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PMP: Project Management Professional
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1. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Statistical Independence
Strong Matrix
Reward Power
2. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
Start to Finsh
Just-in-time (JIT)
Commincations Mgmt plan
3. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates
Develop Project Charter
Influence/Impact grid
Forcing
Judgemental methods
4. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project
Power/Influence Grid
Develop Human Resource Plan
Monte Carlo Technique
Sample Testing
5. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%
Risk Owner
Horizontal Comm
Sigma
Resource breakdown structure
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
Autocratic
Written or oral
Work Authorization System
Resource leveling
7. Delphi Technique Interviewing
Brainstorming
Coaching
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Penalty Power
8. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan
Breach
Communications requirement analysis
Finish to Finish
Plan Risk Mgmt
9. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase
Concept of the Halo Theory
The 100% Rule
Project Selection
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
10. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
Total Quality Management TQM
Develop Project Charter
Scheduling
11. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals
Emphasis on defining scope
Director
Monte Carlo Technique
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
12. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
3 Processes of quality managment
Compromising
Status Reports
13. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....
Oganization breakdown structure
Charismatic
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Mediator
14. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics
Indentify Risk
Referent Power
Vertical Comm
Develop Human Resource Plan
15. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure
Perks
Written or oral
Crashing
Business Risk
16. 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
Manage Project Team
6 sigma
Mgmt by Objectives
Run Chart
17. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted
Breach
Change Control Board
Causal/econometric
FORMAL Communication
18. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement
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19. 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
Indentify Risk
Compromising
Root cause analysis
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
20. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
Organization Breakdown Structure
Distribute Information
Run of Seven Rule
21. Practice of providing more than what the customer request
Nonconformance
Time series method
Gold Plating
Sigma
22. Communication that is not on the record
Work around
Scatter Diagram
Controlling communication
Unoffical Comm
23. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.
Perks
Variance Analysis
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
Judgemental methods
24. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique
FORMAL Communication
Root cause analysis
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Nonconformance
25. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date
Project Slack
Analogous or Top down Estimating
Statistical Independence
Distribute Information
26. What is the number source of conflict?
Reward Power
Communications requirement analysis
Scheduling
Run of Seven Rule
27. 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
Gold Plating
Brainstorming
Offical
Resource leveling
28. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.
Work Authorization System
Conflict between functional manager and project manager
Level of Scope development
Free (or Total) float
29. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro
internal risk can be controlled but external cannot be controlled
FORMAL Communication
Team development Life Cycle
Rolling Wave Planning
30. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report
Offical
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
Expectancy Theory
Multiplying the risk's probability of occurrence by its estimated impact
31. 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
Project Scope Statement
Critical Chain Method
Smoothing and withdrawal
A lead
32. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process
Level of Scope development
Team development Life Cycle
internal risk can be controlled but external cannot be controlled
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
33. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle
Verbal and Non-verbal
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
RAM charts
Phase results are verified and documented
34. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
Multiplying the risk's probability of occurrence by its estimated impact
Communications requirement analysis
A lead
35. 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.
Design of Experiments
Business Risk
Start to Finsh
Time series method
36. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards
Offical
Elements of scope
Risk Triggers
Benchmarking
37. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project
Impact
Push Communications
Activity List
Hygiene factors
38. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish
Finish to Finish
ISO 3 Steps
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Project management and quality
39. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments
Acquire Project Team
Emphasis on defining scope
Fringe
Risk Owner
40. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th
Level of Scope development
Bottom-up Estimating
Statistical Independence
Total Quality Management TQM
41. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team
Develop Project Team
Communications requirement analysis
Rolling Wave Planning
Penalty Power
42. Activity A must be completed before Activity B
Conformance
Expert Power
Implied warranty
Finish to Start (Most common)
43. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.
Work around
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
Stakeholder Analysis
Visionary
44. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure
Push Communications
Multiplying the risk's probability of occurrence by its estimated impact
Leadership and Managment Styles within the project managment life cycle
Coaching
45. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start
Risk breakdown structure
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
Total Quality Management TQM
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
46. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)
Salience Model
Status Reports
Risk breakdown structure
Conformance
47. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements
External Contraints
Critical Path Method
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Project Selection
48. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority
Push Communications
LAG
Autocratic
Visionary
49. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan
Nonconformance
Staffing Mgmt Plan
Develop Human Resource Plan
Variance Analysis
50. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.
Compromising
Expert Power
Phase results are verified and documented
Vertical Comm
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