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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






4. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






13. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






14. 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






15. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






16. 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






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






18. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






21. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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

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23. 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






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






25. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






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






34. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






35. 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






36. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






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






39. 3 main components of the communication model






40. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






41. 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.






42. 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)






43. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






44. 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.






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






46. Delphi Technique Interviewing






47. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






48. 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.






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






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