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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






2. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






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






4. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






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






6. 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.






7. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






9. 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






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






11. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






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






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






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






15. Graphic display of schedule related information.






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






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






18. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget






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






20. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






21. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






29. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






30. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






31. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






36. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






37. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






38. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






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






40. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






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






42. 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






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. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






45. Reserve






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. 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






48. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






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






50. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work