Project Management Processes – Study Questions
- What are project management processes? Give one example.
- What are product-oriented processes? Give one example.
- Why must a balance exist between project manage ment processes and product-oriented processes?
- Describe the initiating processes. Give one example of an initiating process to support a particular phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe the planning process. Give one example of a planning process to support a particular phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe the executing process. Give one example of an executing process to support a particular phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe the controlling process. Give one example of a controlling process to support a particular phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe the closing process. Give one example of a closing process to support a particular phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe how the output of project management process groups in one phase becomes the input or catalyst for the process group in the next phase. Provide an example.
- What is the difference between contract closure and administrative closure?
- Describe project integration management and its relationship to the other eight Project Management Body of Knowledge areas.
- Describe project plan development and its importance to the second phase of the IT project methodology.
- Describe project plan execution and its importance to project plan development.
- Describe overall change control and its importance to the project team.
- What is the purpose of a project charter?
- Why can a project charter serve as an agreement or a contract?
- Why is a project charter a useful communication tool?
- Why should the project charter and project plan be developed together?
- How does the project charter support the project plan?
- How does the project plan support the project charter?
- Describe the project planning framework.
- Why is it important that the project’s MOV be cast in stone.
- Describe how the project’s MOV supports the development of the project’s scope, schedule, and budget.
- What is a project’s scope?
- Why should a project be divided into phases?
- What is a deliverable? What is the relationship between phases and deliverables?
- What is a milestone? Why are milestones useful?
- What is a task? Provide three examples of some typical tasks in an IT project.
- What impact can the sequence of tasks have on a project’s schedule?
- How can resources impact the schedule of a project?
- What is a baseline plan? What purpose does it serve once the project team begins to execute the project plan?
- What is a kick-off meeting? What purpose does it serve?
