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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






3. Communication up and down the organization






4. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






22. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






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






24. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






26. 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






27. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Commuincation within the project






39. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






40. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






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






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






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






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. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)







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