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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






3. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






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






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






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






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






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






18. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






19. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






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






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






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






23. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






24. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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






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






27. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






33. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






34. 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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35. 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






36. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






37. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






39. 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.






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






41. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






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






43. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






44. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






45. A milestone has a ______duration






46. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






47. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






48. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






50. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur