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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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.






4. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






5. 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






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






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






8. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






10. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






11. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






12. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






13. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






14. 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






15. A milestone has a ______duration






16. 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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17. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






19. 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.






20. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






22. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






24. Commuincation within the project






25. 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






26. 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






27. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






28. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






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






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






31. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






33. 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






34. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






35. 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






36. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






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






38. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






50. 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