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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






2. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






3. A milestone has a ______duration






4. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






6. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






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






8. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






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






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






11. 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






12. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






13. 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






14. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






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






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






19. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






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






21. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






22. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






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






24. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. One choice does not include any other choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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






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






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






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






42. Difference between internal and external risk






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






45. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






47. 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






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






49. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






50. 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.