Chapter 3 Quiz

Which are outputs of the executing process of project integration management?

Deliverables

What process group does the project integration management knowledge area map to through the activities of developing project charters?

Initiating

What processes include defining and authorizing a project or project phase?

Initiation

The project management plan is the output of which project planning process?

Integration management

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.

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 & controlling

What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management?

Planning

An organizational process assets update is the output of which closing process?

Project integration management

Which project would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?

Projects that have more flexible scheduling

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

Which activity is a part of the Scrum planning process?

Creating sprint backlog

True or False? Key outcomes of the executing process group are formal acceptance of the work and creation of closing documents.

False

True or False? Project initiation involves taking the actions necessary to ensure that activities in the project plan are completed.

False

True or False? The kick-off meeting is always held before the business case and project charter are completed.

False

True or False? The pre-initiation phase of a project using the Scrum method does not involve project charters, stakeholder management strategy, and kick-off meetings.

False

True or False? The two main items for monitoring and controlling in the Scrum framework are the daily Scrum and the sprint retrospectives.

False

True or False? A sprint review is a meeting in which the team demonstrates to the product owner what it has completed during the sprint.

True

True or False? Identifying the project sponsor is a pre-initiation task.

True

True or False? In the Scrum method, team members work as a self-directed group coached by the ScrumMaster.

True

True or False? Kick-off meeting agendas are usually recorded in a Word document.

True

True or False? Monitoring and controlling processes overlap all of the other project management process groups.

True

True or False? The DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) methodology of the Six Sigma projects, is used to improve an existing business process.

True

True or False? The executing process group generally requires the most resources.

True

True or False? The level of activity and length of each process group varies for every project.

True

What important Scrum artifact is used to graphically display progress on each sprint during the monitoring and controlling process?

Burndown chart

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

True or False? Decisions and actions taken in one knowledge area at a certain time rarely affect other knowledge areas.

False

True or False? Initiating and closing tasks are usually the longest and require the most amount of resources and time.

False

True or False? Initiating processes are not required to end a project.

False

Which planning process is within the Project Scope Management knowledge area?

Schedule development

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

The project schedule management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activity of schedule control?

Monitoring and controlling

Which process includes measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective action to match progress with the plan?

Monitoring and controlling