PMP Certification Questions

I. Inputs

• Contract (when applicable)


• Project statement of work


• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project selection methods


• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

         1. Project charter

Project managers or the organization can divide projects into phases to provide better management control with appropriate links to the ongoing operations of the performing organization. Collectively, these phases are known as the project life cycle.

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Risk management plan


• Risk register


• Project management plan

                 - Project schedule management plan

                 - Project cost management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Data gathering and representation techniques


• Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techniques

III. Outputs

• Risk register (updates)

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Resource availability


• Project management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Expert Judgment


• Alternatives analysis


• Published estimating data


• Project management software


• Bottom-up estimating

III. Outputs

• Activity resource requirements


• Activity atributes (updates)


• Resource breakdown structure


• Resource calendars (updates)


• Requested changes

I. Inputs

• Enterprise Environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project management plan

                  - Activity resource requirements

II. Tools and Techniques

• Organization charts and position descriptions 


• Networking


• Organizational theory

III. Outputs

• Roles and responsibilities


• Project organization charts


• Staffing management plan

I. Inputs

• Project scope statement


• Work breakdown structure


• WBS dictionary


• Project scope management plan


• Performance reports


• Approved change requests


• Work performance information

II. Tools and Techniques

• Change control system


• Variance analysis


• Replanning


• Configuration management system

III. Outputs

• Project scope statement(updates)


• Work breakdown structure(updates)


• WBS dictionary (updates)


• Scope baseline (updates)


• Requested changes


• Recommended  corrective action


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)

Communications planning - Determining the information and communications needs of the project stakeholders.

Information Distribution - Making needed information available  to project stakeholders in a timely manner.

Performance Reporting - Collecting and distributing performance information. This includes status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting.

Manage Stakeholders - Managing communications to satisfy the requirements of and resolve issues with project stakeholders.

I. Inputs

• Quality management plan


• Quality metrics


• Process improvement plan 


• Work performance information 


• Approved change requests


• Quality control measurements 


• Implemented change requests


• Implemented corrective actions 


• Implemented defect repair


• Implemented preventive actions 

II. Tools and Techniques

• Quality planning tools and techniques


• Quality audits


• Process analysis 


• Quality control tools and techniques

III. Outputs

• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)