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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






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






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






5. Commuincation within the project






6. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






7. Difference between internal and external risk






8. Communication formula






9. 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.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






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






23. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






24. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






25. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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

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






37. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






38. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






39. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






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






41. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






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






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






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






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






46. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






47. 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

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






49. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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