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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






2. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. Communication up and down the organization






11. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






12. 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






13. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






14. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






16. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






17. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






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






19. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






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






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






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






26. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






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






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






35. 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






36. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






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






38. Communication with peers






39. What is the output of Identify Risk?






40. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






47. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






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






49. 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






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







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