Flashcards (1 to 50)

1. What is the purpose of a work authorization system?

2. Pay particular attention to these when closing projects that were performed under contract or that involve large procurement amounts.

3. What is the formula to calculate EAC when future performance is expected to be like past performance

4. What is the purpose of Create WBS process?

5. What is the process of overlapping phases to compress project schedule?

6. What is a quality metric?

7. Name the purpose of the Administer Procurements process.

8. Describe why projects end by starvation.

9. Name three ways project schedules can be displayed.

10. Describe the quality baseline.

11. Name the purpose of a quality audit.

12. Name the purpose of the Develop Project Management Plan process.

13. What is the official written acknowledgement that a project exists and that resources are committed to the project?

14. One of the purposes of this type of meeting is to assist with gathering information regarding what went well and not so well on the project and for planning and executing future projects.

15. “When in Rome…”

16. Name the tools and techniques of the Collect Requirements process.

17. State the difference between program management and portfolio management.

18. Name the categories of the cost of quality.

19. The disorientation experienced when working in other countries is known as this.

20. What is a mandatory dependency?

21. Receivers filter their messages through these.

22. Describe the purpose of the scope management plan.

23. Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning are parts of this process

24. This tool is used to rank-order the causes of problems and is a type of histogram.

25. This schedule network analysis technique adjusts the project schedule to accounts for limited resources and combines deterministic and probabilistic approaches.

26. Chances for successful project completion are lowest at the beginning of this project process.

27. Name the purpose of a procurement audit.

28. Personnel in other departments, external or internal consultants, and members of professional and technical associations or industry group act in this capacity.

29. Which estimating technique uses historical information and expert judgment?

30. What is the main point of the Hygiene Theory?

31. Name the different types of power.

32. Name the tool and technique of the Develop Schedule process that generates the project schedule by using the schedule model and other techniques to help produce the schedule.

33. These describe what the project is trying to accomplish.

34. Name the categories of contracts.

35. Name the probability distributions used in the Quantitative Risk Analysis process.

36. This describes a standardized and effective way of centrally managing approved changes and baselines.

37. What is the formula to calculate CV?

38. Name three ways you can stay abreast of project management practices and techniques.

39. What is the key activity required to ensure customer satisfaction?

40. Name the tools and techniques of the Plan Quality process.

41. Name the five project management processes in order

42. State the purpose of the project management plan.

43. What is the lowest level of the WBS called?

44. Name the purpose of the Manage Project Team process.

45. Describe the difference between Theory X and Theory Y managers

46. Name the tools and techniques of the Perform Quality Assurance process.

47. Conflicts of interest may involve these people.

48. When is it appropriate to accept gifts from vendors and others?

49. Name the three types of phase relationships.

50. What are the tools and techniques in the Develop Project Charter process?