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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






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






10. 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






11. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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12. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






14. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






15. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






16. 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






17. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






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






19. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






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






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






27. 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)






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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)






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






38. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






39. 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






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






41. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






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






43. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






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






46. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






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






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






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