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PMP: Project Management Professional
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1. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment
Smoothing and withdrawal
Start to Start
Create WBS
Schedules - project priorities - resources
2. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel
Interactive Communication
Resource breakdown structure
Critical Path Method
Autocratic
3. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company
Withdrawing/Avoiding
Assumptions
Code of Accounts
People responsible for quality
4. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities
Rolling Wave Planning
Work Authorization System
Change Control System
Oganization breakdown structure
5. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays
Work Authorization System
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Fringe
Mutual Exclusivity
6. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk
Zero duration
Progress Report
Pure Risk
Scheduling
7. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast
Approved Change
Team development Life Cycle
Delphi Technique
Report Performance
8. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team
Develop Project Team
Organization Breakdown Structure
Design of Experiments
3 Processes of quality managment
9. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)
Mandatory Constraints (Hard logic)
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Smoothing/Accommodating
Finish to Start (Most common)
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
Work around
Zero duration
Interactive Communication
Mgmt Reserves
11. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money
Plan Risk Mgmt
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
ISO 3 Steps
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
12. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Confronting/ Problem solving
Assumptions
Work Package
13. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible
Requested Changes
Expectancy Theory
Controlling communication
Perks
14. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement
Causal/econometric
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
Total Quality Management TQM
Activity List
15. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Residual Risk
Push Communications
Commincations Mgmt plan
16. 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
Critical Path Method
Team development Life Cycle
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
17. 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
Brainstorming
Indentify Risk
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Finish to Start (Most common)
18. 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)
Critical Path Method
Conformance
Zero duration
3 Processes of quality managment
19. 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
Smoothing/Accommodating
Vertical Comm
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
20. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance
Cost of Quality
Critical Chain Method
Offical
Resource breakdown structure
21. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure
Statistical Independence
Crashing
6 sigma
Nonconformance
22. 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
Acquire Project Team
Compromising
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Perks
23. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness
Arrow diagramming method (ADM)
Scheduling
Indentify Risk
Change Control Board
24. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
Written or oral
25. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity
Statistical Independence
LAG
Organization Breakdown Structure
Risk Owner
26. What is the number source of conflict?
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Project Scope Statment
Pure Risk
Scheduling
27. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process
Power/ Interest Grid
Phase results are verified and documented
Pull Communication
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
28. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project
A Lag
Plan Risk Mgmt
Organization Breakdown Structure
n *(n -1) /2
29. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes
Push Communications
FORMAL Communication
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
30. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things
Compromising
PMIS
Bill of materials
Hygiene factors
31. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.
Fast Tracking
Visionary
Risk Triggers
Run of Seven Rule
32. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them
Bill of materials
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Charismatic
Upper Control Limit (UCL) - Lower Control Limit (LCL)
33. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
Rolling Wave Planning
3 Processes of quality managment
Organization Breakdown Structure
34. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur
The 100% Rule
Work Package
Acquire Project Team
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
35. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project
Activity List
Forcasting
Resource breakdown structure
Mgmt by Objectives
36. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan
Conformance
Charateristics of a project
Contingency Reserves
Bill of materials
37. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified
Fishbone AKA cause/effect diagram
Critical Chain Method
Risk Triggers
Plan Communication
38. 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
Internal comm
Coaching
Fast Tracking
Project Selection
39. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects
Make money and to protect the public
6 sigma
Milestone Schedule
Pareto Diagram
40. 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.
Plan Communication
Conformance
Charateristics of a project
Phase results are verified and documented
41. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Brainstorming
Confronting/ Problem solving
Sigma
42. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes
Referent Power
Rolling Wave Planning
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
Activity List
43. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
Perks
Interactive Communication
Internal comm
44. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Assumptions
Leadership and Managment Styles within the project managment life cycle
The 100% Rule
45. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted
Causal/econometric
Withdrawing/Avoiding
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
Monte Carlo Technique
46. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business
Business Risk
Progress Report
Stakeholder Analysis
Approved Change
47. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique
The 100% Rule
Root cause analysis
Start to Start
Indentify Risk
48. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports
LAG
Status Reports
Assumptions
A Lag
49. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Formal Power
Resource breakdown structure
Bottom-up estimating
50. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)
Mgmt Reserves
Risk breakdown structure
ISO 3 Steps
Residual Risk