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Chapter 2 Exercise

The document contains exercises from a PMP/CAPM workbook on project management. It includes exercises on identifying organizational structures, organizational process assets, drawing graphs depicting aspects of a project over its lifecycle, identifying phase-to-phase relationships, and assigning project management process group activities. The exercises are related to concepts in chapters 2 and 3 regarding organizational influences, lifecycles, and the five process groups of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.

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Chapter 2 Exercise

The document contains exercises from a PMP/CAPM workbook on project management. It includes exercises on identifying organizational structures, organizational process assets, drawing graphs depicting aspects of a project over its lifecycle, identifying phase-to-phase relationships, and assigning project management process group activities. The exercises are related to concepts in chapters 2 and 3 regarding organizational influences, lifecycles, and the five process groups of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.

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PMP/CAPM Work Book version 6 2020

Chapter 02
Exercise 01: Identify the type of organizational structure

Description Type of Organizational Structure


1. Project Manager’s title is expeditor or coordinator and
communication is carried out vertically

2. Project coordination takes place at functional


management Level.

3. Project Manager’s Title is expeditor or Coordinator and


project coordination takes place horizontally at project
managers Level.

4. All employees report to project manager only.

5. Project manager and functional manager share


authority.
6. People are drawn from functional departments but
spend most of their time on the project. Project
manager has authority to assign people.

7. Since project manager has little authority he should use


his leadership and motivational skills
8. Project manager is a full time project manager but still
works under the functional manager
9. No permanent home for project team
10. Team spends most of their time on project work and
PM reports to the program manager

Exercise 02: Identify Organizational Process Assets


True/False

1. Safety and health policies

2. Standard guide lines

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3. Human Resources

4. Proposal evaluation criteria

5. Project management information system

6. WBS templates

7. Project audit guidelines

8. Political influences

9. Work ethics and values of the organization

10. Risk break down structure

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Exercise 03: Please draw a curve showing the behavior of cost and staffing level over the project life
cycle

Cost and Staffing


Level

Project Time
Exercise 04: Please draw a curve showing the behavior of Uncertainty over the project life cycle

Uncertainty

Project Time

Exercise 05: Please draw a curve showing the behavior of impact of risk over the project life cycle

Impact of Risk

Project Time

Exercise 06: Please draw a curve showing the behavior of Stakeholder ability to influence the project
over the project life cycle

Stakeholder ability
to influence

Project Time
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Exercise 07:

Please draw a curve showing the behavior of cost of changes over the project life cycle

Cost of changes

Project Time

Exercise 08: Which phase to phase relationship has been described here?

1. Once the feasibility phase is over, planning commences

2. Pilot test for the product is carried out to determine what should be
done next

3. While planning is being carried out vendor was instructed to start work
to save time

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Chapter 03
Exercise 01: Indicate to which process group following activities belongs to:

Activities Process groups(5)

1. Providing forecasts

2. Implement planned methods and standards

3. Determine level of implementation of each selected


process
4. Make a list of activities

5. Adapt approved changes

6. Assess whether project is viable and possible

7. Identify new risk

8. Sponsor identifies a business problem

9. Audit procurement documents

10. Define the boundary of the project

11. Documenting impacts of changes

12. Aligning with the strategy

13. Create a change management plan

14. Influencing factors that cause change

15. Divide into life cycle phases

16. Managing team members

17. Completing scope verification

18. Accept vendor’s deliverables

19. Operations manager takes over the products

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