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PMP: Project Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Referent Power
Expectancy Theory
Fast Tracking
Activity List
2. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business
Monte Carlo Technique
Phase results are verified and documented
Expert Power
Business Risk
3. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame
Start to Finsh
Mgmt by Objectives
Resource leveling
Progress Report
4. 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
Work Authorization System
Risk Register
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
Stakeholder Analysis
5. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report
Offical
Cost plus percentage of cost
Critical Path Method
Risk Triggers
6. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan
Develop Human Resource Plan
RAM charts
Bottom-up estimating
A lead
7. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified
Concept of the Halo Theory
Scope Baseline
Plan Risk Mgmt
Risk Triggers
8. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Director
ISO 3 Steps
Free (or Total) float
9. Practice of providing more than what the customer request
Scope Baseline
Start to Finsh
The 100% Rule
Gold Plating
10. 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
Root cause analysis
Push Communications
Controlling communication
Schedules - project priorities - resources
11. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
Work Package
Emphasis on defining scope
Expectancy Theory
A lead
12. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects
Unoffical Comm
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Make money and to protect the public
Brainstorming
13. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed
Reward Power
Free (or Total) float
Commincations Mgmt plan
Pure Risk
14. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project
Scatter Diagram
Stakeholder Analysis
Monte Carlo Technique
Scheduling
15. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil
Make money and to protect the public
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Milestone list
Compromising
16. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities
Oganization breakdown structure
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
Coaching
Logic Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)
17. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals
Logic Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)
Director
Reward Power
Implied warranty
18. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
Zero duration
Upper Control Limit (UCL) - Lower Control Limit (LCL)
19. 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
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
Critical Path Method
Organization Breakdown Structure
Expectancy Theory
20. What is the number source of conflict?
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
Scheduling
Resource breakdown structure
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
21. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance
Variance Analysis
RAM charts
Milestone Schedule
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
22. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another
Indentify Stakholders
Statistical Independence
Compromising
Variance Analysis
23. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.
Work around
Mediator
Project Scope Statement
Manage Project Team
24. 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
Project Scope Statment
Bill of materials
Assumptions
Power/ Interest Grid
25. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented
Vertical Comm
Residual Risk
Proprietary Quality Management Methodolgies
Charateristics of a project
26. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught
Sample Testing
Unoffical Comm
Bill of materials
Code of Accounts
27. 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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28. 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.
Reward Power
Commincations Mgmt plan
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Elements of scope
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
Change Control Board
Compromising
Visionary
Salience Model
30. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan
Controlling communication
Requested Changes
Causal/econometric
Communications requirement analysis
31. 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
Rolling Wave Planning
Staffing Mgmt Plan
Unoffical Comm
Influence/Impact grid
32. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.
Develop Project Charter
Emphasis on defining scope
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Forcing
33. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?
Implied warranty
Risk Owner
Influence/Impact Grid
n *(n -1) /2
34. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start
Hygiene factors
Emphasis on defining scope
Mandatory Constraints (Hard logic)
Rolling Wave Planning
35. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
Time series method
Zero duration
Delphi Technique
36. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success
Plan Risk Mgmt
Contingency Reserves
Indentify Stakholders
Level of Scope development
37. 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
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
90%
Power/Influence Grid
Interactive Communication
38. 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.
Perks
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Mgmt Reserves
PMIS
39. 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
Rolling Wave Planning
Resource leveling
Free (or Total) float
Push Communications
40. Commuincation within the project
Analogous or Top down Estimating
Pull Communication
Internal comm
Resource breakdown structure
41. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project
Mutual Exclusivity
Change Control System
The 100% Rule
Smoothing/Accommodating
42. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....
Expert Power
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Rolling Wave Planning
Indentify Stakholders
43. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....
Conflict between functional manager and project manager
Pure Risk
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
Statistical Independence
44. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
Perks
PERT Program Evaluation Review Technique
Level of Scope development
45. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?
Mgmt by Objectives
Risk breakdown structure
Demings' 14 principles of Management
90%
46. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure
Total Quality Management TQM
External Contraints
Formal Power
Leadership and Managment Styles within the project managment life cycle
47. 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.
Create WBS
Hygiene factors
Analogous or Top down Estimating
Plan Communication
48. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start
Unoffical Comm
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
Root cause analysis
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
49. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts
Zero duration
Start to Start
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Expectancy Theory
50. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
Root cause analysis
Manage Project Team
People responsible for quality