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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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






2. Communication in writing or oral






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






4. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






5. Communication that is not on the record






6. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






7. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






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






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






10. 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)






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Communication formula






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






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






18. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






24. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






25. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






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






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






28. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






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






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






33. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






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






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






36. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






37. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






38. 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






39. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






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. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. What is the number source of conflict?






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