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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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.






2. Budgeted cost of work performed






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






4. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






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






6. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






7. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






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






9. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






10. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






11. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






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






13. Processes that organize and manage the project team






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






15. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






16. Narrative description of products - services or results






17. Float (total float - free float)






18. 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






19. 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






20. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






21. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






22. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






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






24. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






25. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






31. 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






32. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






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






40. 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






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






42. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






43. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






44. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






45. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






46. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






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






48. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






49. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.






50. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity