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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






2. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






3. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






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






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






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






7. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






8. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






9. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






10. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






15. 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.






16. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






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






23. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






24. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






25. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






26. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






27. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






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






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






30. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






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






32. 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.






33. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






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






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






36. 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






37. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






38. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






39. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






40. 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)






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






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






43. A component of work performed during the course of a project






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






49. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






50. Narrative description of products - services or results







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