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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






3. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






4. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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






6. 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






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






8. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






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






10. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






11. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






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






13. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






14. 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






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






16. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






17. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






18. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






20. 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






21. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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

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






24. 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






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






26. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






28. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






29. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






30. 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






31. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






34. 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






35. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






36. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






38. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






40. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






42. 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






43. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






44. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






45. 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.






46. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






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






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






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






50. Communication in writing or oral






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