Which principle is central to the quality theme and provides explicit understanding of what
the project will create?

During Executing a Work package, specialist products are created and quality reviews are
carried out - which management product captures the details of these reviews?

Having completed designing the plan, in which order should the next steps take place to produce a plan?
1. Prepare Estimates
2. Define and analyze Products
3. Prepare the schedule
4. Identify activities and dependencies

In which Management product would the Project Board specify where the authority for
change requests lies?

Scenario
Additional Information
During the initiation stage the Project Manager met with the Marketing Director to find out
more about the requirements of the promotional calendar and recorded the following notes:
There has been a reduction in the order numbers at the MNO Manufacturing due in part to
the increased marketing activities of its competitors. 10% of customers have not re-ordered
in this financial year and staff morale is poor. A number of skilled staff have left as a result
and replacement staff have not been recruited due to the reduced operation. If the project
is successful, a recruitment campaign will be required to fill the existing staff vacancies and
there may be a requirement for additional staff. Operational costs are likely to increase
because skilled staff are expensive and difficult to find.
In financial terms, there were a total of 1,500 orders in the last financial year, each with an
average profit of £2k. The Marketing department believes that sending a promotional
calendar to our current and prospective customers would increase orders by at least 10%
with a minimum of 10 further orders from the list of prospective customers within 12 months
from the date of distribution.
The Marketing Director will be funding the project from the business marketing budget. She
believes that the effect of a good company image portrayed by a successful calendar would
last into a second year. She has forecast the same increase in orders for a second year
and predicts that the annual employee satisfaction survey will show a measurable
improvement in staff morale.
A number of alternatives were explored, including:
20% discount for all repeat customers - not cost-effective and very short term
A promotional calendar as a free Christmas gift - would target current and
prospective customers and the benefits would last into a second year
A series of television and press advertisements· was too expensive
A direct mail shot to all customers - benefit would be short term
Creation of an internet website - would not suit all customers
The calendar is seen as the favored option, as long as the company's competitors do not
increase their marketing activity. Whilst the Marketing department wants a very high
quality, glossy product, the project management team must be aware of the cost this will
incur.
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Expected benefits heading?

Which of the following is not part of the composition of a Plan?

The Manage by Exception principle sets tolerances for six areas of the project, Time. Cost
and Quality are three of them, what are the other three?

Scenario:
Techniques, processes and procedures
1. Any threat that may result in a loss of MFH data must be escalated immediately.
Joint agreements
2. Work is to start at the beginning of week 2 (Stage 4).
3. The project will take two years to complete, at an estimated cost of £2.5m.
Tolerances
4. None.
Constraints
5. MFH staff must not be involved in any heavy lifting during the removal of existing IT equipment.
6. Installation work must take place during MFH normal working hours.
7. +£10,000 / -£25,000.
Reporting arrangements
8. Highlight Report every Monday by 10.00 am.
9. The report must contain a summary of all products worked on during the previous week.
10. Project Manager must be notified of any issues immediately by telephone.
Problem handling and escalation
11. Impact analysis of all issues must be completed within 24 hours.
Extracts or references
12. The Stage Plan for stage 4 is available from Project Support.
Approval method
13. Project Assurance will review the completed Work Package and confirm completion
Which 2 statements apply to either the Techniques, processes and procedures or Constraints sections?