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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






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






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






5. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






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






7. 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






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






9. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






12. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






13. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






14. Communication that is not on the record






15. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






17. 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






18. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






19. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






20. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






21. 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






22. What is the output of Identify Risk?






23. 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.






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






25. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






26. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






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






28. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






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






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






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






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






33. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






34. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






35. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






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






37. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






39. 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






40. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






41. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






42. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






45. Commuincation within the project






46. 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.






47. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






48. 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






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






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