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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






5. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






6. 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






7. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






8. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






10. Communication up and down the organization






11. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






18. 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






19. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






20. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






21. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






22. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






23. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






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






25. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






26. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






27. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






28. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






29. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






30. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






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






32. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






33. 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






34. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






35. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






36. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






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






39. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






40. A milestone has a ______duration






41. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. 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