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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 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.






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

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3. 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






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






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






6. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






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






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






14. 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






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






16. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






17. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






18. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






20. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






21. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






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






23. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






24. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






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






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






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






37. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






38. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






39. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






40. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






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






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






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






44. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers