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Comptia Project + Project Management
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1. 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
performance reports (Output/Input)
pareto chart (Tool)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
report performance (Process)
2. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used
resource histogram
Monte Carlo analysis
plan procurements (Process)
perform quality assurance (Process)
3. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
risk
rolling wave planning (Technique)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
4. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r
acquire project team (Process)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
resource leveling (Technique)
special cause
5. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
buyer
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
template
6. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
schedule compression
monitor and control risks (Process)
project
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
7. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Monte Carlo simulation
request for quotation (RFQ)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
8. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
administer procurements (Process)
risk tolerance
sponsor
planning package
9. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
planned value (PV)
projectized organization
baseline
administer procurements (Process)
10. 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
near critical activity
progressive elaboration (Technique)
perform integrated change control (Process)
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
11. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
late finish date (LF)
develop project team (Process)
template
reserve
12. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
closing processes (Process Group)
calendar unit
reserve
to complete performance index (TCPI)
13. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
performing organization
project management body of knowledge
project life cycle
product
14. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
master schedule (Tool)
stakeholder
budget at completion (BAC)
develop project team (Process)
15. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
request for proposal (RFP)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
budget at completion (BAC)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
16. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project
input (Process) input
backward pass
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
scope
17. Graphic display of schedule related information.
early start date (ES)
float
Gantt chart (Tool)
risk category
18. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
project management process group
resource histogram
develop schedule (Process)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
19. 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
project
Gantt chart (Tool)
parametric estimating (Technique)
define scope (Process)
20. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
simulation
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
near critical activity
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
21. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
buffer
specification
Monte Carlo simulation
22. 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
parametric estimating (Technique)
start to start (SS)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
23. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
data date
log
hammock activity
Delphi technique (Technique)
24. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project initiation
plan risk management (Process)
25. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
percent complete
risk
quality
budget at completion (BAC)
26. Provider of products - services or results
historical information
seller
fast tracking (Technique)
performing organization
27. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic
communications management plan (Output/Input)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
actual duration
close project or phase (Process)
28. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
master schedule (Tool)
produce scope
estimate activity resources (Process)
29. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
risk register (Output/Input)
work authorization system (Tool)
initiating processes (Process Group)
activity list (Output/Input)
30. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
project management body of knowledge
deliverable (Output/Input)
program
finish date
31. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
reserve
sponsor
verification
project scope statement (Output/Input)
32. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
claim
imposed date
risk
special cause
33. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
specification
node
product
plan risk response (Process)
34. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
work authorization system (Tool)
project management plan (Output/Input)
estimate activity resources (Process)
free float
35. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
summary activity
objective
functional manager
finish to start (FS)
36. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
lessons learned(Output/Input)
precedence relationship
schedule network analysis (Technique)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
37. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
develop human resource plan (Process)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
budget at completion (BAC)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
38. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
threshold
pareto chart (Tool)
determine budget (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
39. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
secondary risk
schedule performance index (SPI)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
standard
40. 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.
scheduled finish date (SF)
start date
early start date (ES)
determine budget (Process)
41. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
resource histogram
risk management plan (Output/Input)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
contract (Output/Input)
42. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
start to start (SS)
trend analysis (Technique)
conduct procurements (Process)
43. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
invitation for bid (IFB)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
expert judgment (Technique)
44. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
sequence activities (Process)
define activities (Process)
45. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis
resource histogram
simulation
plan quality (Process)
verify scope (Process)
46. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
initiating processes (Process Group)
inspection (Technique)
administer procurements (Process)
develop project management plan (Process)
47. 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
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
data date
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
functional manager
48. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
BCWP
configuration management system (Tool)
schedule baseline
predecessor activity
49. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
project management system (Tool)
technique
develop schedule (Process)
50. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.
define scope (Process)
material
earned value (EV)
trend analysis (Technique)
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