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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






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






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






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






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






17. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






18. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. What is the number source of conflict?






35. 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






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






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






38. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






39. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






41. 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






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






43. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






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






45. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






47. 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






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






49. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






50. Activity A start before Activity B finishes