...CHEAT SHEET PMP Exam Cheat Sheet The purpose of this is to help you memorize information to dump onto scrap paper prior to starting exam. It is important that information used on this sheet is information that will be helpful to you on the exam. Every time you sit down to study, start by writing out your “cheat sheet” to see how much you remember. You will remember more each time. This document is an example of what I used for the test and includes step by step instructions to create each piece. You should come up with whatever tricks work for you. I make no guarantees that this will work for you or that there are no errors in here. All I can say is that it worked for me and I hope this helps you find something to work for you. Most of the benefit is in learning to create the spreadsheet not in actually using it. However, it’s a nice feeling to start the test by documenting things you know instead of starting by answering a question you don’t! Good luck and happy studying. By PMPExamPrep 1 CHEAT SHEET Part A: Process group and Knowledge Area Matrix from P 38 PMBOK 2000 Edition Process Groups Step 1: Fill in negative C0 Knowledge space with X (cells with I P E C^ Areas no processes). • Starting at the top X PIM X of Closing – go down 6 and over 1 S X X • Skip space in X T X X Closing and do “Down and up” C X X X • From top of Q X X Executing drop one and do 3 in a HR X X X row. • In inititating, block Comm X out all except Risk X X X Scope Proc X X Step 2: You need a...
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...International commodity agreement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An international commodity agreement is an undertaking by a group of countries to stabilize trade, supplies, and prices of a commodity for the benefit of participating countries. An agreement usually involves a consensus on quantities traded, prices, and stock management. A number of international commodity agreements serve solely as forums for information exchange, analysis, and policy discussion. USTR leads United States participation in two commodity trade agreements: the International Tropical Timber Agreement and the International Coffee Agreement (ICA). Both agreements establish intergovernmental organizations with governing councils . International Coffee Agreement The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is the main intergovernmental organization for coffee. ICO exporting members account for more than 97 percent of world coffee production, and its importing Members, are responsible for around 80 percent of world coffee consumption. The ICO makes a practical contribution to the world coffee economy and to the improvement of living standards in developing countries by facilitating intergovernmental consultation and coordination regarding coffee policies and priorities, by encouraging a sustainable world coffee economy, by initiating coffee development projects to add value and improve marketing, by increasing world coffee consumption through innovative market development activities, by promoting...
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...Malaysia in the 1990s: Case Study Analysis Ece Alkan Southern States University Abstract This article offers a case analysis of Malaysia economic growth. Malaysia has lots of natural resources and they started to diversify their export product. Malaysia was very succesful producer and exporter of natural rubber, tin and oil palm. Especially, timber was very important for economy. The Western press had been talking about deforestation and environmental groups were trying to change their forest policies. The prime minister had to consider about new development strategies. Malaysia regulated forests area and forbade timber production. After the riot in the 1969, Malaysia changed the policy and it contributed education, employment and ownership quality. Mahathir’s strategy provided growth whereas, it led to not equal situation among rich and poor people. Globalization affected Malaysia not only positive, but also negative way by increasing trade. Keywords: timber, deforestation, forest MALAYSIA IN THE 1990S: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS In the 1991, Mahattir bin Mohammad, who is the Malaysian prime minister about to address the United Nations General Assembly to meet with American business people who are potential investors for the country. Since Malaysia’s independent day, it had showed an upward trend in economy and politicy. The prime minister wanted to maintain that stability. (Ellet, 2007, p. 235) The Western press had been talking about deforestation especially in the East Malaysian...
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...the case talks about investment on part of NUCOR into the beam segment (YamatoKogyo) and also the thin flat sheet segment (SMS). NUCOR is not being able to decide on SMSinvestment because of loss of funds and high risks. The total investment in these two ventureswould total $410 million and NUCOR only had $185 million & few securities on hand. Nucor has not been able to invest into new plans from 1981. Prior to 1981, NUCOR was knowsfor its investment into new plants and continuous reformation of technology. But NUCOR has been stagnant in terms for developing new technologies since 1981 and this has also contributedto its loss in sales over time. NUCOR had spent $6million in the Hazelett Caster but it was not as efficient as it had planned itto be. It had led to more complex problems such as expensive conveyor belts, which requiredcontinuous replacement and led to considerable down time and also led to some quality issues,which eventually led to increasing costs over...
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...forests sustainably is also critical from a global perspective. Canada has 10% of the world’s forests, which means that keeping them healthy contributes to the global ecosystem health. ITTO (2004-2014) also defined sustainable forest management (SFM) as the process of effectively managing a forest to achieve one or more clearly stated or specified objectives of management with regards to the production of a continuous flow of desired forest products and services without undue reduction of its inherent values and future productivity and without undue undesirable effects on the physical and social environment. It embraces the different aspects of sustainable forest management such as planning, reduced impact logging, community forestry, fire management and biodiversity and trans-boundary conservation. 2.2 Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management Criteria and Indicators (C&I) are tools used to define, assess and monitor the progress towards sustainable forest management. They list the major factors that influence or affect the health and productivity of a forest ('criteria') and suggest ‘indicators’ that, if measured over time, will help managers assess the extent to which the management practices are consistent with the sustainability of forests and of forest-dependent communities. (ITTO, 2004-2014) As reported by Forest Europe (2011), Criteria and indicators are the basic tools in implementing and promoting sustainable forest management by providing relevant and important...
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...studies had indicated that this harvest without a rigid control would lead to a rapid deforestation of the region. Environmental groups, that said be concerned about the consequences of deforestation, threatened to boycott the use in the Western of timber-derived products produced by Malaysia. In this scenario, the question to be analyzed is to answer to international pressure of environmentalists, to ensure the attraction of new investments, without an abrupt break with the timber industry, essential for the politic economic and social stability of the country. The most appropriate decision is partially accept the demands of environmentalists. The short-term action is to resume the agenda of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) to search results that combine economic viability and environmental of the timber industry. Although internally controversial, the deforestation reduction will be naturally seen as a market move in response to projections of falling of commodities prices. In the long term, the country should direct new investments to the development of industrialization, while using tools in the macroeconomic scope to maintain an undervalued exchange and competitive for export within the inflation control limits. Thus, will be able to count on a new development cycle where the economy supports higher salaries for better qualified workers as the relatively undervalued exchange enables the exporting vocation...
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...http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2013/images/11/24/iran.text.pdf • Pause efforts to further reduce Iran's crude oil sales, enabling Iran's current customers to purchase their current average amounts of crude oil. Enable the repatriation of an agreed amount of revenue held abroad. For such oil sales, suspend the EU and U.S. sanctions on associated insurance and transportation services. • Suspend U.S. and EU sanctions on: o Iran's petrochemical exports, as well as sanctions on associated services.5 o Gold and precious metals, as well as sanctions on associated services. • Suspend U.S. sanctions on Iran's auto industry, as well as sanctions on associated services. • License the supply and installation in Iran of spare parts for safety of flight for Iranian civil aviation and associated services. License safety related inspections and repairs in Iran as well as associated services. • Establish a financial channel to facilitate humanitarian trade for Iran's domestic needs using Iranian oil revenues held abroad. Humanitarian trade would be defined as transactions involving food and agricultural products, medicine, medical devices, and medical expenses incurred abroad. This channel would involve specified foreign banks and non-designated Iranian banks to be defined when establishing the channel. o This channel could also enable: transactions required to pay Iran's UN obligations; and, direct tuition payments to universities and colleges for Iranian students studying...
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...Khalid Al Mansuri Dr. Davidson LING 513 October 16, 2014 Outline I. Topic Gender and Number Agreement in the Oral Production of L1 Arabic Among Bilingual Arab-Americans. II. Thesis Statement This study investigates Arabic heritage speakers’ knowledge of gender and number agreement and concord morphology in two syntactic contexts; subject-verb agreement and noun-adjective agreement. Additionally, how does their dominant language (English) may affect the correct usage of gender and number agreement in the two syntactic contexts. III. Hypothesis There is a negative influence of the dominant language (English) on the mastering gender and number agreement in Arabic among bilingual Arab-Americans. IV. Methodology A. Participants: Ten participants (Bilingual Arab-Americans). B. Data Collection Two tasks: 1. Oral-production task: includes the description of 10 pictures via PowerPoint. The purpose of this task is to produce examples of subject-verb agreement in Arabic as the following: a. human-singular masculine. b. human- singular feminine. c. human- plural masculine. d. human- plural feminine. 2. The second task is: Demonstrate and compare these pictures; each picture has contrastive adjectives, For example, happy/sad. Five pairs-pictures. The purpose of this task is to elicit examples of noun-adjective agreement in Arabic as the following: a. human-singular...
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...An Introduction to PMBOK Guide 5th Edition: Knowledge Areas, Processes and Process Groups One of the most discussed tables in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) Fifth Edition is the “Project Management Process Groups and Knowledge Areas Mapping” matrix, found in Table 3-1 on page 61. This table maps the 47 processes of project management to their corresponding Knowledge Area, as well as to their corresponding Process Group. At first glance, the table seems quite complicated, so let’s break it down and uncover why a solid understanding of the relationships between processes, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas is important to anyone preparing to take the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® exam. It’s so important, in fact, that we suggest you memorize this matrix and the relationships it calls out. Memorizing the table will prove to be a valuable asset to you during your PMP Exam. What is a “Process” – 47 processes of project management? Let’s start with the building blocks of the matrix - what is a process? At its most basic level, a process is simply a way of transforming an input into an output using proven tools and techniques. The PMBOK® Guide defines a process as “a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a specified set of products, results, or services.” Good processes-based on sound principles and proven practices-are extremely important for a project’s success....
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...Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money (financing), or other values such as effort or time (sweat equity), for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions. The process of soliciting and gathering fund is known as fundraising. Sources of funding include credit, donations, grants, savings, subsidies, taxes, Fundings such as donations, subsidies and grants that have no direct requirement for return of investment are described as "soft funding" or "crowd funding". Funding that facilitates the exchange of equity ownership in a company for capital investment via an online funding portal as per the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (alternately, the "JOBS Act of 2012") (U.S.) is known as "hyper funding". Funds can be allocated for either short-term or long-term purposes. Types of funds Grants are made to non-profit organizations by development assistance agencies and foundations. Usually grants do not have to be repaid. Grant money is available to enhance country institutional capacity, to support governmental and non-governmental institutions and to finance project formulation, policy reform and sector management and development. Grants are provided by bilateral donors, multilateral grant aid institutions, United Nations organizations and specialized agencies, international financing institutions, international non-governmental organizations, the private sector, foundations and charity organizations. Loans, unlike...
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...Rubberwood Processing Manual CFC/ITTO/72 PD103/01 Rev.4 (I) “Demonstration of Rubberwood Processing Technology and Promotion of Sustainable Development in China and Other Asian Countries” Research Institute of Wood Industry Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 2007.6 Rubberwood Processing Manual Authors of this manual: Zhou Yongdong, Associate Professor Jiang Mingliang, Professor Gao Ruiqing, Associate Professor Li Xiaoling, Senior Engineer CFC/ITTO/72 PD103/01 Rev.4 (I) “Demonstration of Rubberwood Processing Technology and Promotion of Sustainable Development in China and Other Asian Countries” Project leader: Ye Kelin, Professor, Director of CRIWI Lu Jianxiong, Professor Executing Agency: Research Institute of Wood Industry Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 100091 P.R.China Tel: +86-10-6288 9482 Fax: +86-10-6288 1937 Email: yekelin@caf.ac.cn jianxiong@caf.ac.cn 2 Table of Contents Foreword...........................................................................1 Chapter 1 Sawing of Rubberwood .................................3 1 Sawing Equipments ............................................................. 4 2 Sawing technique................................................................. 8 2.1 Quarter Sawn ............................................................ 8 2.2 Back Sawn .............................................................. 10 2.3 Live Sawn ............................................................... 13 2.4 Radial sawn......
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...Case Study Country Case Study 8 February 2008 Systems for Verification of Legality in the Forest Sector, Malaysia: Domestic Timber Production and Timber Imports Adrian Wells (a.wells@odi.org.uk), Thang Hooi Chiew and Chen Hin Keong Contents 1. 2. Executive summary . . . . . . . pg. 3 . . . . . . . pg. 6 3. Law and policy governing forest management . . . . 3.1 Forests under the Federal Constitution . . . . 3.2 Forest management by the States . . . . . 3.3 Key jurisdictional differences between the Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak . . . . pg. 7 pg. 7 pg. 8 pg. 9 4. Law and policy on wood-based industries and the timber trade . . . pg. 19 5. Responses to illegality in the forest sector . 5.1 Control of domestic timber production . 5.2 Control of timber imports . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 21 pg. 21 pg. 27 6. 7. Institutional structures for legal verification of domestic timber production and imports 6.1 Overview . . . . . . . 6.2 Peninsular Malaysia . . . . . . 6.3 Sabah . . . . . . . . 6.4 Sarawak . . . . . . . . 6.5 Timber imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 30 pg. 30 pg. 30 pg. 42 pg. 55 pg. 67 The...
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... 1. Market and Competitive AnalysisProduct MarketThe product market consists of Video Game Console (Hardware Part). The global market is worth$58 Billion in 2010. There are only three major players in the market – Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.The global games console market consists of the total revenues generated by Nintendo, Microsoft andSony through the sale of their console platforms, including any handheld systems. Market values havebeen calculated using annual average retail prices for each individual market.Market AnalysisPorter’s 5 Forces:Threat of new entrants:The console gaming industry, is a market in which, only very technologically advanced and well-fundedcompanies can enter. Loyal customer bases and established subcultures have made it so new entrantswould have to provide something completely revolutionary to get customers to switch. Microsoft was thelast big company to join the competition and they struggled for a long time, despite being a well-knowntechnology giant.Competitor rivalry:Although this market has few leaders, the competition is fierce. Nintendo squares off with industry giantsSony (PlayStation) and Microsoft (Xbox). Each of the competitors is well funded and has the mostadvanced technological innovations at their fingertips. For example, Sony nearly went bankrupt tryingto beat out the competitors through innovation, and lost close to $700 million (on the PlayStation 3) in thefirst six months alone. Fortunately for Sony, they are a multi-billion dollar...
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...Krispy Kreme Strategic Analysis: Introduction In 2003 Krispy Kreme was named by Fortune Magazine as “America’s Hottest Brand” and in 2004 they reported net income of $50 million. However over-expansion, an expensive store network, revelations of falsified financial reports and changing trends in diet have meant that Krispy Kreme revenues have declined by 50% between 2005 and 2010 The strategic problem considered is to analyse Krispy Kreme’s current operations and suggest recommendations for how this may be tailored for the UK market for long-term profitability given cultural and retail differences. Current strategy Krispy Kreme operates 582 stores (including franchised) in 18 countries worldwide. Stores range from 4,000 to 8,000 square feet and are generally located in freestanding suburban locations. They also operate smaller satellite stores, kiosks and sell directly through large retailers such as Tesco. Krispy Kreme is a vertically integrated business. Starting with their secret recipe, they make fresh doughnut mix each day, which is distributed to all stores. They manufacture their own doughnut and coffee machinery. Doughnuts are freshly made; they have a simple product line focused on doughnut variations and their own branded coffee (developed from the acquisition of Digital Java in 2001).In the UK Krispy Kreme operates a subsidiary (with a 34% equity interest) with an exclusive development licence to the franchise in the UK. Competition analysis Krispy Kreme operates...
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...2513BPS s2793459 Griffith University Etihad Airways A report on one of the world’s leading airline management systems Prepared by: Course Number: Course Convenor: Course Lecturer: Associate Lecturer: Word Count: Due Date: Extension Approved: Joel Sinclair 2513BPS Mr B Ginn Mr D McBrien Ms P Milton 3004 4 May 2012 14 May 2012 th th i 2513BPS s2793459 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to review the management system of Etihad Airways. The report analyses Etihad Airways and draws information, justification, and conclusions from the company documents and academic resources. The report is 3000 words, and should be considered by the reader to be a broad overview of the company. The analysis conducted considered organisation background, and how that impacted organisational culture, and structure. In addition to this, the report outlined strategic management and how Etihad Airways stands out in the aviation industry. The report found that Etihad Airways has an Islamic background, that is evident in the fact Etihad is a state- owned airline, established by royal decree in Abu Dhabi. Despite the fact traditional Islamic views were depicted in accessibility of prayer rooms and announced prayers before departures etc., Etihad Airways showed evidence that they sought to accommodate for western culture. This was reflected in...
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