767 New PMP Process Questions & Answers with explanation
A small sample of your project’s critical path is shown in the following table. Assuming each activity must finish before the next activity can begin, which of the following options is not correct?
Activity | Duration | Early Start | Early Finish |
1 | 22 | 5/1 | 5/22 |
2 | 5 | 5/23 | 5/28 |
3 | 7 | 5/9 | 6/4 |
4 | 1 |
A small sample of your project’s PERT calculations is shown here. Activity 2 is particularly important to the project, and your stakeholders are asking for a confidence level for this activity. You tell them there is a 95.44 percent chance of completing activity 2 within how many days?
Activity | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Likely Expected Value |
1 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
2 | 20 | 30 | 23 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
A small sample of your project’s PERT calculations is shown here. What is the total duration of the project?
Activity | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Likely Expected Value |
1 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
2 | 20 | 30 | 23 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Agile Approaches | ||
Approach | Description | |
Kanban
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A pull-based concept where work progresses to the next step only when resources are available
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Scrum
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Focuses on delivering software that’s ready when the customer needs it
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Feature-driven development
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Focuses on delivering usable, working software continually in a timely manner
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eXtreme Programming (XP)
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A family of methodologies designed to scale to the project needs
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Crystal methods
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A single-team process framework typically used to manage product development
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Levels of Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Name | Description | |
Unaware
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Stakeholders are not supportive of the project and may actively resist engaging.
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Resistant
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Stakeholders have positive expectations of the project and are supportive and engaged.
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Neutral
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Stakeholders are neutral, neither supporting nor resisting the project, and may be minimally engaged.
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Supportive
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Stakeholders are actively engaged in the project and helping to ensure its success.
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Leading
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Stakeholders are not engaged in the project.
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Types of Project Endings | ||
Type | Description | |
Integration
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When resources are cut off from the project prior to completing all requirements
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Starvation
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When the project comes to an end because it was completed and accepted by the stakeholders
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Addition
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When resources are distributed to other areas in the organization or assigned to other projects
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Extinction
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When a project evolves into ongoing operations
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