CAPM Exam

Defines how a project affects people and how those people may affect the project. Cultural and social environments, religion, ethical.

A product or service or result created by a project (can have multiple ones of these)

The skills of accounting, procurement, sales, marketing, contracting, logistics, strategic planning etc...

The considerations of the local and international laws, languagues, communication challenges, time zone differences and non-collocated items

Ability to lead, motivate and manage people

A triangle with characteristics of time, cost and scope, all must be in balance or a project may fail. What is this?

The physical structure and suroundings that affect a projects work is what?

A collection of projects working in unison towards a common deliverable is a?

The process of gathering project details. Uses deductive reasoning, logic, and series of information gathering techniques to identify detail

A temporary endeavor to create a unique product, service, or result. End results in a deliverable is a?

The location and culture of the environment where the project work will reside. Includes social, economic, environmental obstacles is a?

An organization which project professionals around the world collaborate, create values, and address concerns about the industry is?

A central office which oversees all projects within an organization or functional department. Supports the project software, policies etc.

This is a project life cycle that anticipates many changes to the project scope and demands highly involved stakeholders.

An organizational structure which resources are pooled into one project team functional managers and project managers share resources

An organization that creates a blend of functional, matrix, and projectized structures.

The person which will pay for and use the project deliverable is the?

A verifiable measureable product or service created by a phase and/or a project is a?

An organization structure that is divided into functions, each employee has 1 clear functional manager, depts act independently, PM no power

People that can positevely or negatively influence the project.

Review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. Also done at the end of a phase, and could terminate the project.

Stakeholder who doesn't want the project succeed is a ?

Person who does want the project to succeed is a ?

A company or organization in which the employees (or members) are most directly involved in the project work

Logical division of a project based on the work or deliverable completed within that phase.

Review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirement.

Review of a phase to determine if it accomplished its requirements. Allows project to move from one phase to another is a?

A plan-driven approach to PMing, which predicts the work that will happen in each phase (based on plan, time, cost etc..)

The collection of phases from the start of a project to its completion is called the?

The defined set of rules, policies, procedures, that a project manager follows and utilized to complete a project is the?

Anyone who has a vested interest in the project's operation and/or its outcome is a?

An organizational structure in which a team is assigned for the duration of the project life cycle. Project manager has high or all power.

An organizational structure where resources are pooled into one project team, but functional manager has less power than the PM.

An organization structure where resources are pooled into one project team, but functional managers have more power than PM.

You need this before you can have a project.

These are the rules, processes and procedures the PM has to abide by.

These are the rules, processes and procedures the PM has to abide by.

These are templates, guidelines, software, historical information, that can hep the PM manage the project.

The outputs of the other processes will contribute to the project management plan.

How many process groups are there

Name the 5 process groups

What actually authorizes the projec to move forward

Anything which restricts the pm's options is a?

Where are assumptions and constraints documented?

Include key stakeholders during the initiating phase for shared ownership, deliverable acceptance, stakeholder satisfaction and coms?

5 Inputs to the project charter are?

When do you identify project stakeholders?

What do you create during the planning stages of the project?

Iterations of planning throughout the project life cycle is known as?

Stakeholders skills and knowledge is great to define the project...?

The project lifecycle consists of what?

The compilation of all phases in a project equates to what?

An ongoing activity with day to day tasks is a what?

Creating a new product based on market research is an example of?

Management declines a new project this is an example of?

An example of a project result (a deliverable) is?

Difference between standard and regulation is what?

early stages of a project are low costs and _______ demands for resources

Which point is risk of failure lowest, but consequences of failure highest in a project?

To provide better control and management of a project, it may be divided into what?

When is the likelihood to fail in a project the highest?

A Key project stakeholder example are the _________ per the PMBOK

Functional manager is telling you to begin work on the project. You should what?

Your project resources or shared amongst several projects, they should report to who (_____________ of each project).

When is the decision to kill a project most likely made? At the _________ of a phase.

If you ignore negative stakeholders, you may risk failure to bring the project to a successful end. True or False?

Demings cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act is known as:

Factors that can affect a project success are known as _________________ environmental factors.

The process group which provides activities to carry-out the project plan is known as what?

The activity to repair a defect in a project is known as ____________ repair.

The ______________ process group allows a project to be chartered and authorized.

What are 5 inputs needed to develop the project charter?

A comittee designed to find all the negatives in a project to kill it is a?

This model is used to compare projects to determine which ones to pursue.

A term for how long it takes for a project to pay back the associated costs?

What examines the benefits to cost ratios of a project?

FV=PV*(1+i)^n is a formula for calculating what?

PV=FV/(1+i)^n is a formula for determining what?

What is the Acronym of Net Present Value

If NPV > 0 then the project is?

If NPV < 0 then project is?

The stakeholder register is a directory of all ______________, and used as input to the requirements mngmt plan.

Name 4 tools used to gain requirements for a project

A technique using rounds of anonymous surveys to build consensus

Name 4 group techniques

This shows relationships amongs requirements

4 group decision approaches are?

A table which documents and numbers each requirement, status in the project, how eachrequirement is linked to deliverable is a?