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Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?

  1. Collaboration
  2. Negotiation
  3. Decision making
  4. Influencing

Answer(s): D



Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?

  1. Estimate Costs
  2. Control Costs
  3. Plan Cost Management
  4. Determine Budget

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

7.2.3.1 Activity Cost Estimates
Activity cost estimates are quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to complete project work. Cost estimates can be presented in summary form or in detail. Costs are estimated for all resources that are applied to the activity cost estimate. This includes, but is not limited to, direct labor, materials, equipment, services, facilities, information technology, and special categories such as cost of financing (including interest charges), an inflation allowance, exchange rates, or a cost contingency reserve. Indirect costs, if they are included in the project estimate, can be included at the activity level or at higher levels.

Process: 7.3 Determine Budget
Definition: The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it determines the cost baseline against which project performance can be monitored and controlled.

Inputs
1. Cost management plan
2. Scope baseline
3. Activity cost estimates
4. Basis of estimates
5. Project schedule
6. Resource calendars
7. Risk register

8. Agreements
9. Organizational process assets

Tools & Techniques
1. Cost aggregation
2. Reserve analysis
3. Expert judgment
4. Historical relationships
5. Funding limit reconciliation

Outputs
1. Cost baseline
2. Project funding requirements
3. Project documents updates



In project management, a temporary project can be:

  1. Completed without planning
  2. A routine business process
  3. Long in duration
  4. Ongoing to produce goods

Answer(s): C



Which document in the project management plan can be updated in the Plan Procurement Management process?

  1. Budget estimates
  2. Risk matrix
  3. Requirements documentation
  4. Procurement documents

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Process: 12.1 Plan Procurement Management
Definition: The process of documenting project procurement decisions, specifying the approach, and identifying potential sellers.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it determines whether to acquire outside support, and if so, what to acquire, how to acquire it, how much is needed, and when to acquire it.

Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Requirements documentation
3. Risk register
4. Activity resource requirements
5. Project schedule

6. Activity cost estimates
7. Stakeholder register
8. Enterprise environmental factors
9. Organizational process assets

Tools & Techniques
1. Make-or-buy analysis
2. Expert judgment
3. Market research
4. Meetings

Outputs
1. Procurement management plan
2. Procurement statement of work
3. Procurement documents
4. Source selection criteria
5. Make-or-buy decisions
6. Change requests
7. Project documents updates






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