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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






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






3. 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)






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






5. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






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






7. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






8. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






10. 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.






11. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






27. 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






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






29. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






30. 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






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






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






33. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






36. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






38. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






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






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






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






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






43. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






44. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






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






46. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative