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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






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






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






6. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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






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






9. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A milestone has a ______duration






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






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






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






22. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






23. 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)






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






25. 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.






26. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






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






29. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






30. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 3 main components of the communication model






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






37. 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.






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






39. Communication in writing or oral






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






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






46. Communication that is not on the record






47. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






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

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50. Communication formula