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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






3. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






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






5. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






6. 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






7. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






8. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






16. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






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






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






19. A milestone has a ______duration






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






21. Communication formula






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






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






24. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






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






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. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






31. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






32. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






33. 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






34. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






35. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






37. 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






38. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






40. Communication with peers






41. 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






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






43. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






44. 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






45. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






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







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