Project Documentation & Reporting Flashcards
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A project manager notices that actual costs are consistently higher than planned. Which document should be reviewed to understand the approved cost baseline?
Answer: Cost baseline
The cost baseline is the approved version of the time-phased project budget, used as a basis for comparison with actual results.
Which project document describes the roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships of the project team?
Answer: Resource management plan
The resource management plan describes how team roles and responsibilities are defined, acquired, managed, and eventually released from the project.
A project sponsor asks the project manager for a one-page summary showing the overall health of the project. The BEST document to provide is:
Answer: A dashboard or executive summary report
A dashboard or executive summary report presents key performance indicators and project health indicators in a concise format suitable for senior leadership.
When a project team member completes a deliverable, work performance data is collected. This data is THEN analyzed to produce:
Answer: Work performance information
Raw work performance data is analyzed in the context of plan versus actual comparisons to produce work performance information.
A project manager maintains a log that tracks all changes submitted, their status, and outcomes throughout the project. This is called a:
Answer: Change log
A change log is a document used to track all change requests submitted during the project, including their current status and final disposition.
Which of the following is an example of a PULL communication method used in project reporting?
Answer: Posting project updates on an intranet that stakeholders can access on demand
Pull communication places information in a central location that recipients can access at their own discretion, such as an intranet portal or document repository.
A project manager is creating documentation to describe what the project will produce, what work is required, and what is excluded from scope. This document is BEST known as:
Answer: Project scope statement
The project scope statement describes the product scope, project deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and explicitly defines what is out of scope.