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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






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






3. 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






4. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






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






7. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






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






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






10. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






11. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






12. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






18. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






19. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






20. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






21. 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






22. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






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






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






25. 3 main components of the communication model






26. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






34. 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






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






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






37. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






38. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






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






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






45. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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)