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PM Hub now offers you the benefit of daily guidance to help you stay on the road to success with the project management exam or to sharpen and exercise the project management skills you already possess. Each edition of the PM Hub/Crosswind Tip of the Day will give you a question of the day, daily terminology booster, and links to other helpful tools that will prepare you for exam success.
 
Question of the Day
The Project Manager will be starting the executing phase of the construction add-on project next week. The Project Sponsor and Project Manager have a meeting scheduled with the team and the departments that are impacted by the project. They explain what the project is expected to accomplish and how each of the people can help contribute to the success of the project. What is this event called?

A) Kickoff meeting
B)  Initiation
C)  A verbal Charter
D)  Project management plan development
 
Terminology of the Day
 Project Archives
 A complete set of records that correctly describe and document the history of the project
 
Answer and Explanation to Yesterday's Question
The project management team is focusing on the Project Management Life Cycle and the Project Life Cycle. What is the main difference between these two?
A)  They are the same.
B)  The Project Management Life Cycle is the Project Management piece of the project and the Project Life Cycle is the process of completing the work of the project. (Correct)
C)  The Project Management Life Cycle is done in the project and the Project Life Cycle is done after the project is complete.
D)  The Project Management Life Cycle is the process of completing the work of the project and the Project Life Cycle is the Project Management piece of the project.
 Explanation: The Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) is the Project Management methodology used on a project. The Project Life Cycle applies to whatever is being built. It would be the approach of software for a software project or a building approach for construction.
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