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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






9. Shows the type of resources broken down






10. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






11. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






12. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






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






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






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






17. 3 main components of the communication model






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. One choice does not include any other choices






25. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Commuincation within the project






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






40. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






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






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

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43. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






45. A milestone has a ______duration






46. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






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






49. 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






50. 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







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