PMP Certification Questions

Scope Planning - Creating a project scope management plan that documents how the project scope will be defined,verified, controlled, and how the work breakdown structure (WBS) will be created and defined.

Scope Definition - Developing a detailed project scope statement as the basis for future project decisions.

Create WBS - Subdividing the major project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components

Scope Verification - Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables.

Scope Control - Controlling changes to the project scope.

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Activity resource requirements


• Resource calendars


• Project management plan

               - Risk register

               - Activity cost estimates

II. Tools and Techniques

• Expert judgment


• Analogous  estimating


• Parametric estimating


• Three-point estimates 


• Reserve analysis

III. Outputs

• Activity duration estimates


• Activity attributes (updates)

I. Inputs

• Project scope statement


• WBS dictionary


• Project scope management plan


• Deliverables

II. Tools and Techniques

• Inspection

III. Outputs

• Accepted  deliverables


• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Project scope management  plan


• Approved Change requests

II. Tools and Techniques

• Work breakdown structure templates


• Decomposition

III. Outputs

• Project scope statement(updates)


• Work breakdown structure


• WBS dictionary


• Scope baseline


• Project scope management plan(updates)


• Requested changes

Human Resource Planning - Identifying and documenting Project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships, as well as creating the staffing management plan.

Acquire Project Team - Obtaining the human resources needed to complete the project

Develop Project Team - Improving the competencies and interaction of team members to enhance project performance.

Manage Project Team - Tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and coordinating changes to enhance project performance.

Activity Definition - Identifying the Specific schedule activities that need to be performed to produce the various project deliverables.

Activity Sequencing - Identifying and documenting dependencies among schedule activities

Activity Resource Estimating - Estimating the type and quantities of resources required to perform each schedule activity

Activity Duration Estimating - Estimating the number of work periods that will be needed to complete individual schedule activities

Schedule Development - Analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to creae the project schedule.

Schedule Control - Controlling changes to the project schedule

I. Inputs

• Preliminary project scope statement


• Project management processes


• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

• Project management plan

I. Inputs

• Communications management plan 


• Organizational process assets

II. Tools and Techniques

• Communications methods


• Issue logs

III. Outputs

• Resolved issues


• Approved change requests


• Approved corrective actions 


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)