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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Communication with peers






17. Communication that is not on the record






18. 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






19. What is the output of Identify Risk?






20. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






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






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






31. A milestone has a ______duration






32. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






40. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






42. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






43. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






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






45. 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






46. 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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47. 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






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






49. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






50. Shows the type of resources broken down