Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What are the organization types?
|
Functional
Projectized Blend Matrix - Strong, Weak or balanced |
|
|
Who is the Sponsor?
|
Person paying for project
Project Champion |
|
|
What is the project sponsors input
|
due date
milestones product features constraints assumptions |
|
|
Who is a stakeholder
|
People involved with project; interest may be impacted by project
|
|
|
Define Portfolio
|
Investment in projects and programs
Aligned to company strategic goals |
|
|
Define Progressive Elaboration
|
Do not know all characteristics about a project when you begin a project
revisit and refine product characterisist emerge over time |
|
|
What does a PM use?
|
Skills
Knowledge Resources |
|
|
What are the components of Historical Information
|
Input to processes
Records from previous projects can help to benchmark current project resources used; lessons learned Predict trends for current project evaluate projects feasibility |
|
|
Define Baseline
|
Project Plan, Time, Scope and Cost
Original plan and approved changes |
|
|
What are lessons learned?
|
documents that are focused on variances created at end of each phase that detail what lessons were learned that should be shared with future projects
|
|
|
What is system?
|
Incorporates all formal procedures and tools put in place to manage something
Procedures, checks and balances, processes, forms software, etc... |
|
|
Overview of a PM
|
Ultimately responsible for project outcome
formerally empowered to use organizational resources in control of project authorized to spend projects budget authorized to make decisions |
|
|
Overview of a Project Coordinator
|
Weaker than PM
No $$ authority limited resources limited decision authority |
|
|
Overview of Project Expeditor
|
The weakest - Staff Assistant
Responsible to make sure things arrive on time and tasks completed on time. |
|
|
Overview of Sr. Mngt.
|
Prioritize projects
make sure the PM has the proper authority strategic plans and goals and isure projects are aligned resolve conflicts |
|
|
What is a Functional Manager?
|
Department Manager
"Owns" resources May be asked to approve overall project plan |
|
|
Define Process
|
Package of inputs, tools and outputs used together to do something on the project
|
|
|
What are the characteristics of a project?
|
Time limited
Unique to orgnaization Comprised of inter related activities Has purpose and will yield product service or result |
|
|
Define Program
|
Larger effort than project
group of inter-related projects may include operations *Benefit - obtain something that could not be achieved if projects were not completed in concert. |
|
|
What is Networking?
|
technique of HR Planning that involved developing relationships with people who may be able to assist in the achievement of objectives.
Includes: proactive correspondance, lunches, informal conversations |
|
|
What does project cost include?
|
* Informing stakeholders of approved changes
* monitoring cost performance to detect variances from cost baseline * bring expected cost overruns within acceptable limits * ensuring requested changes are agreed upon |
|
|
What is smoothing?
|
conflict resolution technique that temporarily resolves a problem by downplaying the problem to make the problem appear less important/critical.
Downplayed for the interim until it reappears considered LOSE-LOSE |
|
|
What is a workaround?
|
unplanned responses to risks that were previously unidentified or accepted
Outputs of the Risk Monitoring & Control Process |
|
|
What does Risk Monitoring & Control involve?
|
Choosing alternate strategies
executing a contingency plan taking corrective actions modifying the project plan |
|
|
What techniques can be used to resolve conflicts?
|
Forcing
Smoothing Compromise confrontation withdrawal |
|
|
What are the techniques for cost control process?
|
Cost change control sysem
performance measurement analysis forecasting variance management project performance reviews pm software |
|
|
Why do you use the Cost Control Process?
|
contol changes to project cost baseline.
|
|
|
What are the outputs of Manage Stakeholders process?
|
resolved issues
approved change requests approved corrective actions project management plan updates organizational process assets update |
|
|
Why use limit reconciation?
|
enusre that the expenditure of funds is reconciled withthe funding limits imposed by the performing organization
tool of the cost budgeting process |
|
|
What is the Resource Calendar?
|
Describes availability, capability, skills of resources and identifies quantity of each resource available during each availability period.
documents working and non working days. |
