Initiating

Question 1

Project success measures defined in clear terms the criteria by which project success will be evaluated. What three questions do detailed and well-constructed project success measures answer?

Answer 1

What does success look like?

How will success be measured?

What factors may impact success?

Question 2

What is the term for an individual who is involved with and/or impacted (positively or negatively) by a project?

Answer 2

Stakeholder - a stakeholder is any person who is involved with or impacted by the project.

Question 3

What is the definition of a project?

A) Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
B) Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
C) Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs
D) Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a temporary business process or product

Answer 3

B) Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

Question 4

Name the two processes in the Initiating Process Group.

Answer 4

Develop Project Charter and Identify Stakeholders

Question 5

Which document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment?

A) Service level agreement
B) Cost baseline
C) Memorandum of Understanding
D) Business case

Answer 5

D) Business case

Question 6

Who is the person assigned by the performing organization to be responsible for achieving the project’s objectives?

A) Program manager
B) Project manager
C) Functional manager
D) Portfolio manager

Answer 6

B) Project manager

Question 7

Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?

A) Salience
B) Influence-impact
C) Power-interest
D) Power-influence

Answer 7

A) Salience

Question 8

True or False: Without approval from the project sponsor, there is no project.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False: The business case is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project.

Answer 9

False: The assumption log is used to record all assumptions.

Question 10

True or False: It is critical to identify all stakeholders as early as possible.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False: The stakeholder register is rarely updated throughout the life of a project.

Answer 11

False: The stakeholder register is updated often as new stakeholder information is discovered.

Question 12

What is the definition of a the project charter?

Answer 12

A project charter formally documents the high-level details of a project as well as several key elements that structure and organize the formation of a project.

Question 13

What is the assumption log and in which process is it created?

Answer 13

The assumption log is used to record all assumptions and constraints known at any point during the project. The assumption log is one of the two major outputs of the Develop Project Charter process.

Question 14

What is the stakeholder register and in which process is it created?

Answer 14

The stakeholder register is a document used to record pertinent information on every stakeholder, including each stakeholder’s function, title, level of interest in the project, and level of influence. The stakeholder register is created during the Identify Stakeholders process.

Question 15

What is the difference between a project charter and a business case?

Answer 15

The project charter formally documents the high-level details of a project and, after approval by the sponsor, formally authorizes the project.

The business case helps define the objectives, purpose, and assumptions of a project. It’s used prior to starting a project to determine if the benefits of achieving the objectives are worth the investment.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a goal of the Initiating Process Group?

A) Define the project
B) Obtain project approval
C) Define the scope
D) Identify and start to understand the stakeholders

Answer 16

C) Define the Scope - the scope is defined in the Planning Process Group

Question 17

What is the main goal of the Develop Project Charter process?

Answer 17

The Develop Project Charter process focuses on developing and gaining sponsor approval of the project charter.

Question 18

What is the main goal of the Identify Stakeholders process?

Answer 18

The Identify Stakeholders process identifies, analyzes, and classifies all stakeholders that could impact, or be impacted by, the project.

Question 19

Which of the following is not an input to the Develop Project Charter process?

A) Business case
B) Project management plan
C) Agreements
D) EEFs and OPAs

Answer 19

B) Project management plan

Question 20

Early in the project, what are two important inputs to identify stakeholders?

Answer 20

Project charter and business case

Question 21

Stakeholder _______ and _______ helps the team design ways to appropriately engage each stakeholder.

Answer 21

Identification and analysis

Question 22

Which of the following is a method of eliciting information from groups or individuals, such as team members or subject matter experts?

A) Brainstorming
B) Data analysis
C) Bidder conference
D) EEF

Answer 22

A) Brainstorming

Question 23

What is a mapping technique used to identify where stakeholders are perceived to be relative to their power and interest in the project?

Answer 23

Power-interest grid

Question 24

How should stakeholders with high power and high interest be classified and managed?

Answer 24

High-powered and high-interest stakeholders should be managed closely.