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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






12. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






13. What is the output of Identify Risk?






14. 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.






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






16. Shows the type of resources broken down






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






21. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






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






29. One choice does not include any other choices






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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)






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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