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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






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






5. What is the number source of conflict?






6. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






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






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






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






10. Communication in writing or oral






11. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






12. 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.






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






14. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






15. 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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16. 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






17. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






18. 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.






19. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






20. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






26. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






31. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






32. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






40. 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)






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






42. A milestone has a ______duration






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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