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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






2. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






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






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






5. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






15. 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






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






17. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






18. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






19. Difference between internal and external risk






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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






26. 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






27. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






30. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






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






32. 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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33. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






35. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






42. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






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






44. 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






45. Communication with peers






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






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






48. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






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