Chapter 3

Front 1

Project Management

Back 1

The application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements

Front 2

Process

Back 2

A systematic series of activities directed towards causing an end result such that one or more input will be acted upon to create one or more outputs

Hint 2

Inputs - outputs

Front 3

How many processes are there

Back 3

47 (in 5th edition)

Front 4

Knowledge Area

Back 4

A complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional field or area of specialisation. These are used on most projects most of the time.

Front 5

How many Knowledge Areas are there?

Back 5

10

Front 6

What are the 10 Knowledge Areas

Back 6

1. Integration

2. Scope

3. Time

4. Cost

5. Quality

6. Human resources

7. Communications

8. Risk

9. Procurement

10. Stakeholders

Front 7

What is a Process Group

Back 7

A logical grouping of processes according to where in the project it is used

Front 8

What are the 5 Process Groups

Back 8

Initiating

Planning

Executing

Monitoring and Controlling

Closing

Front 9

Tailoring

Back 9

The act of carefully selecting processes and related inputs and outputs contained within the PMBoK to determine a subset of specific processes that will be included within a project's overall management

Front 10

Initiating Process Group

Back 10

Those processes performed te define a new project or phase of an existing project by obtaining authorisation to start the project or phase.

Front 11

Progressive Elaboration

Back 11

The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available.

Front 12

Planning Process Group

Back 12

Those processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, an define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve

Front 13

Project Management Plan

Back 13

The document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled.

Front 14

Baseline

Back 14

The approved version of a work product that can be changed only through formal change control proceedures and is used as a basis for comparison.

Front 15

Executing Process Group

Back 15

Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications

Front 16

Monitoring & Controlling Process Group

Back 16

Those processes required to track, review and regulate the progress and performance of the project, identify any areas in which changes to the plan arae required and initiating the corresponding changes.

Front 17

Closing Process Group

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Those processes performed to finalise all activities across all Process Groups to formally close the project or phase.

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Performing Organisation

Back 18

An enterprise whose personnel are most directly involved in doing the work of the project or programme

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PMIS

Back 19

Project Management Information Systems

An information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, intergrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. It is used to support all aspects of the project from initating through closing, and can include both manual and automated systems.

Hint 19

An information system consisting of ... used to ... if the project management process.

It is used to ... and can include...

Front 20

Work Performance Data

Back 20

The raw observations and measurements identified during activities being performed to carry out a project.

Front 21

Work Performance Information

Back 21

The performance data collected from various controlling processes, analysed in context, and integrated based on relationships across areas.

Front 22

Work Performance Reports

Back 22

The physical or electronic representation of Work Performance Information compiled in project documents, intended to generate decisions, actions or awareness.