Exam 7: Monitoring and Controlling Projects

Updating the risk register is an optional part of project monitoring and control.

Earned value management involves calculating ____ values for each activity or summary activity from a project's WBS.

The main communications management tasks performed as part of monitoring and controlling include performance reporting and managing ____________________.

The main monitoring and controlling tasks performed as part of project ____ management include monitoring and controlling project work and performing integrated change control.

The key outputs resulting from scope verification and scope control are deliverables that are accepted by the customer.

The main monitoring and controlling task performed as part of project time management is ____ control.

A(n)____ chart displays the history and pattern of variation of a process over time.

Performance reporting keeps stakeholders informed about how resources are being used to achieve project objectives.

Few projects are completed without any conflict.

If you do not have a good baseline or actual scope,time,and cost information,you cannot use earned value management.

A(n)____________________ milestone refers to a milestone activity that was actually completed later than originally planned.

____________________ are graphic displays of the logic and flow of processes that help you analyze how problems occur and how processes can be improved.

In the context of monitoring and controlling tasks for project quality management,____ decisions determine if the products or services produced as part of the project will be accepted or rejected.

In the columns to the left of the tracking Gantt chart,you can display baseline and actual start and finish dates.

____________________ change control involves identifying,evaluating,and managing changes throughout the project's life cycle.

____ reports describe where the project stands at a specific point in time.

Risk reassessment,risk audits,variance and trend analysis,technical performance measurements,reserve analysis,and status meetings or periodic risk reviews are all tools and techniques for performing ____ monitoring and control.

A(n)____________________ is a bar graph of a distribution of variables.

How did Northwest Airlines successfully control the scope of a project to develop a new reservation system?

Two key outputs of performance reporting are performance reports and ____.