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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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






10. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






11. 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.






12. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. A milestone has a ______duration






18. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






21. 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






22. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






24. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






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






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






27. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






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






30. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






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






32. 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)






33. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






34. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






35. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






36. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






37. Formal or informal system used in project mgmt to ensure that work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






38. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






39. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






40. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






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






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






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

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






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






47. 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






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






49. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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