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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






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






10. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






11. 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.






12. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






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






14. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






15. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






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






17. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






18. One choice does not include any other choices






19. Communication with peers






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






21. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






22. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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23. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






25. 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






26. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






28. 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)






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Communication in writing or oral






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. What is the number source of conflict?






44. 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.






45. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






46. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






47. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






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






50. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle