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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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.






4. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






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






6. Communication that is not on the record






7. 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






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






9. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






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






13. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






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






15. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






16. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






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






19. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






20. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






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

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22. 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.






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






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






25. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






26. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






28. 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.






29. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






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






31. 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






32. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






34. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






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






36. 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






37. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






40. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






41. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






42. 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






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






44. Communication up and down the organization






45. Difference between internal and external risk






46. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






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






48. Shows the type of resources broken down






49. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






50. 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







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