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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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






2. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






3. 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.






4. Communication with peers






5. Communication in writing or oral






6. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






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






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






9. 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






10. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






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






12. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






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






14. 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






15. 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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16. Communication up and down the organization






17. 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.






18. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






20. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






21. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






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

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23. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






24. 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






25. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






26. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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

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35. 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






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






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






38. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Communication formula






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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







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