CAPM (Process Groups)

Purpose of the Initiating Process Group

- Align the stakeholders' expectations and the project purpose - Inform stakeholders of the objectives - Discuss how their participation can help ensure their expectations are met

12 Project Management processes that belong to the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

- Control schedule - Validate scope - Control resources - Perform integrated change control - Monitor risks - Monitor and control project work - Control costs - Monitor communications - Monitor stakeholder engagement - Control scope - Control procurements - Control quality

Planning Process Groups consists of those processes that...

- Establish the total scope of the effort - Define and refine the objectives - Develop the course of action required to attain those objectives

10 Project Management Processes that belong to the Executing Process Group

- Manage stakeholder engagement - Develop team - Conduct procurements - Acquire resources - Implement risk responses - Direct and manage project work - Manage project knowledge - Manage team - Manage quality - Manage communications

24 Project Management Processes that belong to the Planning Process Group

- Plan risk responses - Create WBS - Identify risks - Plan cost management - Plan resource management - Perform qualitative risk analysis - Sequence activities - Plan stakeholder engagement - Plan quality management - Plan communications management - Estimate activity resources - Develop project management plan - Estimate activity durations - Perform quantitative risk analysis - Determine budget - Define scope - Plan scope management - Plan procurement management - Define activities - Plan risk management - Estimate costs - Plan schedule management - Collect requirements - Develop schedule

How many project management processes belong to the Closing Process Group?

1

How many project management processes belong to the Executing Process Group?

10

How many project management processes belong to the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

12

How many project management processes belong to the Planning Process Group?

24

What is the purpose of the Initiating Process Group?

Align the stakeholders' expectations and the project purpose, inform stakeholders of the scope and objectives, and discuss how their participation in the project and its associated phases can help to ensure their expectations are met

The project management plan and project documents are considered...

Baselines

Which of the following project management processes belongs to the Closing Process Group?

Close project or phase

As a project manager, which of the following is your responsibility as part of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Continuously monitor the work being completed

Tasks that the Executing Process Group consists of:

Coordinating resources, managing stakeholder engagement, integrating and performing the activities of the project

The key benefit of the Planning Process Group is that it...

Defines the course of action to successfully complete the project or phase

What is the key benefit of the Planning Process group?

Defines the course of action to successfully complete the project or phase

What two project management processes belong to the Initiating Process Group?

Develop Project Charter and Identify Stakeholders

What does the Develop Project Charter process entail?

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

Which of the following project management processes does NOT belong to the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Direct and Manage Project Work

Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the Planning Process Group?

Identify Stakeholders

What is the key benefit of the Closing Process Group?

Phases, projects, and contracts are closed out appropriately

Eliminate Activity Resources

Process of eliminating team resources and the types and quantities of materials, supplies, equipment necessary to perform the work

Ongoing refinement of the project management plan is called...

Progressive elaboration or rolling wave planning, indicating that planning and documentation are iterative activities

What is the key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Project performance is measured and analyzed at regular intervals, appropriate events, or when exception conditions occur in order to identify and correct variances from the project management plan.

As the project manager, which of the following is NOT your responsibility as part of this Process Group?

Sign off on all legal agreements and documents

Plan Procurement Management

The process of documenting project procurement decisions, specifying the approach, and identifying potential sellers.

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

The process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives.

Initiating Process Group

The process(es) performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase

The Planning Process Group contains which of the following?

The project management processes that occur when the project is being organized and prepared

The Initiating Process Group contains which of the following?

The project management processes that occur when the project is started

What is the key benefit of the Executing Process Group?

The work needed to meet the project requirements and objectives is performed according to plan

Project Charter

This document acts as the starting point of the project and guides the management of the rest of the project

Executing Process Group

Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications.

Closing Process Group

Those processes performed to formally complete or close a project, phase, or contract

Planning Process Group

Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.

Monitoring and Controlling Process Group

Those processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.

As the project manager, which of the following is NOT your responsibility as part of the Closing Process Group?

Transition resources to their next assignments

Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the Executing Process Group?

Validate scope