PMP: The Initiating Domain
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Includes questions from the following tasks:     Task 1 Perform project assessment based upon available information, lessons learned from previous projects, and meetings with relevant stakeholders in order to support the evaluation of the feasibility of new products or services within the given assumptions and/or constraints.     Task 2 Identify key deliverables based on the business requirements in order to manage customer expectations and direct the achievement of project goals.     Task 3 Perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and techniquaes in order to align expectations... Show more
PMP: The Initiating Domain
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1. In addition to academic research, which of the following most likely highlights the importance of a structured approach to working with project stakeholders?
2. As the general contractor for a homeowner, the project has kicked off and you need to ensure that all departments in the municipal government are on board with the plans to build a house on the beach. The house may be in a flood zone, and it is in a coastal preservation zone. To ensure that all requirements from the couple and the municipal government are met, which process is critical?
3. Select the process that assigns the project manager to a project.
4. You are attempting to identify and map your project’s stakeholders. Which representation technique can you use?
5. Which of the following is a data gathering technique used in the Identify Stakeholders process?
6. What document formally authorizes a project?
7. In which process group does the stakeholder identification start in a project?
8. You are collecting and examining qualitative and quantitative information to ascertain whose interests should be considered throughout the project. In which activity are you engaging?
9. An ongoing endeavor to produce repetitive results with resources doing the same set of tasks is known as:
10. At which point in a project should the project manager ensure that the organizational process assets are first available?
11. The project charter you have developed has not yet been approved by the project sponsor though you submitted it two weeks ago. Your direct line manager insists that you start work on the project immediately because he needs you on another project in a few months’ time. What is the best course of action for you?
12. You are the project manager for a local painting contractor who paints interiors and exteriors of residential houses. You’ve learned that there are always multiple projects going on. For each project, you use a template to create a customized communications management plan and stakeholder engagement plan. These documents are both examples of documents:
13. While working for a secret government agency, you discover that a previous project that was very successful had a stakeholder, Winston, who was unhappy with the benefits received. Winston can have a significant impact on your project. What should you do next?
14. You work for a large organization that offers risk management, quality management, and change management consulting services to other companies. Recent projects have produced disappointing results; therefore, the organization has added you to the steering committee to assist the solution search. One agreement reached is that future projects will be selected based on financial measures such as return on investment (ROI), payback period, internal rate of return (IRR), and net present value (NPV). Four such projects are currently under investigation and have the following details: Project A has an ROI of $80,000, Project B has an ROI of $85K, Project C has an ROI of $78K, and Project D has an ROI of $82K. Based on this information, which project would you select?
15. A key stakeholder is complaining to several of your project team members about the ineffectiveness of some of the risk responses. This is having a negative impact on team morale. What is the best method for handling this situation?
16. Which process has the key benefit of enabling the project team to know the right focus for engaging each stakeholder or group of stakeholders?
17. You have been provided a document that contains the market demand and cost-benefit analysis that justifies the go-ahead for the project. What is this document called?
18. You are working as a general contractor on behalf of a sweet old couple building a beach house with their life savings. As the general contractor, you have residential construction experience and have helped the couple decide what kind of house to build given their budget, and you found them a builder that can fulfill their requirements. You are the person managing all interactions on behalf of the homeowners, interacting with the builder, the city municipalities, and the neighbors. You have eyes on the project at every phase and are handling the problems during the build. What project role are you serving?
19. You are a project manager carrying out the first adaptive project for the company. For each iteration, you will need to ensure your team carries out all the following except:
20. You were just asked to lead a project that many people are calling a stakeholder nightmare. You will be dealing with multiple stakeholders, both inside and outside the company, and the stakeholders are all very vocal. In addition, the project is regulatory in nature. In which of the following processes would you decide how you will involve stakeholders on your current project with the goal of connecting with them based on their needs, expectations, and interests?
21. You are developing the project charter for a project for an external customer. To complete the project charter, which of the following should be in place?
22. You are preparing your project charter. You plan to have a close working relationship with the client. In the project charter, you decided to enhance your resource requirements section so you could ensure everyone understood why you need the requested resources. You decided to:
23. You are a newly hired project manager working on your first project at a law firm with the goal of upgrading information security. The two managing partners at the law firm are used to getting their way and are pressuring you to meet only their needs and not to involve the remaining 30 lawyers in the project. How will the Identify Stakeholders process assist you with the task?
24. You are part of an expert committee deciding which project should be implemented by your company. Your committee asks tough questions and helps decide which projects your company should select. Only the worthiest projects get through the tough scrutiny. Which project selection technique is being used?
25. For your current project, you have determined that the probability of meeting the schedule objective is 80% and the probability of being on budget is 70%. You inherited this project from a previous manager and are disappointed that a better effort wasn’t made in this forecasting when the objectives were put in place. Which of the following would you have used to assess the objectives at the beginning of the project?