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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






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






4. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






5. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






6. 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.






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






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






9. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






11. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






13. 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






14. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






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






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






17. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






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






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






26. 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






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. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






29. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






30. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






32. 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






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






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






35. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






41. 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






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






43. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






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






45. What is the number source of conflict?






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






47. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






48. 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






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






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