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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






2. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






3. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






4. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






5. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






6. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






7. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






8. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






9. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






10. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






11. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






12. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






13. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






14. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






15. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






16. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






17. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






18. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






19. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






20. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






21. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






22. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






23. A milestone has a ______duration






24. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






25. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






26. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






27. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






28. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






29. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






30. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






31. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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32. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






33. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






34. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






35. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






36. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






37. 3 main components of the communication model






38. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






39. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






40. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






41. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






42. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






43. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






44. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






45. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






46. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






47. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






48. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






49. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






50. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






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