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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. A milestone has a ______duration






2. Communication in writing or oral






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






9. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






12. 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






13. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






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






15. Communication formula






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






17. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






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






19. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






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






22. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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






27. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






39. Communication with peers






40. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






42. 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






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






44. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






46. 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.






47. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






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






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






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