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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






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






3. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






5. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






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






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. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






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






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






11. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






12. 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






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






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






15. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






16. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






17. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






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






20. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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






22. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






25. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






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






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






38. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






39. 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.






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






41. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






42. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






43. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






44. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






50. Communication that is not on the record