A project manager has received some help from the team, and she needs help from them again so that she can create a detailed project budget. Which project management process group is she in?

• Initiating

• Before the project management process

• Planning

• Executing

The project charter is created in which project management process group?

• Executing

• Planning

• Closing

• Initiating

The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The next thing to do is to:

• Determine communications requirements.

• Identify risks.

• Begin iterations.

• Create a bar (Gantt) chart.

A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:

• Project budget

• Work breakdown structure

• Project management plan

• Detailed risk assessment

The person who should be in control of the project during project planning is the:

• Project manager

• Team member

• Functional manager

• Sponsor

Which of the following is not an input to the initiating process group?

• Company processes

• Company culture

• Historical WBSs

• Project scope statement

The project sponsor has just signed the project charter. What is the next thing to do?

• Begin to complete work packages.

• Validate scope.

• Start integrated change control.

• Start to create management plans.

The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?

• Initiating

• Planning

• Executing

• Monitoring and controlling

The WBS and WBS dictionary have been completed, and the project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of S100,000 and is taking place in three countries using 14 human resources. There is little risk expected for the project, and the project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is the next thing to do?

• Understand the experience of the sponsor on similar projects.

• Create an activity list.

• Make sure the project scope is defined.

• Complete risk management and issue the responsibility assignment matrix.

A project manager does not have much time to spend on planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He, therefore, wants to move through planning as effectively as possible. What advice would you offer?

• Make sure you have a signed project charter and then start the WBS.

• Create an activity list before creating a network diagram.

• Document all the known risks before you document the high-level assumptions

• Finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics.