Monitoring & Controlling Processes Flashcards
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Which process involves tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing changes to optimize project performance?
Answer: Control Resources
Control Resources monitors planned versus actual use of physical resources and takes corrective action as needed to optimize resource performance.
A project manager is preparing a status report and needs to show the difference between earned value and actual cost. Which metric should be used?
Answer: Cost Variance (CV)
Cost Variance (CV) = EV - AC, which directly shows whether the project is over or under budget for the work accomplished.
During a project audit, the auditor finds that change requests are being approved verbally without documentation. This is a violation of which process?
Answer: Perform Integrated Change Control
Perform Integrated Change Control requires all change requests to be formally documented, evaluated, and approved or denied in writing to maintain the integrity of project records.
A project manager uses a fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram during quality monitoring. What is its PRIMARY purpose?
Answer: Identifying root causes of quality problems
The fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect tool used to identify and organize potential root causes of a quality problem or defect.
What is the key difference between a project baseline and a project forecast?
Answer: Baselines represent the approved original plan; forecasts reflect expected future performance
A baseline is the formally approved version of the project plan against which performance is measured; a forecast is a current estimate of future performance based on actual data.
A project manager identifies that variance thresholds have been exceeded for cost. According to the Control Costs process, what is the NEXT step?
Answer: Analyze the cause of variance and determine corrective or preventive actions
When variance thresholds are exceeded, the PM must analyze the root cause and determine appropriate corrective or preventive actions before escalating or updating the plan.
Which output is common to BOTH the Control Quality and Validate Scope processes?
Answer: Work performance information
Work performance information is an output shared by both processes, providing analyzed data about how project activities compare to the project management plan.