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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






2. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






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






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






5. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






6. 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






7. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






8. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






9. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






11. 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






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






13. Communication with peers






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






18. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






19. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






20. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






22. 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






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






24. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






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






26. 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






27. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






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






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






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






35. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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






37. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






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






39. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






41. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






42. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






43. 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.






44. 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)






45. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






46. Communication up and down the organization






47. 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






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






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






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