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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






2. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






3. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






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






5. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






7. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






8. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






9. 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






10. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






11. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






12. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






13. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






15. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






21. 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






22. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






23. 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






24. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






25. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






41. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






43. 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






44. Communication in writing or oral






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






46. 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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47. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






49. 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.






50. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)