Chapter 3: The Project Management Process Groups

What are the five project management process groups?

Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.

Project management can be viewed as a number of related _.

processes.

A methodology described _ things should be done.

how

A standard described _ should be done.

what

What are the different project management methodologies discussed in class?

PRINCE2, Agile, Rational Unified Process (RUP), and Six Sigma

Project Pre-Initiation and Initiation

Recognizing and starting a new project.

_ should serve as the foundation for deciding which projects to persue.

Strategic

What two knowledge areas are important in the Initiation process?

Project Integration Management and Project Stakeholder Management.

What is the main purpose of Project Planning?

to guide execution.

Which process group requires every knowledge area?

Project Planning

What are the key outputs from the Project Planning process?

Team contract, Project scope statement, work braekdown structure, project schedule, and list of prioritized risks.

Which process group affects all other process groups and occurs ding all phases of the project lifecycle?

Project Monitoring and Controlling.

What are the outputs of the Project Monitoring and controlling process?

Performance reports, change requests, and updates to various plans.

What does project closing involve?

gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance.

In an Agile approach, teams __ make snap decision about whether to manage a project using an agile approach or not.

do not

Product owner

responsible for the business value of the project and decides what work to do and in what order

ScrumMaster

ensures that the team is productive, facilities the daily scrume, and removes barriers that hinder the team.

Scrum/Development Team

cross-functional team of 5-9 people who organize themselves and work to product the desired results.

What are the three Scrum artifacts?

Product backlog, sprint backlog, and burndown chart.

Product backlog

list of features prioritized by business value.

Sprint backlog

highest priority items from the product backlog to be completed within a sprint.

Burndown chart

shows the cumulative work remaining in a sprint on a day to day basis.

What are the 4 Scrum ceremonies discussed in class?

Sprint planning session, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.

Sprint planning session

meeting with the team to select a set of work from the product backlog to deliver during a sprint

Daily Scrum

short meeting for the dev team to share progress and challenges

Sprint review

meeting in which the team shows the product owner what it has completed during a sprint

Sprint retrospective

meeting in which team looks for ways to improve the product and the process

In the planning process for Scrum, because Scrum implies a self-directed group, coached by a ScrumMaster, a project charter should_.

not be necessary

In a Scrum Monitoring and Controlling proces, what are the two main tools used?

Daily Scrum and Sprint review

Sprint review

work progress within a sprint can be represented on a sprint board maintained by the ScrumMaster.

After the sprint review, the _ leads the sprint retrospective.

ScrumMaster

What are the two fundamental questions intended to answer during the sprint retrospective or closing process?

What went well that we should continue? What could we do differently?