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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. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






3. 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.






4. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






5. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






6. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






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






8. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






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






10. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






11. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






12. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






13. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






14. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






15. 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.






16. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






17. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






18. 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.






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






20. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






21. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






22. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






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






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






25. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






26. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






27. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






28. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






29. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






30. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






31. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






32. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






33. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






34. 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






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






36. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






37. 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. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






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






39. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






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






41. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






42. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






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






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






45. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






46. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






47. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






48. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






49. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






50. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects