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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






9. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






10. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






11. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






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






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






17. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






18. 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.






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






20. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






21. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






22. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






23. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






25. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






26. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






27. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






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






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






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






31. 3 main components of the communication model






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. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






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






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






36. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






37. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






38. 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






39. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






40. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






41. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






42. 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






43. 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






44. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






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






46. Communication up and down the organization






47. 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






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






49. Communication that is not on the record






50. 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







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