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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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)






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






3. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






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






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






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






8. Shows the type of resources broken down






9. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. One choice does not include any other choices






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






16. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






18. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






19. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






20. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






21. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






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






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






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






25. What is the number source of conflict?






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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






41. 3 main components of the communication model






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. 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







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