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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






5. 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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6. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






7. One choice does not include any other choices






8. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






19. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






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






21. A milestone has a ______duration






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Commuincation within the project






29. What is the output of Identify Risk?






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






38. 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






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






40. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






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






42. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






43. 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.






44. Difference between internal and external risk






45. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






50. 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







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