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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Shows the type of resources broken down






2. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






3. 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






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






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






6. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






7. 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






8. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






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






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






11. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






13. 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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14. Commuincation within the project






15. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






16. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






17. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






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






19. Delphi Technique Interviewing






20. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






21. 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






22. What is the number source of conflict?






23. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






24. 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






25. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






26. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






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






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






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






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






31. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






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






45. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






46. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






47. 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.






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






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






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







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