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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. 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






3. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






4. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






5. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






6. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






7. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






8. 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






9. What is the number source of conflict?






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






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






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






13. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






14. One choice does not include any other choices






15. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






16. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






17. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






18. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






25. A milestone has a ______duration






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

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27. 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






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






29. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






31. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






32. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






33. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






35. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






36. 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.






37. 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






38. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






39. 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






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






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






42. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






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






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






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






46. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






49. 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






50. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue