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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 Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






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






3. 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






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






5. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






6. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






7. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






20. 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






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






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






23. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






24. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






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






33. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






34. 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






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






36. Communication formula






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

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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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






45. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






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






47. 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)






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






49. Communication that is not on the record






50. 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