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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






2. 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






3. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






4. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






5. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






6. 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






7. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






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






9. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






10. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






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






12. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






13. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






14. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






15. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






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






17. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






18. Processes that organize and manage the project team






19. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






20. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






21. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






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






23. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






24. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






25. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






26. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






27. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






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






29. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






30. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget






31. 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.






32. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






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






34. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






35. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






36. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






37. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






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






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






40. 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






41. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






42. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






43. 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






44. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






45. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






46. 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






47. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






48. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






49. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






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