Project Management & Documentation Flashcards
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What is the key difference between verification and validation in a system integration context?
Answer: Verification confirms the system was built right; validation confirms the right system was built
Verification ensures the system meets its specifications, while validation ensures the delivered system satisfies the customer's actual operational needs.
A project manager needs to estimate project duration with high uncertainty. Which technique uses optimistic, pessimistic, and most-likely estimates?
Answer: Three-point estimating (PERT)
PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) uses three estimates to calculate a weighted average duration and assess schedule uncertainty.
Which document in a CSI project establishes the agreed-upon baseline for all deliverables, schedule, and costs?
Answer: Performance measurement baseline
The performance measurement baseline (PMB) integrates scope, schedule, and cost baselines and is the reference against which project performance is measured.
When integrating subsystems from multiple vendors, which documentation practice most reduces integration risk?
Answer: Establishing a common configuration management system with standardized naming conventions
A unified configuration management system with consistent naming and version control prevents mismatches and conflicting baselines across vendor deliverables.
What is a project baseline used for in earned value management?
Answer: Providing the reference plan against which actual performance is compared
The project baseline (scope, cost, and schedule) is the approved plan that serves as the benchmark for measuring variances and forecasting completion.
During a post-project review, the team finds that many integration defects were traced back to undocumented assumptions. What process improvement addresses this?
Answer: Adding an assumptions log to the project planning documentation
An assumptions log captures and tracks assumptions made throughout the project, allowing teams to validate or revisit them before they become issues.
Which type of contract places the greatest financial risk on the contractor in a system integration project?
Answer: Fixed-price lump sum (FFP)
Under a fixed-price contract, the contractor bears all cost overrun risk because the price is set regardless of actual costs incurred.