Project Integration Management Quiz

What is a recommended method for controlling change within a project?

• Have only the project manager able to initiate change.

• Have each change approved or rejected through a formal change control process

• Allow each project member ultimate control of changes within their part of the project without a review process

• Freeze scope and allow absolutely no changes

Answer explanation

The change control procedure varies from project to project. However, every change request must be processed through a formal change control process.

A project manager calls you in as a consultant to provide input on developing the Project Charter. According to the PMBOK, your contribution to the project could best be termed as:

• Professional Consultant

• Expert Judgment

• Charter Consultant

• Expert Consultancy

Answer explanation

Expert Judgment is judgment provided, based on expertise in an application area, a knowledge area, a discipline, an industry, etc. Expert Judgment is available from many sources including consultants.

Which process is concerned with providing forecasts to update current cost information?

• Monitor and Control Project Work

• Project Management Information System

• Close Project or Phase

• Direct and Manage Project Work

Answer explanation

During the Monitor and Control Project Work process, work performance data is gathered and passed to the controlling processes. The Monitor and Control Project Work process is responsible for keeping track of the all project's measures, including cost.

Which of the following would not be considered an Enterprise Environmental Factor during the Develop Project Charter process?

• Scope Statement

• Organizational infrastructure

• Governmental standards

• Marketplace conditions

Answer explanation

The scope statement is clearly not an enterprise environmental factor, whereas the other three choices—governmental standards, organizational infrastructure, and marketplace conditions—are enterprise environmental factors.

The Close Project or Phase process is not performed when:

• Cancelling projects

• Closing projects

• Closing project phases

• Reactivating projects

Answer explanation

The Close Project or Phase process allows the project manager to close or finish a specific phase of the project.

Which of these tools and techniques is common to all seven Project Integration Management processes?

• Meetings

• Data analysis

• Data gathering

• Expert Judgment

Answer explanation

All seven processes of Project Integration Management use Expert Judgment as a tool and technique.

You are beginning a new project. When should you use the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

• Throughout the entire project

• Only when closing out the project

• Only after the project is completely funded

• Only after the project scope is clearly defined

Answer explanation

Changes can occur in the project at any time. The Perform Integrated Change Control process is valuable for managing and tracking those changes.

The project management team has determined that there are some changes to the scope of the project. According to the PMBOK, who is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and approving documented changes to the project?

• Change Control Board (CCB)

• Change Configuration Board (CCB)

• Scope Control Board (SCB)

• Configuration Control Board (CCB)

Answer explanation

The Change Control Board is a group of formally constituted stakeholders responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying or rejecting changes to the project.

What is the difference between the Monitor and Control Project Work process and the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

• The Monitor and Control Project Work and the Direct and Manage Project Work processes are the same.

• The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the project performance while the Direct and Manage Project Work process is concerned with performing the activities to accomplish project requirements.

• The Monitor and Control Project Work process is a sub-process of the Direct and Manage Project Work process.

• There is no such thing as the Monitor and Control Project Work process.

Answer explanation

The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the other project processes including the Direct and Manage Project Work process, while the Direct and Manage Project Work Process completes the project scope.

You are a consulting project manager and an investment bank has a contract with you to run a large information technology project that is expected to last 15 months. During the Direct and Manage Project Work process, you discover that several regulatory requirements were addressed in the project management plan but missed from the scope statement. Failure to meet these requirements could result in legal action against the company. However, implementing the technology to comply with these regulations could exceed the budget and scope of the project and result in the cancellation of the project. What should you do?

• Do not do anything as these requirements are not a part of the scope

  baseline.

• Request additional funds to implement these requirements.

• Submit a change request to incorporate the missed requirements in the

  project's scope.

• This is a classic example of scope creep and such requirements must be

  ignored.

Answer explanation

All regulatory requirements must be met. Doing nothing or considering this a scope creep are not valid options. You would have to request additional funds, but first you need to submit a change request for approval. A change request can be submitted as a part of the Direct and Manage Project Work process.