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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






4. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






6. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






7. 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






8. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






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






10. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






11. What is the output of Identify Risk?






12. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






13. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






14. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






16. 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






17. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






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






19. Communication with peers






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






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






40. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






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






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






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







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