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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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






5. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






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






7. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






8. Shows the type of resources broken down






9. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Communication formula






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






16. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






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






18. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






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






20. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






21. Communication with peers






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






23. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






24. 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






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






26. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






27. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






28. 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






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






30. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






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






32. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






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






35. 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






36. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






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






39. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






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






41. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






47. 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






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






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






50. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)