PMP Certification Questions

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

• Project scope statement


• Work breakdown structure


• WBS dictionary


• Activity cost estimates


• Activity cost estimate supporting detail


• Project schedule 


• Resource calendars 


• Contract


• Cost management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Cost aggregation


• Reserve analysis


• Parametric estimating 


• Funding limit reconciliation

III. Outputs

• Cost baseline 


• Project funding requirements 


• Cost management plan (updates)


• Requested changes

I. Inputs

• Project management plan


• Approved corrective actions


• Approved preventive actions


• Approved change requests


• Approved defect repair


• Validated defect repair


• Administrative closure procedure

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system

III. Outputs

• Deliverables


• Requested changes


• Implemented change requests


• Implemented corrective actions


• Implemented preventive actions


• Implemented defect repair


• Work performance information

I. Inputs

• Project management plan


• Work performance information


• Rejected Change requests

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Earned value technique


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

• Recommended corrective actions


• Recommended preventive actions


• Forecasts


• Recommended defect repair


• Requested changes 

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Project management plan

                   - Constraints

                   - Assumptions

II. Tools and Techniques

• Communications requirements analysis


• Communications technology

III. Outputs

• Communications management plan

I.Inputs

• Organizational process assets 


• Project charter


• Preliminary project scope statement


• Project scope management plan


• Approved change requests

II. Tools and Techniques

• Product analysis


• Alternatives identification


• Expert judgment


• Stakeholder analysis

III. Outputs

• Project scope statement


• Requested changes


• Project scope management plan(updates)

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)

I. Inputs

• Risk management plan


• Risk register


• Approved change requests


• work performance information


• performance reports

II. Tools and Techniques

• Risk reassessment


• Risk audits


• Variance and trend analysis


• Technical performance measurement


• Reserve analysis


• Status meetings

III. Outputs

• Risk register (updates)


• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions


• Recommended preventive actions


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)