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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






3. Communication with peers






4. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






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






8. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






9. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






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






11. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






13. 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.






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






15. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






20. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






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






22. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Communication up and down the organization






32. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






38. 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






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






40. What is the number source of conflict?






41. 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






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






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






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






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






47. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






48. 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






49. 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.






50. 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.