PMP - Module 4

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  1. What guidelines should you follow when facilitating a meeting?

  2. In agile projects, you facilitate __________ __________ while the team is empowered to __________ __________. What are they?

  3. What 2 skills are required to ensure positive results when handling conflict?

  4. What is the project manager’s role when managing conflict?

  5. What guidelines should you follow when prioritizing critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers?

  6. What guidelines should you follow when working with external stakeholders, other projects, and work demands?

  7. The servant leader takes on most of the burden of _____________and _____________ _____________ so the team can do their best work. What is it?

  8. What 3 elements are required to optimize the workplace to be free of obstacles and other impediments?

  9. What is the aim of a servant leader when handling impediments?

  10. Newly identified and existing risks are updated based on __________ and __________. What are they?

  11. Risks raised formally during the __________, __________, or __________ are added to the risk register. What are they?

  12. ____________ may be due to, or a result of, project risks or issues. What is it?

  13. What are Risk Registers?

  14. What are Risk Reviews?

  15. What 2 elements should we capture when assessing an impediment?

  16. When should we track impediments?

  17. What are 3 ways to track impediments?

  18. What 3 main questions should we ask during the daily standup?

  19. Are daily standups mandatory?

  20. Where is the designated time for the daily standup recorded?

  21. What is the PMI definition of Daily Standup (Daily Scrum)?

  22. What is the purpose of using backlog assessments and refinements?

  23. What are the 4 steps to assessing your product backlog?

  24. Work to be done is also called a ________________________. What is it?

  25. What are differences between impediments, obstacles, and blockers?

  26. What is the PMI definition of Blockers?

  27. What is the PMI definition of Obstacles?

  28. What is the PMI definition of Impediments?

  29. What guidelines should you follow when conducting a retrospective?

  30. What are the 3 steps to implements the results of your retrospectives/lessons learned?

  31. What 4 steps are required to successfully perform a retrospective/lessons learned activity?

  32. How are retrospectives different than lessons learned?

  33. How are retrospectives similar to lessons learned?

  34. What are the 2 flows within the value stream map?

  35. What is the PMI definition of Value Stream Map?

  36. What are task boards?

  37. What are dashboards?

  38. What are quality reports?

  39. What are work performance reports?

  40. What are variance analysis reports?

  41. What are Earned Value Management reports?

  42. What are burnup charts?

  43. What are burndown charts?

  44. What are information radiators?

  45. How many types of Performance Reports are there?

  46. What is the formula for ETC?

  47. What is Current Spending Efficiency (CPI)?

  48. What is Estimate to Complete (ETC)?

  49. What is the formula for EAC?

  50. What is the Projected Budget at Completion (BAC)?

    relates to your cost baseline (approved budget)

  51. What is Current Spending Efficiency (CPI)?

  52. What is Estimate at Completion (EAC)?

    EAC = BAC/CPI (no change). Use this formula if the planned future performance will be the same as the past performance.

  53. What does an CPI < 1 indicate?

  54. What does an CPI = 1 indicate?

  55. What does an CPI > 1 indicate?

  56. What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)?

  57. What does a zero CV indicate?

  58. What does a negative CV indicate?

  59. What does a positive CV indicate?

  60. What is Cost Variance (CV)?

  61. What does an SPI < 1 indicate?

  62. What does an SPI = 1 indicate?

  63. What does an SPI > 1 indicate?

  64. What is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)?

  65. What does a zero SV indicate?

  66. What does a negative SV indicate?

  67. What does a positive SV indicate?

  68. What is Schedule Variance (SV)?

  69. What is created when you combine all 3 of these parts together when using Earned Value Management?

  70. What is Actual Cost?

  71. What is Earned Value?

    the actual work performed. PV x % of project complete

  72. What is total planned value?

    The same as BAC

  73. What is Planned Value?

    The value at a point in time (the purple box)

  74. What are the 3 parts of Earned Value Management?

  75. What is the cost baseline referred to when using Earned Value Management?

  76. What is the PMI definition of Earned Value Management EVM)?

  77. The _________ value of the work contribution is another way of _________ and _________ performance. What are they?

  78. What are 7 performance tracking tools that you can use to track your project’s performance?

  79. When should you conduct objective setting meetings?

  80. Why is it important to create challenging, yet attainable objectives?

  81. How should objectives be set within the team?

  82. Why is it important to manage with clear objectives?

  83. What are the 5 team development stages of the Tuckman Ladder?

  84. What 3 things are required for team development?

  85. Team development acknowledges _________ and promotes _________. What are they?

  86. Team development is a process that can _________ and _________. What are they?

  87. What are 6 tasks involved in a performance assessment?

  88. What are 5 reasons to conduct team performance assessments?

  89. What are the 3 aspects of Team Performance Assessments?

  90. What is the benefit of team building activities?

  91. What is the format for team building activities?

  92. Why is it important to establish a culture of fluid communication and engagement in the workplace? What does it promote?

  93. What 3 areas should you include the team in to foster autonomy and teamwork?

  94. As a project manager, fostering autonomy and teamwork means knowing ….

  95. Why should we prioritize team unity?

  96. Why should we empower project team members to foster collaborative work and decision making?

  97. Why should we empower project team members with a sense of ownership of the work?

  98. Why should we empower project team members to make timely decisions?

  99. Why is it important that team members need to be able to contribute from everywhere and at any time?

  100. Use shared workspaces to foster __________ and __________ collaboration. What are they?