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PMP: Project Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution
Change Control Board
Business Risk
Confronting/ Problem solving
Scope Baseline
2. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?
Develop Project Charter
Interactive Communication
Bill of materials
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
3. 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.
Plan Communication
Scope Baseline
Benchmarking
Rolling Wave Planning
4. Shows the type of resources broken down
Life-cycle costing
Resource breakdown structure
Conformance
Progress Report
5. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts
Just-in-time (JIT)
Autocratic
Start to Start
Business Risk
6. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Contingency Reserves
Acquire Project Team
7. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
Critical Path Method
Smoothing and withdrawal
Code of Accounts
Implied warranty
8. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications
Salience Model
FORMAL Communication
Unoffical Comm
Pull Communication
9. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed
Salience Model
Influence/Impact grid
Life-cycle costing
Reward Power
10. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process
Perks
Communications requirement analysis
Expectancy Theory
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
11. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment
Collaborating
Smoothing and withdrawal
Organization Breakdown Structure
External Contraints
12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request
Indentify Stakholders
Gold Plating
Free (or Total) float
Scatter Diagram
13. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame
Root cause analysis
Conformance
ISO 3 Steps
Progress Report
14. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative
Schedules - project priorities - resources
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Smoothing/Accommodating
15. 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
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
Team development Life Cycle
Requested Changes
Life-cycle costing
16. 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.
Just-in-time (JIT)
Design of Experiments
PMIS
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
17. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project
Impact
Charismatic
Project Scope Statment
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
18. 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
Approved Change
Pareto Diagram
Causal/econometric
Finish to Start (Most common)
19. 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.
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Total Quality Management TQM
Forcing
Risk Triggers
20. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves
Mgmt Reserves
Contingency Reserves
3 Processes of quality managment
Plan Communication
21. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project
Activity List
Smoothing/Accommodating
Start to Start
Risk Owner
22. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities
Arrow diagramming method (ADM)
Judgemental methods
Report Performance
Project Selection
23. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur
Summary Schdule
Impact
Acquire Project Team
People responsible for quality
24. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team
Indentify Stakholders
Referent Power
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
Monte Carlo Technique
25. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.
Visionary
Summary Schdule
3 Processes of quality managment
Develop Human Resource Plan
26. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible
Total Quality Management TQM
Controlling communication
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
Influence/Impact grid
27. 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
Power/Influence Grid
Risk Triggers
Milestone Schedule
Breach
28. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes
Finish to Start (Most common)
Secondary Risk
Coaching
Power/ Interest Grid
29. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse
Organization Breakdown Structure
Secondary Risk
Scheduling
PMIS
30. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance
Closing the project
Power/Influence Grid
Offical
Level of Scope development
31. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan
Communications requirement analysis
Monte Carlo Technique
Scope Baseline
Business Risk
32. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes
Elements of scope
People responsible for quality
Free (or Total) float
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
33. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays
Develop Project Charter
Fringe
Residual Risk
Create WBS
34. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market
Referent Power
Perks
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Resource leveling
35. 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
Risk breakdown structure
Interactive Communication
Project Selection
Work Authorization System
36. 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
Penalty Power
Sample Testing
Push Communications
Zero duration
37. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught
Smoothing/Accommodating
Resource leveling
Sample Testing
PMIS
38. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics
Indentify Risk
6 sigma
Withdrawing/Avoiding
Time series method
39. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them
A lead
Charismatic
Secondary Risk
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
40. 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
Milestone Schedule
Work Authorization System
Rolling Wave Planning
Mediator
41. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Risk Register
Indentify Stakholders
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
42. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.
Design of Experiments
Manage Project Team
Demings' 14 principles of Management
ISO 3 Steps
43. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur
Cost plus percentage of cost
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
Smoothing and withdrawal
Referent Power
44. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates
Judgemental methods
Risk Register
Causal/econometric
LAG
45. 3 main components of the communication model
Assumptions
Create WBS
Resource breakdown structure
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
46. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle
Pull Communication
Finish to Start (Most common)
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
47. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan
Develop Human Resource Plan
Forcing
Acquire Project Team
Progress Report
48. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
Work Package
Risk breakdown structure
Progress Report
Milestone Schedule
49. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects
Contingency Reserves
Salience Model
Make money and to protect the public
Emphasis on defining scope
50. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
Charismatic
Develop Human Resource Plan
Residual Risk