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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






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






3. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






6. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






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






8. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






9. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






11. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






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






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






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






15. What is the number source of conflict?






16. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






17. 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






18. A milestone has a ______duration






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






20. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






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






22. 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






23. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






24. 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






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






26. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






27. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






28. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






29. 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.






30. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






31. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






33. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






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






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






36. 3 main components of the communication model






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






38. 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






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






40. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects