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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






2. 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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






11. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






12. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






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






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






15. Commuincation within the project






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






26. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






27. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






28. 3 main components of the communication model






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






30. 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.






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






32. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






40. 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.






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






42. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






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






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






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






46. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






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






50. 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