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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






5. 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






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






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






8. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






9. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






10. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






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






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






13. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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






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






16. 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






17. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






18. 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






19. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






20. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






21. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






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






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






24. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






27. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Communication formula






32. What is the output of Identify Risk?






33. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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






40. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






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






43. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






45. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. 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