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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






4. 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






5. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






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






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






8. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






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






18. A milestone has a ______duration






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






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






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






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






23. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






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






26. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






27. 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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28. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






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






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






31. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Communication formula






37. Difference between internal and external risk






38. 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






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






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






41. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






48. 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






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






50. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.