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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






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






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






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






7. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






8. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






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






10. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






11. 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






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

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13. A milestone has a ______duration






14. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






16. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






17. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






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






19. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






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 effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






23. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






31. 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






32. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






34. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






37. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






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






39. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






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






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






43. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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