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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






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






7. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






8. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






9. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






10. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






11. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






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






13. Narrative description of products - services or results






14. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






15. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






16. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






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






18. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






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






20. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






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






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






23. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






24. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






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






26. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






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






28. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






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






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. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






32. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






33. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






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






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






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






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






38. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






39. 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






40. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






41. 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






42. 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






43. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






44. 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.






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






46. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






47. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






48. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






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






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