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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. One choice does not include any other choices






5. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






7. 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)






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






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






10. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






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






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






13. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






14. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






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






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






17. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






18. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






19. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






20. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






21. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






22. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






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






24. 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






25. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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

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27. What is the output of Identify Risk?






28. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






29. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






31. 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






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






33. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






34. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






35. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






36. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Communication in writing or oral






43. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






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






45. 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.






46. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






47. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






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






49. 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.






50. Commuincation within the project







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