PMP Certification Questions

Quality planning - Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them

Perform Quality Assurance - Applying the planned , systematic quality activities to ensure that the project employs all processes needed to meet requirements.

Perform Quality Control - monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Procurement management plan


• Evaluation criteria


• Procurement document package


• Proposals


• Qualified sellers list


• Project management plan

                 - Risk register

                 - Risk related contractual agreements

II. Tools and Techniques

• Weighting system


• Independent estimates


• Screening system


• Contract negotiation


• Seller rating systems


• Expert judgment


• Proposal evaluation techniques

III. Outputs

• Selected sellers


• Contract


• Contract management plan


• Resource availability


• Procurement management plan (updates)


• Requested changes

• Project-based Organizations are those whose operations consist primarily of projects.


• Non Project-based organizations often may lack management systems designed to support project needs efficiently and effectively.

• Develop Project Management Plan


• Scope Planning


• Scope Definition


• Create WBS


• Activity Definition


• Activity Sequencing


• Activity Resource Estimating


• Activity Duration Estimating


• Schedule Development


• Cost Estimating


• Cost Budgeting


• Quality Planning


• Human Resource Planning


• Communications Planning


• Risk Management Planning


• Risk Identification


• Qualitative Risk Analysis


• Quantitative Risk Analysis


• Risk Response Planning


• Plan purchases and Acquisitions


• Plan Contracting

I. Inputs

• Project management plan


• Requested changes


• Work performance information


• Recommended preventive actions


• Recommended corrective actions


• Recommended defect repair


• Deliverables

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

• Approved change requests


• Rejected change requests


• Project management plan(updates)


• Project scope statement (updates)


• Approved corrective actions


• Approved preventive actions


• Approved defect repair


• Validated defect repair


• Deliverables 

Cost Estimating - Developing an approximation of the costs of the resources needed to complete  project activities.

Cost Budgeting - Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish a cost baseline

Cost Control - Influencing the factors that create cost variances and controlling changes to the project budget.

I. Inputs

• Project management plan


• Contract documentation


• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Work performance information


• Deliverables

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

• Administrative closure procedure


• Contract closure procedure


• Final product, service, or result


• Organisational process assets (updates)

Project Stakeholders are individuals and organizations that are actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be affected as a result of project execution or project completion.

Stakeholders may have a positive or negative.

Positive stakeholders are those who would normally benefit from a successful outcome from the project, while negative stakeholders are those who see negative outcomes from the project's success.