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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. 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






2. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






3. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






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






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






6. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






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. 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.






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






10. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






12. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






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






18. 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)






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






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






21. One choice does not include any other choices






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Communication in writing or oral






28. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






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






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






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






32. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






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






34. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






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






36. 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






37. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






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






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






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






41. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






42. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






43. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






44. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






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






46. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






47. 3 main components of the communication model






48. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






49. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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







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