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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






3. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






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






5. One choice does not include any other choices






6. 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






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






8. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






11. A milestone has a ______duration






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






13. 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






14. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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

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22. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






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






24. 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






25. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






26. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






27. 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)






28. Communication formula






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






30. 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






31. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






48. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






49. 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






50. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations







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