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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. 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






3. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






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






5. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






6. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






7. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






9. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






16. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






18. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. 3 main components of the communication model






26. 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






27. 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






28. Difference between internal and external risk






29. Communication that is not on the record






30. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






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






32. 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






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






34. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






43. Communication formula






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






45. 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






46. What is the number source of conflict?






47. 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.






48. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






49. Commuincation within the project






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