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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






4. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






5. Communication up and down the organization






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






7. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






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






9. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






10. 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)






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






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






14. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






19. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






20. 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






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






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






27. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






28. 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.






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






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






31. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






32. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






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






42. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






43. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






44. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






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






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






48. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






49. 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






50. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible