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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






9. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






10. 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






11. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






12. 3 main components of the communication model






13. 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






14. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






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






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






17. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






18. 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






19. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






21. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






22. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






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






24. 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






25. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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)






31. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






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






37. 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






38. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






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






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






41. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






42. 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






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






44. One choice does not include any other choices






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






50. 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