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1. Used to generate - classify - and prioritize product requirements. Some methods used to reach group decisions are: unanimity - majority - plurality - and dictatorship.






2. Allow for non-sequential activities (e.g. Loops or Conditional Branches); e.g. - GERT(Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique) and System Dynamics






3. Clarify the structure - requirements and other terms of the purchases so that mutual agreement can be reached prior to signing the contract.






4. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure.






5. Also called risk symptoms or warning signs - they are indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. They may be discovered in the risk identification process and watched in the risk monitoring and control process.






6. Provide a structure that ensures a comprehensive process of systematically identifying risks to a consistent level of detail and contributes to the effectiveness and quality of the Identify Risks process. They include categories like technical - exte






7. The process to develop an approximation (estimate) of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities.






8. Seller prepared documents that describe the seller's ability and willingness to provide the requested product.






9. A -specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives.






10. A modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity.






11. Process to monitor the status of the project to update the project budget and manage changes to the cost baseline.






12. Defines the procedures by which project scope can be changed; includes paperwork - tracking systems and approval levels necessary for authorizing changes.






13. An uncertain event or condition that - if it occurs - has a positive or negative effect on the project objective.






14. Considers the characteristics of those prospective staff who are available to join the project team.






15. Factors that - for planning purposes - will be considered true - real or certain.






16. A structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project's scope of work is assigned to a person or team. It illustrates the connections between work pac






17. Includes the processes that help to estimate - budget - and control costs - so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.






18. A management control point where the resource plans - scope - schedule and actual cost are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.






19. Allows for probabilistic treatment of both network logic and activity duration estimates






20. Project team accepts the risk - i.e. team decides not to change the project plan to deal with the risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy.






21. Also known as "job shadowing -" it is usually done externally by the observer viewing the user performing her job.






22. A technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic - and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates.






23. Describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products - services - or results.






24. This involves calculating the theoretical early and late start and finish dates for all project activities without regard to any resource pool restrictions.






25. Group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain control and benefits that are not available if managed individually.






26. This compares technical accomplishments during project execution with the project management plan's schedule of technical achievement.






27. Collection of generally sequential project phases.






28. Formal written notice from a person or organization responsible for contract administration - informing that the contract has been completed.






29. The expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work break down structure component - or the project.






30. A deliverable is a unique - tangible and verifiable work/product. Each project phase is marked by the completion of one or more deliverables.






31. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) includes four types of dependencies or relationships between activities: 1. Finish to Start; 2. Finish to Finish; 3. Start to Finish; 4. Start to Start






32. Documented direction for executing the project work to bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan.






33. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints.






34. Technologies or methods to transfer information among project stakeholders.






35. A documented list of project team members - their project roles - and communication information.






36. Modifications to the cost estimation prepared for the project






37. The calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal - such as the budget at completion (BAC) or the estimate at completion (EAC). It is the ratio of 'remaining work' to the 'fu






38. It is a tool and technique which is used to determine the information needs of the project stakeholders. This is a key component for planning the project's actual communications. It would assist in determining and limiting who will communicate with w






39. If the performing organization does not have a formal contracting group - then the project team will have to supply both the resources and expertise to support procurement activities






40. The process in which the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages are aggregated to establish an authorized cost baseline.






41. 1. Performed by people; 2. Constrained by limited resources; 3. Planned - excuted - monitored - and controlled; 4. Ultimate goal is to achieve organizational objectives or stratregic plans






42. Process of implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks - and evaluating risk process effectiveness throughout the project.






43. The total amount of time that a schedule activity may be delayed from its early start without delaying the project finish date - or violating a schedule constraint. Calculated using the critical path method technique and determining the difference be






44. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component - or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed.






45. Technique to evaluate the degree to which data about risks is useful for risk management.






46. Process of estimating the type and quantities of resources like materials - people - equipment - or supplies required to perform each project activity






47. Dependencies determined by the Project Management Team; involve a relationship between project activities and non-project activities (i.e. - dependencies on issues that are beyond the scope of the project). These dependencies are outside the project






48. Describes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - dissemination and ultimate disposition of project information. It includes identifying stakeholders - planning communication - distributing information - mana






49. Defines what kinds of competencies are required from what kind of individuals or groups and in what time frames.






50. Special category of revised cost estimates to an approved cost baseline.