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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






5. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






6. 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






7. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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

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9. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






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






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






12. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






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






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






15. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






16. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






18. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






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






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






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






22. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






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






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






25. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






26. A milestone has a ______duration






27. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






28. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






29. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






32. 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






33. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






35. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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. 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






50. 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