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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






2. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






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






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






5. Communication with peers






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






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






8. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






9. 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)






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






11. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






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

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14. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






15. Difference between internal and external risk






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






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. A milestone has a ______duration






24. 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






25. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






27. Shows the type of resources broken down






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






35. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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






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






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






39. What is the output of Identify Risk?






40. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






43. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






45. 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






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






47. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






48. 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






49. 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






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