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






2. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






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






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






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






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






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






8. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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9. 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.






10. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






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






12. 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






13. Communication that is not on the record






14. 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






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






16. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






18. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






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






20. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






21. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






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






23. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






24. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






25. 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)






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






27. One choice does not include any other choices






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






29. Communication with peers






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






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






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






33. 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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34. 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






35. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






36. 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






37. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






44. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






45. 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






46. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






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






48. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






49. 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.






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