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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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)






5. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






6. Shows the type of resources broken down






7. 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






8. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






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






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






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






14. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






15. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






16. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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






19. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






21. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






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






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






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






25. 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






26. What is the number source of conflict?






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






28. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






29. 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






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






31. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






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






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






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






40. One choice does not include any other choices






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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