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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






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






4. 3 main components of the communication model






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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


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






12. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






13. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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






21. 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)






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






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






24. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Communication formula






32. Communication up and down the organization






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


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






36. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






37. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. Commuincation within the project






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






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






47. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






48. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






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






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