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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






2. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






3. The process of completing each project procurement






4. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






5. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






6. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






7. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






8. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






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






10. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






11. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






12. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






13. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






14. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






15. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






16. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






17. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






18. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






19. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






20. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






21. Narrative description of products - services or results






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






23. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






24. 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






25. Reserve






26. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






27. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






28. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






29. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






30. 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






31. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






32. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






33. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






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






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






36. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






37. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






38. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






39. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






40. Provider of products - services or results






41. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






42. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






43. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






44. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






45. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






46. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






47. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






48. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






49. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






50. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value