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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






10. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






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






13. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Communication that is not on the record






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






22. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






23. One choice does not include any other choices






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






30. What is the number source of conflict?






31. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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






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






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






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






36. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






38. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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46. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






47. 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.






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






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






50. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues