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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






2. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






3. A product - result or service generated by a process






4. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






5. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






6. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






7. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






8. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






9. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






10. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






11. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






12. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






13. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






14. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






15. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






16. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac






17. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






18. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






19. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






20. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






21. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






22. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






23. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






24. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






25. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






26. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






27. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization






28. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






29. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






30. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






31. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






32. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






33. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






34. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






35. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






36. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






37. Budgeted cost of work performed






38. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






39. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






40. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






41. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






42. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






43. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






44. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






45. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






46. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






47. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






48. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






49. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






50. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities