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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






3. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






6. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






12. 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






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






14. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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






16. What is the number source of conflict?






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






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






26. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






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






28. 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






29. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






31. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






32. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






33. One choice does not include any other choices






34. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






41. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






42. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






43. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






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






45. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






46. 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






47. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






48. 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






49. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






50. 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