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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






2. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






3. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






13. 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






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






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






16. What is the number source of conflict?






17. 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






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






19. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






22. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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






32. Commuincation within the project






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






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






35. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






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






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






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






39. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






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






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






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






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






44. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






45. 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.






46. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






47. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






48. 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






49. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






50. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control