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PMP: Project Management Professional
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1. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team
Develop Project Team
Risk Owner
Judgemental methods
Conflict between functional manager and project manager
2. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free
Forcing
6 sigma
Salience Model
Forcasting
3. 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
Organization Breakdown Structure
Approved Change
Zero duration
Benchmarking
4. 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)
Pareto Diagram
Activity List
Report Performance
Critical Path Method
5. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates
Analogous or Top down Estimating
People responsible for quality
Code of Accounts
Judgemental methods
6. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project
Vertical Comm
Conformance
Activity List
Pareto Diagram
7. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)
Expert Power
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Resource breakdown structure
Milestone list
8. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Report Performance
Fishbone AKA cause/effect diagram
9. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted
Smoothing/Accommodating
Collaborating
Risk Register
Causal/econometric
10. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards
Benchmarking
Registered to the international quality standards ISO 9001
Total Quality Management TQM
Bottom-up estimating
11. 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
Create WBS
Secondary Risk
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Resource leveling
12. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur
Monte Carlo Technique
Closing the project
Impact
ISO 3 Steps
13. Delphi Technique Interviewing
Brainstorming
Bottom-up estimating
Confronting/ Problem solving
Power/Influence Grid
14. 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
Root cause analysis
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Smoothing/Accommodating
15. 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
A Lag
Analogous or Top down Estimating
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
16. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects
Scope Baseline
Strong Matrix
Project Scope Statement
Run Chart
17. 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
Pull Communication
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
Push Communications
Milestone Schedule
18. 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
Milestone Schedule
Scatter Diagram
Charateristics of a project
Design of Experiments
19. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization
Strong Matrix
Milestone list
External Contraints
Breach
20. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as
Influence/Impact Grid
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
Breach
Activity List
21. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.
Cost plus percentage of cost
3 Processes of quality managment
Verbal and Non-verbal
Formal Power
22. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.
PMIS
External Contraints
Scope Baseline
Collaborating
23. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
Analogous or Top down Estimating
Level of Scope development
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
Code of Accounts
24. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success
Start to Start
Elements of scope
Indentify Stakholders
Root cause analysis
25. 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
Influence/Impact Grid
Interactive Communication
Critical Path Method
Plan Communication
26. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)
Free (or Total) float
Controlling communication
Work around
Verbal and Non-verbal
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
Just-in-time (JIT)
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
Sigma
28. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization
Fast Tracking
Delphi Technique
6 process for Project Integration Mangement
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
29. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n
Secondary Risk
Mgmt by Objectives
Offical
Variance Analysis
30. 3 main components of the communication model
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Crashing
Power/ Interest Grid
Pull Communication
31. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership
Power/Influence Grid
Time series method
3 Processes of quality managment
Facilitator
32. 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
Mutual Exclusivity
Mediator
Pareto Diagram
Facilitator
33. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified
Breach
Status Reports
Risk Triggers
Monte Carlo Technique
34. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique
Critical Chain Method
Root cause analysis
Activity List
Smoothing and withdrawal
35. 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
Scope Baseline
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
Work Authorization System
Resource leveling
36. 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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37. One choice does not include any other choices
Continous Improvement (Kaizen)
Hygiene factors
Mutual Exclusivity
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
38. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan
Communications requirement analysis
Nonconformance
Just-in-time (JIT)
Causal/econometric
39. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes
Sigma
6 sigma
Work Authorization System
Time series method
40. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?
Staffing Mgmt Plan
Secondary Risk
Implied warranty
Contingency Reserves
41. 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
Finish to Start (Most common)
Work Authorization System
Plan Risk Mgmt
Staffing Mgmt Plan
42. 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
Rolling Wave Planning
Zero duration
Referent Power
Brainstorming
43. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
Work Authorization System
Nonconformance
Work Package
Residual Risk
44. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics
Distribute Information
Causal/econometric
Referent Power
Indentify Risk
45. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible
Delphi Technique
Cost of Quality
Director
Controlling communication
46. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological
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47. 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
Create WBS
Risk Triggers
Resource leveling
Benchmarking
48. Formal or informal system used in project mgmt to ensure that work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people
Work Authorization System
Phase results are verified and documented
Concept of the Halo Theory
Cost plus percentage of cost
49. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk
Pure Risk
Plan Risk Mgmt
Implied warranty
Commincations Mgmt plan
50. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy
Salience Model
Scheduling
The 100% Rule
Secondary Risk