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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






10. Communication with peers






11. 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






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






13. 3 main components of the communication model






14. Shows the type of resources broken down






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






20. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






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






24. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






31. Delphi Technique Interviewing






32. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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






34. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






41. What is the number source of conflict?






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






43. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






44. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






45. 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.






46. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






47. Communication formula






48. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






50. Communication in writing or oral