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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Communication in writing or oral






3. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






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






7. 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






8. What is the output of Identify Risk?






9. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






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






11. 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)






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






13. 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






14. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






16. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






17. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






19. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






20. Communication formula






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






22. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






23. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






24. 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






25. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






26. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






44. Difference between internal and external risk






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






46. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






47. 3 main components of the communication model






48. 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






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






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