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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






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






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






5. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






7. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






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






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






10. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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

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17. 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.






18. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






21. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






22. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






23. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






24. What is the number source of conflict?






25. A milestone has a ______duration






26. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






28. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






29. 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






30. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






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

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32. 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.






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






34. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






36. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






38. 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.






39. Commuincation within the project






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Difference between internal and external risk






48. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






49. 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






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