Unit 2 PM Review

An employee has been asked to evaluate a project that is experiencing some performance challenges. She asked the project manager to call a meeting with the project sponsor. The project manager replies that he does not know who the project sponsor is. The employee decides to review the initial project document. Which document should she request?

• Business case

• Project baseline document

• Project charter

• Project plan

A team is developing the project charter and is determining the valuable inputs used for completing the project. The input(s) that the team should least likely consider when developing the project charter would be the:

• Business case

• Enterprise environmental factors

• Project management plan

• Project statement of work

Angela is a project manager who leads a curriculum project. She is creating an outline of what each team member needs to complete by when to ensure the deliverable is on time, under budget, and within the scope of the project. Which project management process is Angela performing?

• Initiation

• Planning

• Execution

• Closing

Lauren is a project manager who is determining the need for a curriculum project. She is researching the job market to make a business case for the project. Which project management process is Lauren performing?

• Initiation

• Planning

• Execution

• Closing

A project manager has discovered that a project is outside the original scope. The project manager has requested a change to bring expected future performance of the project work back in line with the project management plan. What type of change implementation has the project manager requested?

• corrective action

• defect repair

• lessons learned

• preventative action

Angela is a project manager leading a curriculum project. She is working with her team to create an interior design curriculum project for students in her state. Which project management process is Angela performing?

• Initiation

• Planning

• Execution

• Closing

Christian is a project manager and would like to gain an understanding of the customer's needs, the budget, and the milestones needed to achieve the project objectives. Which should he review?

• Business case

• Project baseline document

• Project charter

• Project plan

Anu is a project manager for a construction company building a new home for Mia. After two weeks of the project, Mia comes to Anu and asks for an additional bedroom to be added to the home project. Anu tells Mia that they will need to meet to discuss the project. This is known as:

• Change control

• Gifting

• Gold plating

• Scope creep

After discovering that some project work failed to be performed according to plan, a project manager analyzes the situation. She then presents what needs to occur to correct the problems to Austin. Austin requests a change in the project to reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks. What type of change request is Austin making?

• Corrective action

• Defect repair

• Lessons learned

• Preventative action

Which activity must happen before a project can officially close?

• The customer has to formally accept the final product
• 1. The project manager must call a formal meeting of all stakeholders

• 1. The project manager must plan a celebration

• 1. The project team must be assigned to a new project