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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






2. 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.






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






4. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






10. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






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






19. 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.






20. Delphi Technique Interviewing






21. A milestone has a ______duration






22. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






23. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






24. 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






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






26. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






29. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






30. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. What is the output of Identify Risk?






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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






43. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization