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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






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






11. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






12. 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






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






14. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






15. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






17. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






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






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






21. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






22. 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)






23. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






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

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29. 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






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






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






32. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






33. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






34. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






36. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






39. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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44. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






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






46. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.