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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. What is the number source of conflict?






3. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






4. 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






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






6. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






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






8. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






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






10. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






11. 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






12. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






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






15. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






35. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






36. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






37. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






38. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






39. 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






40. 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






41. 3 main components of the communication model






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






43. 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






44. One choice does not include any other choices






45. 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.






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






47. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






48. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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49. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






50. 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