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






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






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






5. 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






6. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






11. 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






12. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






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






16. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






24. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Communication formula






31. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






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






37. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






38. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






39. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






46. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






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






48. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






49. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






50. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy