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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






4. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






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






7. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






8. 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






9. 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.






10. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






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






12. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






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






14. 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






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






16. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






24. 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






25. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






29. One choice does not include any other choices






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






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






32. 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






33. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






36. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






37. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






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






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






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






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






42. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






43. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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






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






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

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






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






49. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






50. 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)







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