TEST ARCHED study plan

Define and distinguish project, program, and portfolio in your own words, mapping each to a real example from your own work history

Explain the role and accountability boundaries of the project manager, program manager, sponsor, and PMO without notes

Diagram the project life cycle and show where phase gates, baselines, and benefits realization sit

Build a one-page glossary of 25 core fundamentals terms with a one-line definition for each

Compare predictive, iterative, and hybrid delivery approaches and state two selection criteria for each

Describe how organizational structure (functional, matrix, projectized) changes a project manager's authority

Identify the inputs and outputs of architecture and solution design within the delivery life cycle

Write a short argument for which delivery approach fits a project you have actually worked on

Explain the purpose and structure of an architecture overview, including logical, physical, and deployment views

Distinguish business, data, application, and technology architecture layers and give one artifact for each

Describe how non-functional requirements drive design decisions and where to record them

Outline a design review process including participants, entry criteria, and decision records

Trace a requirement from elicitation through design decision to a verification method

Compare elicitation techniques (interviews, workshops, observation, document analysis) and state when each is strongest

Write three well-formed functional requirements and two non-functional requirements with measurable acceptance criteria

Explain how scope baseline, work breakdown structure, and traceability matrix connect

Distinguish scope creep from approved change and describe the control that prevents each

Build a work breakdown structure to three levels for a small project and estimate effort per work package

Describe how a delivery schedule, critical path, and resource plan interact

Explain stage-gate or sprint review governance and what decisions are made at each checkpoint

Define verification and validation and give two activities that serve each

Design a test approach covering unit, integration, system, and acceptance levels with entry and exit criteria

Describe defect lifecycle states and the metrics that reveal quality trends

Explain how quality gates in delivery reduce rework cost and where they belong in the life cycle

Build a risk register with probability, impact, response strategy, and owner for at least ten risks

Distinguish risk, issue, and change and state the correct escalation path for each

Describe a change control board process from request to decision to implementation

Explain how root-cause analysis and lessons learned feed back into risk planning

Map stakeholders by influence and interest and choose an engagement approach for each quadrant

Draft a status report that distinguishes progress, forecast, risks, and decisions needed

Explain governance structures including steering committee, escalation thresholds, and reporting cadence

Assemble a personal one-page summary of the seven domains with your weakest two flagged for review