Scope Management knowledge area?
Creation of a WBS
Which are outputs of the executing process of project integration management?
Deliverables
Which is an example of a pre-initiation task?
Developing a business case for a project
What processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase?
Initiating
Which is true about the agile method?
It uses several iterations or deliveries of software instead of waiting until the end of the project to provide a product.
Which process includes measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan?
Monitoring and controlling
What processes include devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization's needs?
Planning
. Which framework is an iterative software development process that focuses on team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members?
Rational Unified Process
The project management plan is the output of which project planning process?
integration management
What is one of the main outputs of the initiation process?
developing the project charter
Which processes include acquiring and developing the project team, performing quality assurance, distributing information, managing stakeholder expectations, and conducting procurements?
executing
What is the main purpose of project plans?
guide project execution
The organization recognizes that a new project exists and completes a project charter during which processes for a new project?
initiating
. The project cost management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination?
planning
An organizational process assets update is the output of which closing process?
project integration management
What is developed in the Project Integration Management knowledge area?
project management plan
In the Scrum method, during which meeting is the improvement of the product and process discussed?
sprint retrospective
A _____ is usually not necessary to the Scrum method, because Scrum implies that team members work as a self-directed group.
team charter
Reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track, is a common part of which process?
monitoring and controlling
