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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






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






3. 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






4. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






5. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






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






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






8. 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






9. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






10. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






11. 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.






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






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






14. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






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






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






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






20. Communication formula






21. Communication in writing or oral






22. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






23. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






24. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






25. 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






26. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






28. 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






29. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






30. 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






31. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Communication with peers






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






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






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






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






43. 3 main components of the communication model






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. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






46. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






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






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






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