PMP Certification Questions

I. Inputs

• Work performance information


• Performance measurements


• Forecasted completion


• Quality control measurements


• Project management plan

                - Performance measurement baseline

• Approved change requests


• Deliverables

II. Tools and Techniques

• Information presentation tools


• Performance information gathering and compilation


• Status review meetings


• Time reporting systems


• Cost reporting systems

III. Outputs

• Performance reports


• Forecasts


• Requested changes


• Recommended corrective actions


• Organizational process assets (updates)

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 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

• 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)

The project management life cycle describes high-level processes for delivering a successful project.

The project management life cycle is usually broken down into four phases:

1. Initiation and Planning,

2. Execution,

3. Project Monitoring and Control, and

4. Project Closing.

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

• Project scope statement


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Milestone list


• Approved change requests

II. Tools and Techniques

• Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)


• Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)


• Schedule network templates 


• Dependency determination


• Applying leads and lags 

III. Outputs

• Project schedule network diagrams


• Activity list (updates)


• Activity attributes (updates)


• Requested changes

I. Inputs

• Enterprise environmental factors


• Organizational process assets


• Project scope statement


• Activity list


• Activity attributes


• Activity resource requirements


• Resource calendars


• Project management plan

               - Risk register

               - Activity cost estimates

II. Tools and Techniques

• Expert judgment


• Analogous  estimating


• Parametric estimating


• Three-point estimates 


• Reserve analysis

III. Outputs

• Activity duration estimates


• Activity attributes (updates)