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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






2. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






3. 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






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






5. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






6. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






7. Communication in writing or oral






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






9. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






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






11. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






13. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






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






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






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






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






18. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






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






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






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






23. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






24. 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.






25. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






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






27. 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






28. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement


33. 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






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






35. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






36. Commuincation within the project






37. 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.






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






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






40. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






41. 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






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






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






44. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






45. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






46. 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






47. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






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. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






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