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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






3. 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






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






5. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 3 main components of the communication model






14. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






15. Communication up and down the organization






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






17. Communication that is not on the record






18. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






19. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






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






21. 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






22. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






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






24. Communication with peers






25. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






26. 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






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






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






29. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






40. 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






41. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






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






43. 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)






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






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






46. Commuincation within the project






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






48. 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






49. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






50. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money