PMP Exam prep

DMAIC

• Define
• Measure
• Analyze
• Improve
• Control

Plan scope management involves

creating a scope management plan and a requirements management plan

Requirements traceability matrix are used specifically for ____ requirements and are a tool for ___ scope

Product requirements and product scope

4 types of activities dependencies

mandatory-external

mandatory-internal

discretionary-external

discretionary-internal

What are two methodologies in LEAN?

DMAIC and DMADV

Business case what is it and how is it used?

1. Documented economic feasibility study

2. Used to establish the benefits of project components

3. Provides a basis for authorization of further project activities

What are the 5 stages of the Tuckman ladder?

Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning/mourning

What is the Chart of Accounts.

Tool that finance and accounting team uses that lists all your control accounts.

Collect requirements involves

gathering and documenting stakeholder needs and requirement to meet project objectives

Rolling Wave Planning is used in __ and is __

• used in Agile
• an iterative planning technique where near term work planned in detail and further in future is planned at a higher level

In predictive, a project management plan ...

drives how project will be executed to complete the deliverables

What are the six processes of scope management

• Plan scope management
• collect requirements
• define scope
• create wbs
• validate scope
• control scope

How many formal processes are there?

49

DMADV

• Define
• Measure
• Analyze
• Design
• Verify

Project requirements are

•  actions, processes or other conditions the project needs to meet
• e.g. milestone dates, contractual obligations, constraints, etc.

What are the project management approaches?

• predictive
• agile
• hybrid

Are activities in the WBS for the sake of the PMP exam?

NO! The work package is the lowest level of the WBS.

In agile, a project implementation plan ...

may be required to show how the completed deliverables will be implemented for the customer or sponsor

What should be considered in the project implementation plan?

• Stakeholders
• Schedules
• risks
• budgets
• quality standards

My Chart of Accounts is part of the WBS, true or false

FALSE

Lead allows ...

acceleration of predecessor activity

____ are specific pieces of work needed to get the work package done

Activities

Scope management includes managing both

the project scope and product scope

Product requirements are 

The agreed-upon conditions or capabilities of a product, service, or outcome that the project is designed to satisfy.

7 kinds of waste in LEAN: TIMWOOD - 

• time
• inventory
• motion
• waiting
• overproduction
• overprocessing
• defects

Prototype is a tool and technique uniquely used for

collecting and gathering requirements

Work package is always the 

LOWEST level in the WBS for which cost and duration can be estimated.