Bill is the project manager of a software project that is originally estimated to complete in 12 months. 2 months into the project, it is discovered that the original estimating assumptions were fundamentally flawed. The Estimate at Completion (EAC) in such a project will be:
A. EAC = AC + Bottom-up ETC
B. EAC = BAC/CPI
C. EAC = AC + [BAC – EV]/CPI
D. EAC = AC + BAC – EV
What is the shortest time possible to complete this project? (critical path)
A. 17 days
B. 18 days
C. 20 days
D. 22 days
You have overheard two functional managers arguing about the impacts that your project will have on their departments. What is your best response?
A. Do nothing.
B. Analyze and report to each manager the impact your project will have on their departments in terms of time and resources required, and the relative enterprise priority of your project.
C. Inform the managers that the project sponsors had already considered this impact when they decided to implement the project.
D. Put in advance requests for resources from each department.
Which of the following is not a valid instance of Risk Transference?
A. Use of a Cost Reimbursable contract
B. Warranties
C. Fixed Price contracts
D. Performance bonds
Which process group corresponds to the “act” component of the plan-do-check-act cycle?
A. Executing
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Initiating
Vendor selection and management and documentation of lessons learned are tasks that fall under this process area:
A. Procurement management
B. Deliverable management
C. Conduct Procurements
D. Scope management
You are a PMP reviewing project files to help you write a lessons learned document on a software project you are finishing. Which of the following is not a part of a project file?
A. Change management documentation
B. Project calendars
C. Project management plan
D. Project deliverables
You are managing a project to design microprocessor control systems. The design work was estimated to complete in 3.5 months, with seven milestones. The sixth milestone is the prototype to be handed over to manufacturing. All milestones before prototyping have been completed ahead of schedule with 6th one being delayed for 4 months as the prototype has been sent back several times, due to conflicts between departments. You are now planning to hold a meeting to review the design specifications, and handle conflicts between design and manufacturing. Who is at fault?
A. The scheduler.
B. The project manager.
C. The manufacturer.
D. The design engineer.
In a project that was yet to begin, many of the project team members were known in advance. This is called:
A. Proactive-planning
B. Skill-matching
C. Pre-assignment
D. Staffing-assignment
Your manager has asked you to include the Human Resource Management Plan and the Schedule Management Plan in your Project Management Plan. Is this the appropriate place for these items?
A. No, these are stand alone documents only.
B. Yes, you should unquestioningly include anything your manager suggests.
C. No, these documents should not be created until later in the project.
D. Yes, include them in the Project Management Plan.