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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Difference between internal and external risk






2. 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






3. 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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4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






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






13. 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.






14. Communication up and down the organization






15. One choice does not include any other choices






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






17. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






19. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






20. 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






21. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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






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






25. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






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






27. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






28. 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.






29. 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






30. 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






31. Communication formula






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






37. 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






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






39. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






41. 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






42. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






43. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






44. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






45. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






46. 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






47. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






49. 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






50. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle