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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






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






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






5. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






6. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






7. 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.






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






9. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






19. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






20. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






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






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

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






24. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






25. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






26. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






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






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






42. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






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






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