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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






2. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






3. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






4. 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






5. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






6. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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

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8. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. Communication up and down the organization






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 3 main components of the communication model






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






33. 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)






34. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






35. 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.






36. Commuincation within the project






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






38. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






39. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






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






41. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory