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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






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






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






4. 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)






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






6. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






8. 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.






9. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






16. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






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






18. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






20. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






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






22. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






31. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






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. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






47. 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






48. 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






49. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






50. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work