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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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)






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






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






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






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






6. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






7. 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






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






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

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10. 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.






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






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






14. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






15. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






17. Communication with peers






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






19. 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






20. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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






22. 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






23. Difference between internal and external risk






24. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






25. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






26. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






29. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






30. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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






32. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






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






37. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






38. 3 main components of the communication model






39. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






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






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






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






43. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






44. 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.






45. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






46. 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






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






48. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






49. 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.






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