Lesson 2: Understanding Projects

Question 1

A more flexible project management methodology that does not require all the project structure and schedule to be instituted at the beginning of the project.

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Agile

Question 2

Teaches and mentors project team members about the benefits of agile and the ceremonies involved in agile projects.

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Agile Coach

Question 3

Document identifying four key values and 12 principles that software developers use to guide their work.

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Agile Manifesto

Question 4

Guide providing tools, situational guidelines, and an understanding of the various agile approaches available to enable better results.

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Agile Practice Guide

Question 5

A point where the flow of work is more than the system can handle, which creates a problem in work being handled.

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Bottleneck

Question 6

Helps with defining a project, collecting requirements, and testing solutions, as well as completing post-project solution monitoring and impact analysis.

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Business analyst

Question 7

Authorizes a project’s existence. It is also the document that gives the PM authority and leadership over a project.

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Charter

Question 8

The output of completing a process, phase, or project consists of some unique and verifiable product, result, or capability.

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Deliverable

Question 9

Consists of activities and functions that assist the project in reaching its objectives.

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Delivery performance domain

Question 10

Associated activities and functions with the development approach, cadence, and life cycle phases of the project.

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Development approach and life cycle performance domain

Question 11

Oversee or supervise the workers within a department. These managers usually oversee functional areas of the company, especially in IT, sales, or operations.

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Functional manager

Question 12

An agile methodology in which work is created and delivered incrementally.

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Kanban

Question 13

An agile methodology with the goal of maximizing value while getting rid of waste.

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Lean

Question 14

Addresses activities and functions associated with assessing and maintaining the performance of their projects.

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Measurement performance domain

Question 15

The result of what occurs because of your project.

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Outcome

Question 16

Groups of interrelated activities that are critical to the success of a project.

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Performance domains

Question 17

Addresses activities and functions associated with assessing and maintaining the performance of their projects.

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Planning performance domain

Question 18

A group of similar programs managed together.

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Portfolio

Question 19

Also known as waterfall, is a sequential process in which work is organized in a sequential order and cascades from one step to the next.

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Predictive

Question 20

An output that is completed as part of a project.

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Product

Question 21

A member of a scrum team responsible for delivering the product to the organization.

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Product Owner

Question 22

A group of similar projects that are coordinated and managed together.

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Program

Question 23

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique project, service, or result.

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Project

Question 24

The system of techniques and principles that PMs use to manage projects from beginning to end.

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Project management methodology

Question 25

Oversees the project to ensure that it is completed on time and within budget, with all the deliverables finished and approved.

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Project manager

Question 26

Provides details for how the project work will be accomplished.

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Project plan

Question 27

Provides the requirements for creating a project deliverable including specific goals, tasks, and deadlines.

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Project scope

Question 28

Focuses on activities and responsibilities related to creating processes, managing resources, and fostering an environment conducive to learning are addressed.

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Project work performance domain

Question 29

Defines what is needed to complete a project.

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Requirements

Question 30

A stakeholder who contributes to the deliverable on a project.

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Resource

Question 31

Growth of a project's scope, either continuous or uncontrolled, at any time after the project begins.

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Scope creep

Question 32

An agile methodology concentrating on incremental and iterative approaches to developing software.

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Scrum

Question 33

Specific meetings taking place within each sprint.

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Scrum ceremony

Question 34

Serves as the team’s coach in scrum projects facilitating scrum events and removing impediments to getting work done.

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Scrum master

Question 35

Largely self-organizing teams of five to seven members responsible for doing the work of building a product in scrum projects.

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Scrum team

Question 36

Team leadership focusing on understanding and addressing the needs of team members to maximize team performance.

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Servant leader

Question 37

The primary project stakeholder having decision-making authority and driving the resources and support for the project.

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Sponsor

Question 38

The division of work in scrum projects into short, time-boxed groups which are often about two weeks long.

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Sprints

Question 39

Standard term used to describe anyone who is “affected by the project.”

Answer 39

Stakeholder

Question 40

Deals with activities and functions associated with stakeholders.

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Stakeholder performance domain

Question 41

A unit of each task in a project estimating the level of effort.

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Story points

Question 42

Focuses on activities and functions related to people who produce project deliverables that achieve business objectives.

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Team performance domain

Question 43

Addresses risk and uncertainty related functions and activities.

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Uncertainty performance domain

Question 44

The worth, significance, or usefulness of something.

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Value

Question 45

Also known as predictive, is a sequential process in which work is organized in a sequential order and cascades from one step to the next (thus looking like a waterfall).

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Waterfall

Question 46

The project’s scope “decomposed into lower levels of detail.”

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)