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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






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






9. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. One choice does not include any other choices






19. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






21. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






22. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






24. A milestone has a ______duration






25. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






26. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






27. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






28. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






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






30. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






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






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






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






34. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






36. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






37. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






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

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43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






49. 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






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