Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Close Procurements process output

Cost of conformance

SWOT analysis

Forecasting - time series methods

Control chart out-of-control

Executing process

Project phases

Collect Requirements description

Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment Contract

Anonymous consensus for risk identification

Track team member performance and provide feedback

Disclose project budget to vendor

Active acceptance response strategy

Passive acceptance response strategy

Exploit response strategy

Collect Requirements tools and techniques

Process for risk audits

Distribute Information process

Negotiating project team

Team members assigned before project start

Accepted deliverables

Integration tool and technique

Person who funds the project

Number of defects in six sigma

Long-term project outcomes

Enhance risk response strategy

Transfer risk response strategy

Report Performance process output

Identify Stakeholders process output

Stakeholder analysis models

Exploit risk strategy

Avoid risk strategy

Verify Scope input

Collect Requirements outputs

Least accurate estimating type

Calculating Cost Variance (CV)

Calculating Schedule Variance (SV)

Calculating Cost Performance Index (CPI)

Calculating Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

Two things cannot happen at once

Probability of defect

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Sharing information with new employer

Estimating type that takes the most amount of time

Estimating type that takes the least amount of time

Cost of making changes

How much more the project is expected to cost from here on out

How much the project is expected to cost at completion

Rating someone highly all the time

Example of fringe benefits

Examples of perquisites

Herzberg's Theory - motivation factors

Herzberg's Theory - hygiene factors

Contractor money problems

Reasons for a change request

Processes in Closing process group

Processes in Initiating process group

Time and material contract disadvantage

Fixed price contract disadvantage

Activity sequencing using arrows

Activity sequencing using nodes

Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) disadvantage

Contract for project without defined scope

Contract for project that spans many years

Contract to reimburse costs and meeting objectives

Public responsibility

PMP responsibilities

Functional organization advantage

Projectized organization advantage

Manage Project Team tool for feedback

Reason for RAM

SPI — what does it mean?

Organization type with least PM power

Prepare for project in another country

Unfamiliar social environment

Theory Z

Sunk costs

GERT

Level resources

Over-allocated resources

Scope verification deliverable

Gantt chart weakness

Scope management plan

Work package size

Management skills

Interpersonal skills

Earned value chart

Improving capabilities of colleagues

Improving personal project management competencies

Monte Carlo technique

Three point estimate

Reducing project duration without cost in mind

Reducing project duration with cost in mind

Prevention over inspection

When to sample

Low grade and low quality

Expected monetary value for a project

Expected monetary value for a risk

Cost variance and schedule variance

Administrative closure activities

Project manager power using gift

Project manager power using title

Accelerated depreciation

Gold plating

Net present value (NPV)

Internal rate of return (IRR)

Zero defects

Project charter functions

Sources of conflict

Submitting project budget reports

Project scope vs. product scope

Time management planning

Best contract for staff augmentation

Variance at Completion

Estimate to Complete

Estimate at Completion

Perform Integrated Change Control process

Expected monetary value analysis

Develop Human Resource Plan output

Scheduling with limited resource availability

Which project requires Close Project tasks?

Distribute Information process

Quality control tool with one variable

Reimbursable contract

Contingency reserve

Matrix organizations

Estimating by scaling historical information

McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

WBS control

Risk process output

Collect Requirements process inputs

Lunch with vendors

Project Management Office (PMO)

Team working close together

Conflict management

Initiating processes

Which process are you in if you just selected your seller?

Joint venture risk response strategy

Probability and impact of risks

Progressive elaboration planning

Does increasing a task duration affect the project end date?

Fitness for use

Lowest level WBS components

Cost of nonconformance

Earned Value Management requirement

Purpose of the PMBOK® Guide

RACI

Activity dependencies

Requirements output

Projects vs. operations

Develop Project Charter

Procurement process

Monitor and control risks tool

Sequence Activities process

Communication channels

Most accurate estimating type

Cause and effect

Benefit cost ratio (BCR)

Activity sequencing, part II

Activity sequencing, part I

Close project output

Communication model

Conceptual models

Estimating tool for a project similar to another

SV explained

CV explained

Wait, what do you mean our RFP isn’t good?

Enterprise environmental factors

Organizational process assets

Surprise! Project Managers may need management skills.

It’s risky if we don’t document the risks

Stages of team development

Formal project authorization

Quality audit

Project — what’s the official definition anyway?

Defect frequency

Risk response strategy

Test the deliverable

False information on the PMP® application

Situational heuristic

Labor cost

Contract communications

Getting better over time

WBS breakdown

Lag or lead? Critical path or non-critical path?

Contract types 101

Opportunity cost

Customary gifts

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

One sigma, two sigma, three sigma, six sigma!

PERT formula

Critical path, show us the way

Why am I creating a risk management plan again?

Win-win conflict resolutions

CPI and SPI: The under-rated indicators

CPI — what does it mean?

Continuous improvement

Organization type with most PM power

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