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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. 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






3. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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






6. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






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

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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. One choice does not include any other choices






27. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. Communication in writing or oral






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






49. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






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