PMP Certification Questions

I. Inputs

• Project Charter


• Project Statement of work


• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets

II. Tools and Techniques

• Project management methodology


• Project management information system


• Expert Judgment

III. Outputs

• Preliminary project scope statement 

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Roles and responsibilities 


• Project organization charts


• Staffing management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Pre-assignment


• Negotiation


• Acquisition


• Virtual teams

III. Outputs

• Project staff assignments


• Resource availability


• Staffing management plan (updates)

I. Inputs

• Project staff assignments


• Staffing management plan


• Resource availability

II. Tools and Techniques

• General management skills


• Training


• Team - building activities


• Ground rules


• Co-location


• Recognition and rewards

III. outputs

• Team performance assessment

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project staff assignments


• Roles and responsibilities


• Project organization charts


• Staffing management plan


• Team performance assessment


• Work performance information


• Performance reports

II. Tools and Techniques

• Observation and conversation


• project performance appraisals


• Conflict management


• Issue log

III. Outputs

• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions


• Recommended preventive actions


• Organizational process assets (updates)


• Project management plan (updates)

I. Inputs

• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Risk management plan


• Risk register


• Project management plan

                 - Project schedule management plan

                 - Project cost management plan

II. Tools and Techniques

• Data gathering and representation techniques


• Quantitative risk analysis and modeling techniques

III. Outputs

• Risk register (updates)

I. Inputs

• Quality management plan


• Quality metrics 


• Quality checklists


• Organizational process assets


• Work performance information


• Approved change requests


• Deliverables

II. Tools and Techniques

• Cause and effect diagram


• Control charts


• Flow Charting


• Histogram


• Pareto chart


• Run chart


• Scatter diagram


• Statistical sampling


• Inspection


• Defect repair review

III. Outputs

• Quality control measurements


• Validated defect repair


• Quality baseline (updates)


• Recommended corrective actions


• Recommended preventive actions


• Requested changes


• Recommended defect repair


• Organization process assets (updates)


• Validated deliverables


• Project management plan (updates)

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

• 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)