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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






2. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






3. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






4. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






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






7. One choice does not include any other choices






8. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






9. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






10. 3 main components of the communication model






11. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






12. Communication up and down the organization






13. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






14. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






15. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






16. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






18. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






19. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






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






21. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






22. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






23. 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






24. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






25. 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






26. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






27. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






28. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






29. 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.






30. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






31. 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






32. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






33. A milestone has a ______duration






34. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






35. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






36. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






37. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






38. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






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






40. 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






41. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






42. Communication with peers






43. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






44. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






45. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






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






47. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






48. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






49. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






50. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity







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