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PMP: Project Management Professional
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1. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation
Bill of materials
Run of Seven Rule
Referent Power
Causal/econometric
2. 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
Milestone Schedule
Elements of scope
Report Performance
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
3. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame
Pareto Diagram
Residual Risk
Progress Report
Collaborating
4. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
Work Package
Make money and to protect the public
External Comm
Smoothing/Accommodating
5. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report
Offical
Gold Plating
Bottom-up Estimating
Contingency Reserves
6. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse
Plan Risk Mgmt
Communications requirement analysis
Mandatory Constraints (Hard logic)
Secondary Risk
7. 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.
Project Slack
Risk Breakdown Structure
PMIS
Influence/Impact Grid
8. 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
Team development Life Cycle
Requested Changes
Milestone list
Closing the project
9. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another
Analogous or Top down Estimating
Pareto Diagram
Root cause analysis
Statistical Independence
10. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics
Forcing
Indentify Risk
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Vertical Comm
11. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified
Confronting/ Problem solving
Risk Triggers
Risk Breakdown Structure
Controlling communication
12. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs
PMIS
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
Cost of Quality
Code of Accounts
13. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays
Fringe
Multiplying the risk's probability of occurrence by its estimated impact
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
Charismatic
14. 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)
Critical Path Method
Root cause analysis
Develop Project Charter
People responsible for quality
15. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....
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16. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start
internal risk can be controlled but external cannot be controlled
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
Influence/Impact Grid
17. A milestone has a ______duration
External Contraints
RAM charts
A lead
Zero duration
18. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)
Create WBS
Just-in-time (JIT)
Salience Model
Risk Owner
19. Activity A must be completed before Activity B
Unoffical Comm
Finish to Start (Most common)
LAG
Withdrawing/Avoiding
20. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
Residual Risk
Run of Seven Rule
Code of Accounts
Staffing Mgmt Plan
21. 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
Horizontal Comm
Controlling communication
Team development Life Cycle
Influence/Impact Grid
22. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category
Expectancy Theory
Rolling Wave Planning
Develop Project Team
Risk breakdown structure
23. 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
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
External Contraints
3 Processes of quality managment
Formal Power
24. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project
Brainstorming
Status Reports
Power/Influence Grid
Fishbone AKA cause/effect diagram
25. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan
Demings' 14 principles of Management
Bottom-up estimating
Contingency Reserves
Commincations Mgmt plan
26. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur
Scatter Diagram
Demings' 14 principles of Management
Impact
Root cause analysis
27. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities
Risk Owner
Oganization breakdown structure
Critical Path Method
Brainstorming
28. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization
Horizontal Comm
Perks
Bottom-up estimating
Delphi Technique
29. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Emphasis on defining scope
Stakeholder Analysis
Mandatory Constraints (Hard logic)
30. Communication that is not on the record
Organization Breakdown Structure
Approved Change
Code of Accounts
Unoffical Comm
31. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk
Free (or Total) float
Resource breakdown structure
Pure Risk
Interactive Communication
32. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports
Project management and quality
Status Reports
Plan Communication
Level of Scope development
33. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact
Brainstorming
Risk breakdown structure
Requested Changes
Bottom-up Estimating
34. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative
Smoothing/Accommodating
Fast Tracking
Verbal and Non-verbal
Risk Breakdown Structure
35. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)
Resource breakdown structure
Mgmt by Objectives
Formal Power
ISO 3 Steps
36. 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.
Influence/Impact grid
Finish to Start (Most common)
Arrow diagramming method (ADM)
Breach
37. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public
Oganization breakdown structure
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
External Comm
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
38. 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)
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
Fishbone AKA cause/effect diagram
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Stakeholder Analysis
39. Shows the type of resources broken down
Smoothing and withdrawal
Salience Model
Resource breakdown structure
Judgemental methods
40. 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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41. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired
Conflict between functional manager and project manager
Penalty Power
Logic Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)
LAG
42. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments
Milestone Schedule
Horizontal Comm
Acquire Project Team
Life-cycle costing
43. 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
Expectancy Theory
Contraints
Expert Power
Change Control Board
44. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively
Code of Accounts
Run Chart
Time series method
Resource leveling
45. What is the number source of conflict?
Critical Chain Method
Closing the project
Scheduling
Monte Carlo Technique
46. 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
Staffing Mgmt Plan
Gold Plating
Scope Baseline
Organization Breakdown Structure
47. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma
Risk breakdown structure
Expectancy Theory
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
Upper Control Limit (UCL) - Lower Control Limit (LCL)
48. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.
Expert Power
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Delphi Technique
Penalty Power
49. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed
Risk Breakdown Structure
Reward Power
Approved Change
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
50. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy
Formal Power
Salience Model
External Comm
Resource breakdown structure
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