All of the statements about the project life cycle are true except which of the following:

The project life cycle consists of five distinct phases

The project life cycle is different for every organization

The project life cycle works with the project management life cycle to help meet project objectives

The project life cycle can be modified depending on the needs of the project

b. A Means to gain benefits and control of related projects

a. An initiative set up by management.

c. A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way

The project team has been arguing about what should go into the project management plan. They've built the same product over a hundred times before and have always been bothered that the project management plan never seemed to get completed. They were determined to get it done right this time. The team has come to you for advice regarding the project management plan. The most appropriate response you can give them is:

The ‘project’ is really operations

Use project phase concepts ; initiate, plan, execute, monitor & control, and close

They need training in project management

Tell them to take direction from the PMO

You are just initiating a project for your organization. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the Initiating process?

Stakeholder influence is high while costs are low

Risk is low but stakeholder influence is high

Staffing level is high while chance of success is low

Risk is high but the chances of success are also high

Which of the following is NOT a process in the Project Integration Management process group?

Monitor and Control Project work

The Planning process group touches all ten of the key knowledge areas in that planning has to occur in each of these areas. Which of the following is not part of the planning process?

Develop the project management plan

One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities between projects in a company?

c. The project management office (PMO)

What is the key output of the Direct and Manage Project Work Process?

Enterprise environmental factors

The difference between a project, program and portfolio is:

c. A Project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of related projects and a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific strategic objective.

a. A project is temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program may include other non project work, and portfolio is all the projects in given department or division.

b. A project is a lengthy endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program combines two or more unrelated projects, and a portfolio combines two or more programs.

d. A project is a contracted endeavor with a beginning and end, a portfolio is a group of projects with more open-minded completion dates, and a program combines two or more portfolios

As a senior project manager, they bring you into the meeting on a consultative basis to help them get their hands around what value the PMO brings the organization. All of the following answers are correct except:

The PMO serves as a disciplinary organization for project managers

The PMO helps the organization align its projects around strategic organizational objectives

The PMO provides the organization with project management standards, methods, and procedures

The PMO helps to mentor and train project managers within the organization

To obtain support for the project throughout the performing organizations, it's best if the project manager:

b. Correlates the need for the project to the organizations strategic plan.

a. Ensures there is a communications management plan

c. Connects the project to the personal objectives of the sponsor

d. Ensures that the management plan includes the management of team members

All the following happen in the Initiating process with the exception of:

Identify processes and standards

What is true about change requests that result in corrective or preventive actions?

They do not usually affect project baselines

They result in changes to scope

They result in changes to the project plan

They significantly increase risk

A Company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the best way to accomplish this?

a. Create Project management plans

There are many reasons for creating a lesson learned document in a project. All of the following represent reasons why you would create a lessons learned document with the exception of:

Creates an archive to advise future project teams about types of projects and resources they should avoid when initiating similar projects

Serves as a historical record for what worked and what did not work in your project so that future project teams can make use of the information

Used as a phase-end review tool so the team can implement incremental process improvement activities for the subsequent phases

The previous project manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is lack of management control and no clarity defined project deliverables. Which of the following would be best choice for getting your project better organized?

a. Adopt a life cycle approach to the project

b. Develop lessons learned for each phase

c. Develop specific work plans for each work package

d. Develop a description of the product of the product

Which of the following actions does NOT occur in the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

Staff, train, and manage project team members assigned to the project

Adapt approved changes into the project's plans

Collect and document lessons learned

Determine the project life cycle for the project

You are a project manager in an organization with a strong PMO. One of the newly hired project managers told you that he has been a PMP® since 1998. While perusing the PMI website looking for some standards documentation, you happen to do a lookup on this person and find out that they are not in the PMI repository of PMP®s in good standing. What do you do?

Call law enforcement and report the individual

Report the individual to his senior manager

Report the individual to the PMO

What is the difference between a configuration management system and a change control system?

The change control system feeds into the configuration management system and is part of the configuration management system

The configuration management system is part of the PMIS - the change control system is not

The change control system is part of the key PMIS - the configuration management system is not

Both the change control system and a configuration management system are organizational process assets

Two junior project managers who are working on the same project are having a heated discussion(an argument) on the difference between the project management life cycle and the project life cycle. The first project manager is saying there is essentially no difference between the two while the second project manager is saying that there is a significant difference between the two. While this debate is occurring, a senior vice president from your division interrupts the two and asks them the following question: 'When the project is completed what is the expected lifetime of the deliverable?' Essentially, what is the vice president asking them?

He is asking about the status of the product

He is asking about the status of the project life cycle

He is asking about the status of the project management life cycle

He is trying to determine if they understand life cycle costing

All of the following reasons elaborate why is it important for the project manager to consider stakeholder influence on a project, except for which of the following?

All the stakeholders control your budget

The negatively impacted stakeholder can create significant road blocks for your project

Stakeholders may supply technical expertise or resources to your project

Stakeholders provide many of the key requirements that need to be fulfilled for the successful completion of the project

The project management plan is complete and is ready to be baselined. However, a key stakeholder just discovered a critical omission and requests an adjustment to the PM plan. What should you do next as the project manager?

Consult the change control board

Inform the stakeholder that this constitutes scope creep and refuse to make the change

Which of the following is not a project?

Pilot aircraft for a United flight.

Running an election campaign for a political candidate.

Building a bridge over a river.

Writing a book on Project Management

The portfolio manager from your division thought it might be helpful to the project teams if she delivered a short presentation on the elements in her portfolio. A number of team members, after receiving the e-mail announcement for the presentation, come to you and ask if this meeting is worth their time. After all isn't a portfolio just a big project? As a Senior Project manager your best response would be:

Not really. A portfolio can be a group of programs, projects, or sub-projects designed to help the organization meet specific business goals

You're right. The meeting probably would be a waste of your time

Not really. A portfolio is a group of related projects managed together to achieve synergies between the projects and establish common methods and procedures.

Which process formally authorizes the project?

Develop preliminary project statement

A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a project charter. What is the best description of the real problem?

They are working on a process and not a project

They have not identified the project objectives

They have not identified the product of the project

Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as “Projects” and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from US $100 to US $150000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?

Because each individual order is a “Temporary endeavor”, each order is a project.

This is program management since there are multiple projects involved.

Orders incurring revenue over $10000 would be considered projects and would involve project management

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Lessons learned are best completed by:

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