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PMP: Project Management Professional

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1. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






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






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






4. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






5. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






6. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






7. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






13. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






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






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






16. Communication formula






17. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






18. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






25. 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






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






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

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






29. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






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

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






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






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






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






35. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






36. 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






37. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






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






39. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






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






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






42. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






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






44. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






45. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






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






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






48. 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.






49. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






50. 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