Engineering Project Management
# QUESTION ANSWER
1 What is a project? A temporary endeavor undertaken
to create a unique product,
service, or result. It has a defined
beginning and end, distinct from
ongoing operations.
2 What are the key Projects are temporary, unique,
characteristics that differentiate and progressively elaborated,
a project from operations? while operations are ongoing,
repetitive, and produce standard
outputs.
3 What is project management? The application of knowledge,
skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet project
requirements, balancing scope,
time, cost, quality, resources, and
risk.
4 What are the five Project Initiating, Planning, Executing,
Management Process Groups? Monitoring & Controlling, and
Closing.
5 What is the PMBOK Guide? The Project Management Body of
Knowledge — a standard
published by PMI that provides
guidelines, rules, and
characteristics for project
management.
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6 What is a program in project A group of related projects
management? managed in a coordinated way to
obtain benefits not available from
managing them individually.
7 What is a portfolio? A collection of projects, programs,
subsidiary portfolios, and
operations managed as a group to
achieve strategic objectives.
8 What is a Project Management An organizational structure that
Office (PMO)? standardizes project governance
processes and facilitates sharing
of resources, methodologies,
tools, and techniques.
9 What are the three types of Supportive (consultative),
PMOs? Controlling (compliance-focused),
and Directive (direct management
of projects).
10 What is enterprise Conditions not under the project
environmental factors (EEF)? team's control that influence,
constrain, or direct the project,
such as organizational culture,
regulations, and market
conditions.
11 What are organizational Plans, processes, policies,
process assets (OPA)? procedures, and knowledge bases
specific to and used by the
performing organization.
12 What is progressive The iterative process of increasing
elaboration? the level of detail in a project
management plan as greater
amounts of information and more
accurate estimates become
available.
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13 What is the project life cycle? The series of phases that a project
passes through from its initiation
to its closure, providing the basic
framework for managing the
project.
14 What are the four common Starting the project, Organizing
project phases? and Preparing, Carrying out the
project work, and Closing the
project.
15 What is a stakeholder? An individual, group, or
organization that may affect, be
affected by, or perceive itself to be
affected by a decision, activity, or
outcome of a project.
16 What is the project sponsor's To provide resources and support
primary role? for the project, champion the
project at executive levels, and be
accountable for the project's
success.
17 What is a functional A structure where staff are
organizational structure? grouped by specialty and the
functional manager has clear
authority; project managers have
limited authority.
18 What is a projectized A structure where project
organizational structure? managers have full authority and
team members work full-time on
projects; resources are organized
around projects.
19 What is a matrix organizational A blend of functional and
structure? projectized structures; project
managers share authority with
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functional managers. Can be
weak, balanced, or strong.
20 What is a constraint in project A limiting factor that affects the
management? execution of a project or process,
such as time, cost, scope, quality,
risk, or resources (the triple
constraint).
Initiating Process Group
# QUESTION ANSWER
21 What is the purpose of the To define a new project or phase
Initiating Process Group? by obtaining authorization to start
the project or phase.
22 What is a Project Charter? A document issued by the sponsor
that formally authorizes the
existence of a project and gives
the project manager authority to
apply resources to project
activities.
23 What are the key contents of a Project purpose, objectives, high-
Project Charter? level requirements, high-level
risks, summary milestone
schedule, pre-approved budget,
project manager authority level,
and sponsor signature.
24 What is a business case? A document that justifies the
investment in the project by
analyzing needs, costs, benefits,
risks, and alternatives.
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# QUESTION ANSWER
1 What is a project? A temporary endeavor undertaken
to create a unique product,
service, or result. It has a defined
beginning and end, distinct from
ongoing operations.
2 What are the key Projects are temporary, unique,
characteristics that differentiate and progressively elaborated,
a project from operations? while operations are ongoing,
repetitive, and produce standard
outputs.
3 What is project management? The application of knowledge,
skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet project
requirements, balancing scope,
time, cost, quality, resources, and
risk.
4 What are the five Project Initiating, Planning, Executing,
Management Process Groups? Monitoring & Controlling, and
Closing.
5 What is the PMBOK Guide? The Project Management Body of
Knowledge — a standard
published by PMI that provides
guidelines, rules, and
characteristics for project
management.
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6 What is a program in project A group of related projects
management? managed in a coordinated way to
obtain benefits not available from
managing them individually.
7 What is a portfolio? A collection of projects, programs,
subsidiary portfolios, and
operations managed as a group to
achieve strategic objectives.
8 What is a Project Management An organizational structure that
Office (PMO)? standardizes project governance
processes and facilitates sharing
of resources, methodologies,
tools, and techniques.
9 What are the three types of Supportive (consultative),
PMOs? Controlling (compliance-focused),
and Directive (direct management
of projects).
10 What is enterprise Conditions not under the project
environmental factors (EEF)? team's control that influence,
constrain, or direct the project,
such as organizational culture,
regulations, and market
conditions.
11 What are organizational Plans, processes, policies,
process assets (OPA)? procedures, and knowledge bases
specific to and used by the
performing organization.
12 What is progressive The iterative process of increasing
elaboration? the level of detail in a project
management plan as greater
amounts of information and more
accurate estimates become
available.
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13 What is the project life cycle? The series of phases that a project
passes through from its initiation
to its closure, providing the basic
framework for managing the
project.
14 What are the four common Starting the project, Organizing
project phases? and Preparing, Carrying out the
project work, and Closing the
project.
15 What is a stakeholder? An individual, group, or
organization that may affect, be
affected by, or perceive itself to be
affected by a decision, activity, or
outcome of a project.
16 What is the project sponsor's To provide resources and support
primary role? for the project, champion the
project at executive levels, and be
accountable for the project's
success.
17 What is a functional A structure where staff are
organizational structure? grouped by specialty and the
functional manager has clear
authority; project managers have
limited authority.
18 What is a projectized A structure where project
organizational structure? managers have full authority and
team members work full-time on
projects; resources are organized
around projects.
19 What is a matrix organizational A blend of functional and
structure? projectized structures; project
managers share authority with
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functional managers. Can be
weak, balanced, or strong.
20 What is a constraint in project A limiting factor that affects the
management? execution of a project or process,
such as time, cost, scope, quality,
risk, or resources (the triple
constraint).
Initiating Process Group
# QUESTION ANSWER
21 What is the purpose of the To define a new project or phase
Initiating Process Group? by obtaining authorization to start
the project or phase.
22 What is a Project Charter? A document issued by the sponsor
that formally authorizes the
existence of a project and gives
the project manager authority to
apply resources to project
activities.
23 What are the key contents of a Project purpose, objectives, high-
Project Charter? level requirements, high-level
risks, summary milestone
schedule, pre-approved budget,
project manager authority level,
and sponsor signature.
24 What is a business case? A document that justifies the
investment in the project by
analyzing needs, costs, benefits,
risks, and alternatives.
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