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Why are Resource Calendars important?
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Resource Calendars show the availability of human and physical resources, including working days and shifts, ensuring resources are effectively planned and utilized.
What is Expert Judgment and how is it used in project management?
Expert Judgment involves utilizing expertise from individuals with specialized knowledge, education, skill, or experience to inform decisions and assessments in specific areas of the project.
Explain the purpose of a Scope Management Plan.
It outlines how the project scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated, providing mechanisms for preventing scope creep by controlling deliverables.
What differentiates Project Scope from Product Scope?
Project Scope encompasses the work required to deliver a product, service, or result with specified features and functions, whereas Product Scope includes the detailed features and functional aspects of the product, service, or result.
What is Rolling Wave Planning and when might it be employed?
Rolling Wave Planning is an iterative technique, where near-term work is planned in detail while future work is planned at a higher level, allowing for detailed planning as more information becomes available.
What is the function of a Lessons Learned Register in project management?
It records knowledge gained during the project to benefit current and future projects by informing practice improvements and avoiding past mistakes.
What characterizes a Predictive Life Cycle in project management?
A Predictive Life Cycle involves determining project scope, time, and costs early in the project with upfront collection of requirements, ensuring a structured and pre-defined approach.
Describe the difference between project requirements and product requirements.
Project requirements are actions, processes, or conditions needed to complete the project, while product requirements define the conditions or capabilities of the product, service, or outcome.
What is the role of a Stakeholder Register in project management?
A Stakeholder Register lists individual or organizational stakeholders, detailing their interests, influence, and authority, aiding in stakeholder management.
Explain the purpose of the Team Charter.
The Team Charter establishes the team’s values, agreements, and practices, defining ground rules for team behavior and collaboration.
Define consensus in the context of decision making in project management.
Consensus is a collaborative process where all team members reach a decision that everyone can accept, even if it is not their preferred choice.
How does a Resource Management Plan contribute to project success?
It outlines how resources are identified, acquired, allocated, monitored, and controlled, including both human resources and physical resources like equipment and supplies.
How does a Project Charter facilitate project commencement?
Issued by the project initiator or sponsor, it authorizes the project, providing the project manager with the authority to deploy resources and outlining high-level requirements, schedule, risks, and budget.
Describe the concept of Progressive Elaboration.
Progressive Elaboration is the iterative process of increasing the detail of the project management plan, allowing for adjustments and refinements as more information and understanding is gained.
What is the primary purpose of a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI Chart)?
To identify and define stakeholder involvement in project activities by clarifying who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed.
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