Project Management & Documentation Flashcards

In system integration projects, an Interface Control Document (ICD) primarily defines:

Answer: The physical and logical connection points between integrated subsystems

An ICD specifies protocols, data formats, signal definitions, and physical connectors at the boundaries between systems being integrated.

A stakeholder analysis matrix is used to:

Answer: Identify stakeholders and assess their influence, interest, and engagement strategy

A stakeholder analysis matrix helps project managers plan appropriate engagement strategies based on each stakeholder's power and interest levels.

What does a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) most directly communicate?

Answer: Which team member is accountable, responsible, consulted, or informed for each task

A RAM (often implemented as a RACI chart) maps deliverables or tasks to roles, clarifying accountability and preventing confusion on large integration teams.

During a system integration project, configuration audits serve to verify that:

Answer: Delivered items match their approved configuration documentation

Configuration audits (functional and physical) confirm that the as-built system matches its documented configuration baselines and specifications.

Which scheduling tool visually displays project tasks over time with horizontal bars representing duration?

Answer: Gantt chart

A Gantt chart uses horizontal bars on a timeline to show each task's start date, duration, and end date, making schedule visualization straightforward.

A risk that has occurred and is now actively affecting the project is reclassified as a(n):

Answer: Issue

Once a risk event materializes and impacts the project, it becomes an issue that must be managed through issue resolution rather than risk response planning.

In earned value management, Cost Performance Index (CPI) is calculated as:

Answer: EV divided by AC

CPI = EV / AC; a value greater than 1.0 means the project is getting more work done per dollar spent than planned.