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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






6. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






12. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






21. Delphi Technique Interviewing






22. 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






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






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






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






26. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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)






30. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






31. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






32. 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






33. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






34. Communication that is not on the record






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






36. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






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






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






39. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






40. 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)






41. 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






42. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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

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44. 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






45. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






47. 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.






48. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






50. 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