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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






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






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






5. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






10. 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






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






12. One choice does not include any other choices






13. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






15. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






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






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






18. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






19. Delphi Technique Interviewing






20. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






21. 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.






22. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






23. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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






25. Communication with peers






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






30. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






31. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






32. 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






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






34. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






35. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






36. 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






37. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






38. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






39. 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






40. What is the output of Identify Risk?






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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


44. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






46. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






47. 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






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. 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






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