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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Formal or informal system used in project mgmt to ensure that work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






7. Delphi Technique Interviewing






8. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






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






10. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






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






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






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






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






15. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






16. 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






17. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






18. 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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19. 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






20. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






21. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






22. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






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






26. What is the number source of conflict?






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






33. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






34. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






35. 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.






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






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






38. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






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






40. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






41. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






42. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






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






50. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






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