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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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.






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

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






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






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






8. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






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






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






21. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






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






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






24. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






31. 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)






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






33. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






40. What is the output of Identify Risk?






41. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






42. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






43. 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






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






45. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






47. 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






48. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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






50. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan







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