PMP Certification Questions

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement 


• Risk management plan


• Risk register

II.  Tools and Techniques

• Risk probability and impact assesment


• Probability and impact matrix


• Risk data quality assessment


• Risk categorization 


• Risk Urgency assessment

III. Outputs

• Risk register (updates)

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Project schedule network diagrams


• Activity resource requirements


• Resource calendars


• Activity duration estimates 


• Project management plan

                - RisK register

II. Tools and Techniques

• Schedule network analysis


• Critical path method


• Schedule compression


• What-if scenario analysis


• Resource leveling


• Critical chain method


• Project management software


• Applying calendars


• Adjusting leads and lags 


• Schedule model

III. Outputs

• Project schedule


• Schedule model data


• Schedule baseline


• Resource requirements (updates)


• Activity attributes (updates)


• Project calendar (updates)


• Requested changes


• Project management plan (updates)

                 - Schedule management plan(updates)

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

• 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)

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

• 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

• 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

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.