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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






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






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






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






5. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






6. Commuincation within the project






7. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






8. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






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






10. 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






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






12. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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






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






15. 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.






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


17. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






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






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






20. 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






21. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






22. 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






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






24. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Communication formula






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






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






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






37. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






38. 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






39. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






40. Communication with peers






41. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






42. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






43. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






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






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






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






47. What is the output of Identify Risk?






48. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






49. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






50. 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