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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Communication in writing or oral






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






13. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






14. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






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

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






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






19. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






21. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






25. 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






26. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






28. 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






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






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






31. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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

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






38. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.