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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






3. Communication formula






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






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






22. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






29. 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.






30. Communication up and down the organization






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






32. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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

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34. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






35. 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






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






37. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






38. 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






39. 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






40. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






42. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






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






44. 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






45. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






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






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






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






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






50. 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






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