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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






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






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






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






5. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






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






15. 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.






16. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






25. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






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






27. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






28. Delphi Technique Interviewing






29. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






30. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






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






34. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






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






36. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






37. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






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






39. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






41. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






48. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






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






50. 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.