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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






3. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






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






9. 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






10. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






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






12. Communication in writing or oral






13. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






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






16. 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)






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






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






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






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






21. Communication formula






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






23. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






24. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






25. Communication that is not on the record






26. 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






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






28. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






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






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






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






32. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






33. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






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






35. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






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






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






48. 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






49. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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50. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk







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