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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






3. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






4. 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






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






6. Communication up and down the organization






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






8. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






9. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






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






16. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






17. 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






18. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






19. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






22. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






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






24. 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)






25. 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.






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






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






28. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






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






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






31. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






32. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






41. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






44. 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






45. 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.






46. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






47. Commuincation within the project






48. 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






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






50. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control







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