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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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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2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






13. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






14. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






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






16. 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






17. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






25. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






27. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






28. A milestone has a ______duration






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






30. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






37. 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






38. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






39. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






40. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






41. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






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






45. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






47. 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






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






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

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