Chapter 4

assignment

1. Which of the following processes is included in Project Integration

Management?

- Develop project management plan.

2. All of the following are characteristics of the project charter EXCEPT:

- It is used primarily to request bids for a project or a specific phase of a

project.

3. All of the following are characteristics of the Project Management Information

System (PMIS) EXCEPT:

- It is used by the project manager and the project management team

primarily to generate presentations to key stakeholders.

4. Which of the following is NOT true about tools and techniques of Perform
Integrated Change Control?

- They include project plan updates.

5. You are managing a $10 million project. Which of the following is an

acceptable cause for “re-base lining” this project?

- The client has approved an addition to the scope of the project with a
$150,000 budget increase and a two-week extension of the scheduled
completion

6. Configuration management is focused on:

- The specification of both the deliverables and the processes, while change
control is focused on identifying, documenting, and approving or rejecting
changes to the project documents, deliverables, or baselines.
7. A change control board (CCB) is:
- A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving,
delaying, or rejecting changes to the project, and for recording and
communicating such decisions.

8. Some of the configuration management activities included in the Perform

Integrated Change Control process include all of the following activities
EXCEPT:

- Monitoring changes in resource-levelling heuristics to ensure efficient

resource utilization throughout the life cycle of the project.

9. Actions and activities necessary to transfer the project's products, services,

or results to the next phase or to production and/or operations are
addressed:

- As part of the Close Project or Phase process.

10. Outputs of the Monitor and Control Project Work process include all of the
following EXCEPT:

- Final product, service, or result transition.

11. All of the following are inputs to Manage Project Knowledge EXCEPT:

- Knowledge management.

12. All of the following are Knowledge Management tools and techniques
EXCEPT:

- Regression analysis

13. Lessons learned documentation generally includes all of the following

EXCEPT:

- Other types of lessons learned about communications management.

 Lab 4.1

Read each components in Lab 4.1, and mark whether it is included or not in a
project charter.

1. High-level project risk

- True

2. Key stakeholder list

- True

3. Stakeholder engagement strategy

- False

4. Project manager responsibility and authority level

- True

5. Detailed project schedule

- False

6. Pre-assigned resources
- True

7. Project sponsor name and authority

- True

8. Cost Baseline
- False

9. Project Management Plan

- False

10.Milestone Schedule

- True
 Lab 4.2
Read each statement in Lab 4.2 and mark whether it is true or false

1. Project management plan is a collection of subsidiary plans and baselines.

- True

2. Project manager should develop the project management plan, without any
inputs from the stakeholders because they often provide conflicting
requirements.
- False

3. Project management plan need not to be elaborate, it can be very brief and at
summary level.
- True

4. An approved project management plan is NOT subject to changes.

- False

5. The objective of a project management plan is to define the approach to be

used by the Project team to deliver the intended project management scope
of the project.
- True

6. The plan should be agreed and approved by at least the project team and its
key stakeholders.
- True

7. The plan should be agreed and approved by at least the project team and its
key stakeholders.
- True

8. The project management plan content should not vary depending upon the
application area and complexity of the project.
- Flase

9. A project management plan is the planning document, capturing the entire

project end-to-end, covering all project phases, from initiation through
planning, execution and closure.

- True

10. The Project Management Plan is the single resource that contains links to all
other Project Management documents
- True

Lab 4.5
mark whether it a example or not for administrative closure criteria

1. Confirming the delivery and formal acceptance of deliverables by the

customer .

- True

2. mark whether it a example or not for administrative closure criteria

- true

3. Confirming the formal acceptance of the seller’s work

- True

4. Finalizing open claims

- True

5. Updating records to reflect final results

- True

6. Reallocating project facilities, equipment, and other resources

- True

7. Collect project or phase records

- True

8. Identify lessons learned

- True

9. Archive project information for future use by the organization

- True

10.Audit project success or failure

- True
Interactive contact

1. Project Charter does not includes Cost Baseline

⁃ true
2. Project Charter includes High-level project risk
⁃ true
3. Project Charter includes Key stakeholder list
⁃ true

4. Project Charter includes Project manger responsibility and authority

level
⁃ True
5. A project management plan is the planning document, capturing the
entire project end-to-end, covering all project phases, from initiation
through planning, execution and closure.
⁃ True

6. An approved project management plan is subject to changes.

⁃ True

7. Project management plan is a collection of subsidiary plans and

baselines.
⁃ true

8. Project manager should develop the project management plan,

without any inputs from the stakeholders because they often provide
conflicting requirements
⁃ False

9. Project manager should present the project management plan to the

relevant stakeholders according to applicable policies and procedures in
order to obtain approval to proceed with project execution.
⁃ True

10. The Project Management Plan is the single resource that contains
links to all other Project Management documents
⁃ True

11. The objective of a project management plan is to define the

approach to be used by the Project team to deliver the intended project
management scope of the project.
⁃ true

12. The plan should be agreed and approved by at least the project
team and its key stakeholders.
⁃ True
13. The project management plan content should not vary depending
upon the application area and complexity of the project
⁃ False

14. The project management plan content should not vary depending
upon the application area and complexity of the project.
⁃ False

15. What are the two processes from the initiating process group
- Develop Project Charter
- Identify Stakeholders

16. Which process is not part of Project Integration Managment

Knowledge area?

- Plan Scope Management

17. Which document gives the authority to project manager to use

organizational resources to plan and execute the project.

- Project Charter

17. A group of executives, subject matter experts, stakeholders, and

managers that convene to ask questions about a potential project, its
value, and likelihood of success to determine which projects should be
initiated is called what?

- A Change Control Board

18. You are the Project Manager for your organization, and you're
working with the project team to define the change control system. You
want to capture the correct information when changes are presented and
analyzed for your project. Which one of the following must be completed
for each change that is proposed for a project?
- The change must be reviewed for any associated risks.

19. Eric is the project manager for his organization and he's been
working on drafting the project charter. In this case, Eric needs to define
who will issue the project charter since he's the person writing it. Who
issues the project charter?
- The project sponsor

20. You are the project manager for your organization and you are
working with Scott, the project sponsor, to define the characteristics of a
project. Scott is confused about the constraints, assumptions, need for a
project, and the duration of new projects. To help Scott, you could say
that customer demands, changes to the marketplace, and opportunity are
all examples of what?
- Reasons for project initiation

21. Techniques used to collect data and information from a variety of

sources.when developing a Project Charter are all except

- Survey

22. Skills used to effectively lead and interact with team members and
other stakeholders when developing a Project Charter are all the following
except
- Questionnaires and surveys

23. A project document used to record all assumptions and constraints

throughout the project
- Assumptions Log

24. The main input to develop a Project Management Plan is

- Project Charter

25. In which of the following project management process groups does

the project manager document, finalize, and submit the lessons learned?
- Closing

26. The Monitor and Control Project Work process is contained in which
of the following knowledge areas?
- Project Integration Management

27. You are advised by another project manager that the best way to
speed up an early phase of a project is to skip the Monitoring and
Controlling process group. When asked if you should follow this advice,
what is the best response?

- No; every process group serves a distinct purpose in each phase. Not
completing the process within the Monitoring and Controlling process
group puts the project in serious risk.

28. The project team members have questioned the project manager as
to the ultimate purpose of the project charter. Which of the following best
defines the purpose of the project charter

- To formally authorize a project or phase