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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






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






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






5. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






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






8. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






9. 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.






10. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






11. Communication formula






12. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






13. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






14. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






15. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






16. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






17. 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






18. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






22. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






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

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






25. Difference between internal and external risk






26. 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






27. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






29. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






30. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






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






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






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






34. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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

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






37. 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






38. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






45. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






46. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






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






49. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






50. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money







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