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PMP Quality Management

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Must include sample size and the acceptance criteria. (Sampling Definition)






2. Pattern in control chart in which a run of points is close to the control limits.






3. Concept developed by the Japanese where materials are provided only when they are needed in manufacturing environments.






4. Making sure that the people who are paying for the end product are happy with what they get. This requires a combination of conformance to requirements (to ensure that the product produces what it was created to produce) and fitness for use (the prod






5. Quality training - Studies - Surveys - Validation and audits






6. The measured value is very close to the true value.






7. A continuous strategy based on ongoing incremental betterment within an organization.






8. The depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system. Means coming up with a graphical depiction of the process you're doing so that you can anticipate where quality activities might






9. Typically defined within the project charter - this type of quality is usually expressed in terms of meeting stated schedule - cost and scope objectives. It can also be addressed in terms of meeting business objectives that have been specified in the






10. Looking at how much your quality activities will cost versus how much you will gain from doing them.






11. Where you apply the scientific method to create a set of tests for your project's deliverables. It's a statistical method - which means you use statistics to analyze the results of your experiments to determine how your deliverables best meet the req






12. Anything measured. (Sampling Definition)






13. Includes the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives - and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.






14. Technique that allows ideas to be brainstormed in small groups and then reviewed by a larger group. (Additional quality planning tool)






15. Management commitment - measurement - zero defect planning - goal setting - quality awareness and quality councils.

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16. The core of both customer satisfaction and fitness for use. Your product needs to do what you wrote down in your requirements specifications. Your requirements should take into account both what will satisfy your customer and the best design possible






17. Scope baseline - Stakeholder register - Cost performance baseline - Schedule baseline - Risk register - Enterprise environmental factors - Organizational process assets






18. An approach to quality which involves sustained gradual change for improvement. The plan-do-check act cycle developed by Deming is the basis for this approach.. *It focuses on making small improvements and measuring their impact.






19. A statement written for the project by the project team of desired results to be achieved within a specified time frame.






20. The area composed of three standard deviations on either side of the centerline or mean - of a normal distribution of data plotted on a control chart that reflects the expected variation in the data.






21. Plan quality and perform quality control tools and techniques - Quality audits - Process analysis






22. A quality theory popularized after World War II that states that everyone in the company is responsible for the quality and is able to make a difference in the ultimate quality of the product. Applies to improvements in the processes and in the resul






23. Quality is conformance to requirements - The system of quality is prevention - The performance standard is zero defects - The measure of quality if the price of nonconformance

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24. Independent evaluations of quality performance to ensure that intended quality will be met; products are safe and fit for use; laws and regulations are followed; data systems are adequate; corrective action is taken if needed; improvement opportuniti






25. Characteristic of the product that is appraised in terms of whether or not it exists. (Sampling Definition)






26. The kinds of measurements you'll take throughout your project to figure out its quality. You need to write down the formulas you'll use - when you will do the measurements - why you are taking them - and how you will interpret them.






27. Pattern in control chart in which there is a repeating pattern of points.






28. A document that specifies - in a complete - precise - verifiable manner - the requirements - design - behavior - or other characteristics of a system - component - product - result - or service and - often - the procedures for determining whether the






29. The document that details the activities to analyze processes - including project management processes in order to improve value. *Is a plan for improving the process you are using to do the work.






30. Project management plan - Quality metrics - Quality checklists - Work performance measurements - Approved change requests - Deliverables - Organizational process assets






31. A concept developed by Dr. Genichi Taguchi - as variation for the target increases - losses will also increase. His rule for manufacturing is based on the concept that the best opportunity to eliminate variation is during the design of a product and






32. Line graphs showing data points plotted in the sequence of occurrence. It is used for analysis in trends over time. Can be used for technical performance such as measuring errors or defects - or cost and schedule performance through the use of earned






33. Identifying which Quality Standards are relevant to the project and product and determining how to satisfy them. - Benchmarketing past projects to find ideas for improvements and to establish quality performance measures. - Using Cost Benefit Analysi






34. Histograms ordered by frequency of occurrence and help you figure out which problems need your attention right away. These charts are conceptually related to Pareto's law - which visually shows that 20% of causes produce 80% of defects.






35. Solicit improvement ideas from employees - Encourage teams to identify and solve problems. - Encourage team development - Benchmark every major activity in the organization - Utilize process management techniques - Develop staff to be entrepreneurial






36. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result - or service conforms to specified requirements. Used after the work is complete and may use checklists and data tables to assist in measuring - examining and testing






37. Quality management plan - Quality metrics - Quality checklists - Process improvement plan - Project document updates






38. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics satisfied the stated or implied needs of the customer. Measurement of how closely your product meets its requirements and does what you needed it to do.






39. The change of rejecting a good lot prior to selling to the customer. (Sampling Definition)

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40. The change of accepting a bad lot after purchase.(Sampling Definition)

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41. Uses participative approach to quality - Adopt new philosophy of quality throughout the organization - - Cease the use of mass inspections - End awards based on price - Improve production and service - Institute leadership - Eliminate numerical quota

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42. Tool that gives a graphical display of results of a process over time. Include a defined upper and lower control limit - a mean and a visual pattern indicating out-of-control conditions such as outliers (points outside upper [UCL] or lower [LCL] cont






43. Pattern in control chart in which a series of consecutive points are on the same side of the mean.






44. Quality control tool that shows how various causes and subcauses relate to create problems and effects. Used to figure out what caused a defect. You list all the categories of the defects that you have identified and then write the possible causes of






45. Project management plan - Quality metrics - Work performance information - Quality control measurements






46. Rework - Scrap - Inventory costs - Warranty costs






47. Describes how the project managment team will implement it's quality policy and will provide input to the overall project management plan.






48. Pattern in control chart in which a series of consecutive points have an increasing or decreasing pattern.






49. Form of sampling where ether a work result conforms to quality or it does not.






50. Organizational process assets updates - Change requests - Project management plan updates - Project document updates