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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






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






3. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






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






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






6. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






7. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






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






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






10. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






11. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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






13. 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






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






15. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






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






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






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






19. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






28. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






38. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






39. Communication that is not on the record






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

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41. 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






42. 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






43. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






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






46. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






47. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






49. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






50. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.