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PMP: Project Management Professional

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

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2. 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






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






4. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






5. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






6. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






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






12. 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






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






14. A milestone has a ______duration






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






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






17. What is the output of Identify Risk?






18. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






19. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






20. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






21. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






22. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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






24. 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






25. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






26. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






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






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






30. 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






31. Communication that is not on the record






32. 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






33. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






34. 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






35. Commuincation within the project






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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. 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)






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






43. 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






44. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






45. 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.






46. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






47. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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






49. 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






50. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%