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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






2. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






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






4. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






5. 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.






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






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. Communication up and down the organization






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






14. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






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






16. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






18. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






19. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






21. A milestone has a ______duration






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






29. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






31. What is the output of Identify Risk?






32. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






33. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






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






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






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






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