PMBOK® 6th Edition: Data Gathering Tools and Techniques Knowledge Test

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( Benchmarking, Check sheets, Brainstorming, Interviews ) is the comparison of actual or planned products, processes, and practices to those of comparable organizations to identify best practices, generate ideas for improvement, and provide a basis for measuring performance.

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Enterprise Environmental factors external to the organization such as Commercial Data bases can often include ( benchmarking, market research, check sheet, statistical sampling ) results, standardized cost estimating data, industry risk study information, and risk databases.

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Academic research can often include industry studies, publications, and ( benchmarking, checklist, brainstorming, question and survey ) results.

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Data gathering techniques such as ( benchmarking, market research, statistical sampling, checklist ), ( questions and surveys, market research, statistical sampling, checklists ), ( focus groups, statistical sampling, market research, checklists ), interviews, and brainstorming are all tools and techniques of the collect requirements process.

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In the practice of benchmarking the organizations compared can be both internal and external.

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Data gathering techniques such as ( benchmarking,, checklists, risk register, statistical sampling ) ( brainstorming, statistical sampling, quality metrics, meetings ) and ( interviews, cost-benefit analysis, flow charts, the assumption log ) are often tools and techniques of the Plan Quality Management process.

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Data gathering techniques such as ( benchmarking, assumption and constraint analysis, prioritization/ranking, meetings ) are often tools and techniques of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process.

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Mind-Mapping is a technique used to consolidate ideas created through individual ( brainstorming, benchmarking, note taking, diagramming ) sessions into a single diagram to reflect commonality an differences in understanding and to generate new ideas.

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Nominal Group Technique is a technique that enhances ( brainstorming, meetings, focus groups, interviews ) with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for further ( brainstorming, meetings, interviews, focus groups ) or for prioritization.

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Data gathering techniques such as ( brainstorming, conflict management, the business case, benchmarking ), ( focus groups, benchmarking, market research, meeting management ), and ( interviews, meetings, the internet, check sheets ) are often tools and techniques of the Develop Project Charter process group.

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( Brainstorming, Market research, Check sheets, Interviews ) is a technique used to identify a list of ideas in a short period of time. It is conducted in a group environment and is ed by a facilitator. ( Brainstorming, Market research, Focus groups, Interviews ) comprises two parts; idea generation and analysis.

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Brainstorming can be used to gather data and other solutions or ideas from stakeholders, subject matter experts, and team members when developing the project charter.

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Data gathering techniques such as ( brainstorming, basis of estimates, earned value management, benchmarking ), ( checklists, benchmarking, analytical techniques, facilitation ), ( focus groups, check sheets, benchmarking, inspections ), and ( interviews, interpersonal skills, earned value management, benchmarking ) are all often part of the Develop Project Management Plan.

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Brainstorming is frequently used when developing the project management plan to gather ideas and solutions about the project approach. Attendees include project members as well as subject matter experts (SMEs) or stakeholders may attend.

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Brainstorming is not often used as a technique to generate and collect multiple ideas related to project and product requirements.

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Brainstorming is not effective and rarely used to gather data from group members and subject matter experts when developing a quality management plan that fits an upcoming project.

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Data analysis techniques such as ( brainstorming, benchmarking, statistical sampling, focus groups ), ( checklists, benchmarking, statistical sampling, check sheets ), and ( interviews, expert judgement, benchmarking, check sheets ) are often tools and techniques of the Identify Risks process.

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The goal of ( brainstorming, benchmarking, focus groups, interviews ) during the Identify Risks process is to obtain a comprehensive list of individual project risks and sources of overall project risk. The project team usually performs ( brainstorming, benchmarking, interviews, focus groups ), often with multidisciplinary set of experts who are not part the team.

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Categories of risk, such as in a risk breakdown structure, can be used as a framework for brainstorming.

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In the Identify Risk process, while conducting brainstorming it is not necessary to pay particular attention to ensuring that risks identified through brainstorming are clearly described as they can always be fully formed later in the process.

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During the Identify Risks process the specialized meetings known as risk workshops include some form of what kind of data gathering technique?

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The techniques related to data gathering found in the Identify Stakeholders process include but are not limited to what?

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What is a refinement of brainstorming that allows individual participants time to consider the questions individually before the group creativity session is held, then allows participants to gather face-to-face in groups or through virtual environments supported by technology?

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Organizational process assets often used in the Plan Quality Management process often include quality templates such as ( check sheets, checklists, quality metrics, interviews ), tractability matrix, and others.

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Control Quality is the process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality management activities in order to assess performance and ensure the project outputs are complete, correct and meet customer expectations.

In order to carry out this process effectively what data gathering techniques are often used?

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The figure shown is an example of what kind of data gathering tool and technique used in the Control Quality process group?

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Check sheets are especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing inspections to identify defects as well as data about frequencies or consequences of defects collected.

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Quality ( Checklists, Check sheets, Metrics, Audits ) are structured tools used to verify that a set of required steps has been performed.

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Many organizations have standardized ( checklist, focus groups, interview processes, check sheets ) available based in their own experience or use standard versions from their industry. These may guide the project manager to develop the plan or may help to verify that all the required information is included in the project management plan.

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Select all the data gathering techniques used in the Manage Quality process.

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Quality checklists used in the Manage Quality process should incorporate the acceptance criteria included in the scope baseline.

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Test and Evaluation Documents can be created based on industry needs and the organization's templates. They are inputs to the Control Quality process and are used to evaluate the achievement of quality objectives. These documents may include dedicated ( checklists, quality metrics, root cause analyses, check sheets ) and detailed requirements tractability matrices as part of the document.

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Checklist are not helpful in managing the control quality activities in the a structured manner and therefore only seldom applied while carrying out the Control Quality process.

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Enterprise Environmental Factors that often play a role in the Identify Risks process group include which of the following data gathering techniques?

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Risk ( checklists, analyses, metrics, responses ) are developed based on historical information and knowledge that has been accumulated from similar projects and from other sources of information.

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Risk checklists list specific individual project risks that have occurred previously and that are relevant to the project. They also provide an effective way to capture lessons learned.

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While identifying risks and applying the checklist data gathering technique it is not important to look for risks not identified in the checklist due to the comprehensive nature of checklists. A team therefore has no need to update new information or remove obsolete information from the checklists. This is why use of checklists is so highly recommended.

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( Focus groups, Interviews, Brainstorming sessions, Planning meetings ) are an elicitation technique that brings together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product, service or result.

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( Focus groups, Interviews, Stakeholder meetings, Brainstorming sessions ) are a data gathering technique used in the Develop Project Charter process to bring together stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about perceived project risk, success criteria, and other topics.

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Focus groups are often used as a data gathering technique in the Develop Project Management Plan process to discuss project management approach and the integration of the different components of the project management plan.

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Knowledge management tools and techniques connect people so they can work together to create new knowledge, share tacit knowledge, and integrate the knowledge of diverse team members. These tools and techniques can sometimes include what data gathering method?

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Focus groups usually are conducted under the guidance of a trained moderator who guides the group through the interactive discussion with the intent of making it more conversational than a one-on-one interview.

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Individual and team assessment tools give the project manager and the project team insight into areas of strengths and weaknesses. Various tools are available that can help the project manager asses team member preferences, aspirations and how they process and organize information.

Which of the below data gathering techniques is an effective tool often used to help conduct these assessments?

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Communication Requirements Analysis is an analytical technique to determine the information needs of the project stakeholders through ( interviews, focus groups, questionnaires and surveys, market research ), workshops, study of lessons learned from previous projects, etc.

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( Interviews, Focus groups, Conversations, Individual assessments ) are a formal or informal approach to elicit information from stakeholders by taking to them directly.

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During the Develop Project Charter process a common method for obtaining information on high-level requirements, assumptions or constraints, approval criteria and other information from stakeholders is through what data gathering technique?

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Interviews are a common tool and technique used in the Develop Project Management Plan process to obtain specific information from stakeholders.

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During the Collect Requirements process ( interviews, focus groups, informal conversations, questionnaires and surveys ) are typically performed by asking prepared and spontaneous questions and recording the responses.

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Interviews often not very useful when trying to obtain confidential information.

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Projects and product quality needs and expectations, implicit and explicit, formal and informal can be verified by using the data gather technique of ( interviewing, focus groups, data sheets, checklists ).

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Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is the process of prioritizing individual project risks for further analysis or action by assessing the probability of occurrence and impact as well other characteristics.

What are the data gathering tools and techniques used in this process?

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During the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process group expert judgment is often obtained through facilitated risk workshops or ( interviews, focus groups, team meetings, questionnaires and surveys ).

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While in the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis the possibility of expert views being biased should be taken into account during interviews and risk workshops.

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When conducting risk probability and impact assessments, risk can be assessed in ( interviews, focus groups, risk workshops, questionnaires ) or meetings with participants selected for their familiarity with the types of risk recorded in the risk register.

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Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the combined effect of identified individual project risk and other sources of uncertainty on overall project objectives.

While conducting this process what data gathering technique(s) are used?

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( Interviews, Brainstorming, Focus groups, Surveys ) may be used to generate inputs for the quantitative risk analysis, drawing on inputs that include individual project risks and other sources of uncertainty.

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During the Plan Risk Response Strategy and while gathering data using interviews it is important to promote an environment of trust and confidentiality in order to encourage honest unbiased decisions.

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Plan Procurement Management is the process of documenting project procurement decisions, specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers.

What data gathering tool(s) and technique(s)are used throughout this process?

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While in the Plan Procurement Management process ( market research, statistical sampling, check sheets, brainstorming ) includes examination of industry and specific seller capabilities.

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Conducting market research while in the Plan Procurement Management process can include some or all of the following sources of information?

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( Questionnaires and surveys, Statistical sampling, Benchmarking, Focus groups ) are written sets of questions designed to quickly accumulate information from a large number of respondents.

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While conducting the Collect Requirements process when are questionnaires and surveys most appropriate?
Select all that apply.

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( Surveys, Focus groups, Checklists, Brainstorming ) may be used to gather data about customer satisfaction after deployment of a product or service.

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The cost regarding defects identified in surveys may be considered external failure costs in the COQ model and can have extensive cost implications for the organization.

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( Statistical sampling, Focus groups, Benchmarking, Interviews ) is choosing part of a population of interest for inspection.

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While conducting the Control Quality process selecting 10 engineering drawings at random from a list of 75 is an example of what type of data gathering technique.?

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While conducting the Control Quality process and gathering data using statistical sampling technique, the sample frequency and sizes should be determined in the Plan Quality Management process.

Project Management Quiz on PMBOK® 6th Edition: Data Gathering Tools and Techniques Knowledge Test, created by Adam Odd on 18/06/2018.

PMBOK® 6th Edition: Data Gathering Tools and Techniques Knowledge Test

Academic research can often include industry studies, publications, and benchmarking checklist brainstorming question and survey( benchmarking, checklist, brainstorming, question and survey ) results.

In the practice of benchmarking the organizations compared can be both internal and external.

Data gathering techniques such as benchmarking assumption and constraint analysis prioritization/ranking meetings( benchmarking, assumption and constraint analysis, prioritization/ranking, meetings ) are often tools and techniques of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process.

Brainstorming can be used to gather data and other solutions or ideas from stakeholders, subject matter experts, and team members when developing the project charter.

Brainstorming is frequently used when developing the project management plan to gather ideas and solutions about the project approach. Attendees include project members as well as subject matter experts (SMEs) or stakeholders may attend.

Brainstorming is not often used as a technique to generate and collect multiple ideas related to project and product requirements.

Brainstorming is not effective and rarely used to gather data from group members and subject matter experts when developing a quality management plan that fits an upcoming project.

Categories of risk, such as in a risk breakdown structure, can be used as a framework for brainstorming.

In the Identify Risk process, while conducting brainstorming it is not necessary to pay particular attention to ensuring that risks identified through brainstorming are clearly described as they can always be fully formed later in the process.

During the Identify Risks process the specialized meetings known as risk workshops include some form of what kind of data gathering technique?

The techniques related to data gathering found in the Identify Stakeholders process include but are not limited to what?

Academic research can often include industry studies, publications, and ( benchmarking, checklist, brainstorming, question and survey ) results.

Data gathering techniques such as ( benchmarking, assumption and constraint analysis, prioritization/ranking, meetings ) are often tools and techniques of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process.

Organizational process assets often used in the Plan Quality Management process often include quality templates such as ( check sheets, checklists, quality metrics, interviews ), tractability matrix, and others.

Quality ( Checklists, Check sheets, Metrics, Audits ) are structured tools used to verify that a set of required steps has been performed.

Risk ( checklists, analyses, metrics, responses ) are developed based on historical information and knowledge that has been accumulated from similar projects and from other sources of information.