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Question: Describe the elemenst of a stakeholder process; make five points in your answer and draw a suitable diagram Answer: 1. Identify. All stakeholders who have an interest, are impacted by or are involved in the project need to be identified. These may be internal or external to your organisation. The stakeholders can be identified […]

Response to question 2: Describe five difficulties that a profect manager may experience when working in a matrix environment and give examples of things they can do to alleviate these. – A project manager working in a matrix organisation may have difficulties persuading staff to work on a project as they may consider their priorities lie with […]

The following was sent to my by e-mail: Five benefits of effective project management governance are as follows: Having a well understood set of roles, responsibilities and authority levels on the project, means that everyone knows what they are expected of them and therefore ensures that the products to be produced on the project will […]

Note that this exam is now the APM PMQ. This question is quite easy just think of the chaos that would ensue if a project had no change control process. Write five paragraphs of 2-3 sentences each. Post your results below and we will give you constructive feedback.

Hi just trying to get to grips with configuration management, i thought a likley question may be” Describe 5 configuration management roles”   so here goes 1- Configuration Manager The configuation manager is responsible for the design & implementation of a configuration management system that is appropriate for the project, it is also their responsibility […]

After last weeks hard question on quality, this week a much easier one (I hope). Please write 5 paragraphes of two the three sentances each on the advantages of planning. Think about both the hard benifits (help deliver the project on time) and the soft benifits (help improve team understanding of the project). Post your […]

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I am struggling with section 4.8 q2) Explain how the relationship between sponsor, PM and users operates through the life cycle of the project.make 5 points I have only came-up with 4 points and I am unsure if they clearly answer the question. I would find it very useful to see someone elses answer to […]

Hi John I was going through the sample APM exam paper and there were a few questions I wasn’t sure about, largely because I’m unsure whether the questions are referring to a specific part of a process or to the process as a whole: 1. In addition to choosing the response strategy state four actions […]

Q1) Differentiate between the terms project and programme.   -A project has a limited budget, whereas a programme may not. The construction of a bridge is likely to have a set budget from the start, whereas a traffic improvement programme may receive funding throughout  -A project has a finite timescale whereas a programme may not. […]

I was doing well on answering the quiz on section 6.1 until I got no 9 wrong. The question states: the business case leads directly into the project management plan. True or false? I looked at my project life cycle chart and answered false because between the buisness case being drawn up and the project […]

I have just finished section 5, and am reviewing the exam questions at the end of the section on configuration management. The second question (on p 99) says “Describe five aspects of a configuration management system” but this doesnt seem to be answered in the text. Can anyone help? When the question says “aspects” I […]

Just got my certificate and letter today, having sat the exam on Mon 16th July, so not as long a wait as I’d expected. I’m REALLY grateful to the tips I’ve got from this forum, be it answers to my own postings or just reviewing others’ discussions. I also think the pod casts made a […]