CAPM_Integration

The project manager has received a change request from the project sponsor to reduce the budget by 20%. After the project manager has reviewed the change, he decides that the only way this can be done is by removing a part of the project that was not completed yet. Who needs to approve this change?

• Project Team

• Change Approval Board

• Change Management Board

• Change Control Board

The CEO of a small business has requested that the company's accounting software be upgraded to better support the financial records. He has requested that the software include a report that can forecast the following month's expenses. Where should the CEO outline why this project needs to get done?

• Business Documents

• Scope Outline

• Scope Statement

• WBS

Project manager Mike worked with the sponsor Chris to the get the project charter approved for the new office reorganization project. While reviewing the requirements, both Mike and Chris are sure that there is no need to upgrade the current wireless network in the office. Where is the best place Mile and Chis can store this information?

• Project Charter

• Business Case

• Assumption Documentation

• Assumption Log

While working on creating a project management plan, the project manager has brought a group of expert programmers and planners to ensure it is created correctly. What tool best describes this approach?

• Meeting

• Interpersonal and Team Skills

• Data Analysis

• Data Gathering

Answer explanation

The tool that is being used is a focus group, which is part of data gathering.

Meeting and interpersonal and team skills do not contain a focus group.

When a project has been executed, what input would best help the project manager determined how to manage changes to the project?

• Change Control Plan

• Project Management Plan

• Change control Board

• Change Control Charts

Answer explanation

The project management plan contains the change management plan.

The change control board is a tool, not an input.

Change control plan and change control charts are made up terms.

Company XYZ has been executing a new business development project for the last 4 months. Stakeholders have requested several changes to the scope and have gotten them approved. After a change is approved, what is the best next step to conduct on a project?

• Execute approved change request in the process : Direct and Manage project Work

• Execute approved change request in the process : Monitor and Control project Work

• Validate the change request in the Validate scope process

• Close the change request in the Close Project or Phase process

A change control board has informed the project manager that a change request made by stakeholder Mark to reduce the schedule of the project by 2 weeks was rejected. What is the first step the project manager should take?

• Resubmit the change request

• Ask to Mark to change his request to 1 week

• Consult the project team to see how to get this change approved

• Update the change Log

Answer explanation

Once a change has been approved or rejected, the project manager should update the change log to reflect the status of the change

The deliverable for the product improvement project has been accepted by the sponsor. What should the project manager do next?

• Move onto the next phase or project

• Release the project team

• Move the Close Project or Phase Process

• Determine what went wrong or right on this project

Answer explanation

Once a deliverable has been accepted, the project manager should then conduct the close project or phase process.

In that process, the project manager will conduct the lessons learned and release or reassign the project team

While getting ready to manage the project schedule, the project manager would like to document how accurate the schedule must be and what model the team would use to create the schedule. What document would this information be in?

• Scope Management Plan

• Schedule Management Plan

• Schedule Baseline

• Schedule Data

Answer explanation

The schedule management plan will describe how the schedule would be planned, developed, managed, executed, and controlled throughout the project. It would also have the level of accuracy, reporting formats, and the schedule model.

In developing the schedule management plan which of the following tools will the project manager use?

• • Data Representation

• • Data Analysis

• • Decision Making

• • Project Management Information System

Answer explanation

Data analysis is a tool that is used in plan schedule management which is used to create the schedule management plan. All other choices are not tools on this process.