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PMP: Project Management Professional

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


2. 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






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






4. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






5. 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.






6. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






7. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






8. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






9. 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.






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






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






12. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






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






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






16. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






17. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






19. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






20. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






22. 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






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






24. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






25. Difference between internal and external risk






26. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






27. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






28. 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.






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






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






31. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






32. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






33. 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






34. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






35. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






36. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






37. 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)






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






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






40. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






41. 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






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






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






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






45. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






47. 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






48. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






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.