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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






2. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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






11. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






13. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






14. 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.






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






16. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






18. Communication formula






19. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






20. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






21. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






24. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






25. 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






26. One choice does not include any other choices






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






28. Communication in writing or oral






29. What is the number source of conflict?






30. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






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






38. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






39. 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.






40. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






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






49. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






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