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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






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






3. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






4. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






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






6. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






7. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






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






9. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






10. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






11. 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






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






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






14. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






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






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






17. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






18. 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)






19. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






20. 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.






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






22. Significant point or event in the project






23. 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






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






25. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






32. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






33. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






38. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






42. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






43. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






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






45. Float (total float - free float)






46. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






47. 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






48. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






49. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






50. 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