PMP Certification Questions

• Direct and Manage Project Execution


• Perform Quality Assurance


• Acquire Project Team


• Develop Project Team


• Information Distribution


• Request Seller Responses


• Select Sellers

I. Inputs

• Schedule management plan


• Schedule baseline


• Performance reports


• Approved change requests

II. Tools and Techniques

• Progress reporting


• Schedule change control system


• Performance measurement


• Project management software


• Variance analysis


• Schedule comparision bar charts

III. Outputs

• Schedule model data (updates)


• Schedule baseline (updates)


• Performance measurements


• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Activity list (updates)


• Activity attributes (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)

This section identifies and describes the five Project Management Process Groups required for any project. These five process Groups have clear dependencies and are performed in the same sequence on each project.

The five Process Groups are :

Initiating  Process Group - Defines and authorizes the project or a project phase

Planning Process Group - Defines and refines objectives, and plans the course of action required to attain the objectives and scope that the project was undertaken to address.

Executing Process Group - Integrates people and other resources to carry out the project management plan for the project

Monitoring and Controlling process Group - Regularly measures and monitors progress to identify variances from the project management plan so that corrective action can be taken when necessary to meet project objectives.

Closing Process Group - Formalizes acceptance of the product, service or result and brings the project or a project phase to an orderly end.

I. Inputs

• Risk management plan


• Risk register

II. Tools and Techniques

• Strategies for negative risk or threats


• Strategies for positive risks or opportunities


• Strategies for both threats and opportunities


• Contingent response strategy

III. Outputs

• Risk register (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)


• Risk - related contractual agreements

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

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Project management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Cost - benifit analysis


• Benchmarking


• Design of experiments


• Cost of quality(COQ)


• Additional quality planning tools

III. Outputs

• Quality management plan


• Quality metrics 


• Quality checklists


• Process improvement plan


• Quality baseline


• Project management plan (updates)

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

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.