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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






2. 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






3. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






4. 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






5. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






6. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






7. Communication in writing or oral






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






9. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






10. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






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






12. One choice does not include any other choices






13. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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






15. 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






16. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






17. 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






18. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






19. Commuincation within the project






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






21. 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






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






23. Communication formula






24. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






25. 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






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






27. 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)






28. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






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






30. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






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






32. 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)






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

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






35. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






36. 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






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






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






39. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






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






41. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






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






43. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure