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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






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






4. One choice does not include any other choices






5. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






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






7. 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






8. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






13. 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






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






15. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






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






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

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18. 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






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






20. 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






21. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






23. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






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






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






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






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






36. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






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






39. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






40. Communication up and down the organization






41. 3 main components of the communication model






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






43. 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






44. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






46. What is the number source of conflict?






47. 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.






48. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






49. 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.






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







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