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CAPM Exam Prep Part1
Certfied Associate in Project Management Certification Exam Preperation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is your main objective as a Project Manager? | Implement frameworks to streamline the team's workflow and establish processes to meet the client's requirements. |
| What are your sub-objectives as a Project Manager? | Break large workloads down into manageable tasks, set realistic deadlines, allocate sufficient resources for each task, and host regular team meetings. |
| What is a Project? | A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. |
| What is an Endeavor? | Something that delivers value as a product, service, or result. |
| A project has a ________ and an ____, has a unique set of ________, and will create a service that will add _____ for the company. | Beginning, End, Requirements, Value. |
| Projects enable ______ and create ____. | Change, Value. |
| Business Analysis | The practice of enabling change in an organizational context by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to the stakeholders. |
| Business Analysis is vital in determining the ________ of a project, to resolve _____, address ____, enhance _______, and other objectives. | Feasibility, Issues, Gaps, Capabilities. |
| Business Analysis is also used to determine business ______, organizational _____, and project practitioners' focus and intersection. | Strategy, Goals. |
| ______ offer several components which enable change and effective value delivery within organizations. | Projects. |
| Projects are _______, so businesses can protect themselves from overextending their financial and human resources. | Temporary. |
| _______ projects have timelines that assist them in staying on ______ and accountable to other dependent business operations. | Temporary, Budget. |
| Business Analysis connects __________ goals to ______ goals, which are the established mechanisms for realizing or making them a reality. | Organizational, Project. |
| When thinking about the feasibility of a new service or change to a business, what questions do you want to ask/look into? | Potential revenue, approximate cost, the customer base, risks, and timeline. |
| What questions do you need to put time and effort into in order to obtain the answers? | Potential revenue, approximate cost, the customer base, risks. and timeline. |
| Conduct ______, analyze _____, and build a ________ _____ that justifies the project. | Research, Results, Business Case. |
| What must your Business Case establish? | That the project will provide benefits and value. |
| Build a Business Case that explores and ______ the business need and identifies potential _______ and _____. | Justifies, Benefits, Value. |
| Who authorizes a Project? | Project Sponsors, or Executive Sponsors. |
| Who is accountable for enabling success? | Project Sponsor/Executive Sponsor. |
| In small businesses, who usually has the Project Vision? | Project Sponsor/Executive Sponsor. |
| In larger businesses, __________ closer to the project will have the Project Vision, while a ________ _________ supports and provides the resources for it. | Stakeholders, Project Sponsor (Executive Sponsor). |
| _______ _________ formalizes/refines the vision into a Project Vision. | Project Manager. |
| The ______ ______ documents the project vision and authorizes the project and provides the project manager with authority to apply organizational _______ to project activities. | Project Charter, Resources. |
| What is a Project Sponsor? | Individual or group that provides resources and support for a project, program, or portfolio, and is accountable for enabling success. |
| What is a Business Analyst? | An external consultant, company partner, or other individual. Should be able to offer much of the information the project manager or team needs to start planning and working! |
| What is a Project Vision Statement? | A concise, high-level description of the project that states the project's purpose and inspires the team to contribute to the project. |
| What is a Project Charter? | Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. |
| What is a List of Stakeholders? | An individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project, program, or portfolio. |
| What is a Business Case? | It identifies business needs, including the proposed benefits and value, feasibility study, cost/benefit analysis, and more. |
| What are Measurable Strategic Objectives? | Any objectives that can be quantified, i.e. objective key results, key performance indicators, and so on. |
| When initiating a Project, what do you start with? | A Project Vision Statement. |
| What is the second step in initiating a Project? | Project Charter. |
| What do you need in order to write a Project Charter? | A Project Sponsor (Executive Sponsor), the Stakeholders, the Business Case, the Measurable Strategic Objectives, and how the project will meet them. |
| The last step of initiating a Project is what? | Get the project formally authorized and name a project manager. |
| What does it mean to formally authorize a Project? | A project names a Project Manager, and the role has the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. |
| Why is the Stakeholder participation critical for developing business cases for projects? | Stakeholders can provide the needs and requirements for the business case. |
| Contributions from _________ are significant. By engaging with them, the _________ ________ will have gained a broad understanding of their needs and requirements. Their perspective influences the _________ ______. | Stakeholders, Business Analyst, Business Case. |