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Flashcards by Althea Green, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Althea Green
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What categories do the project management contents fall into? | Why What Who How much (cost) When How |
| What information is contained in the 'why' section of the PMP? | Description of benefits Statement of requirements Project objectives Strategic fit These will be taken from the business case. |
| Describe the purpose and list the information contained in the 'what' section of the PMP | Explains the nature of the project deliverables created to satisfy project requirements/organisational need. Contains: project scope (whats in/whats out); main product specifications; acceptance criteria for deliverables approval; constraints (critical time slots); assumptions (resource availability). |
| What information is contained in the 'who' section of the PMP? | RAM - who complete each product OBS - hierarchy of project personel Authority & delegation schedules - delegation of approval for documents, expenditures & acceptance Role descriptions - defines responsibilities |
| What is the purpose and what information is contained in the 'how much' section of the PMP? | Predicting project expenditure is key to tracking project progress. 'How much' section contains: time phased budget; earned value arrangements (track actuals against planned); cash flow forecasts (show balance of income vs costs); cost variance & cost management procedures. |
| What information is contained in the 'when' section of the PMP? | Project schedule (high-level summary) supported by: Precedence diagrams Resource histograms Gantt charts Project life cycle |
| What is the purpose and what information is contained in the 'how' section of the PMP? | Describes strategy for running the project. 'How' section contains separate ancillary plans: project methods (standards for design work/review of products); health & safety plan; quality plan; procurement strategy; communication management plan; risk management plan; change control procedures. |
| What are the two distinct types of PMP content? | Policies (how project will be run, its framework) Schedules & plans (what produced, when, for how much, who will do it) PM must administer all the polices within a project to ensure it is managed properly. |
| List examples of the policy content of the PMP. | Stakeholder management policy Risk management policy Change control process Configuration management process Issue management policy Quality policy Resource management policy Monitoring & control procedures Health & safety policy Planning & estimating procedures |
| List examples of the schedules and plans content of the PMP. | Stakeholder analysis Risk log Change control log Configuration library Issue log Defects log Resource plan Earned value reports Health & safety log Gantt chart |
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