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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






3. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






4. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts






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






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






7. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






8. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






9. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






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






11. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






12. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






13. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






14. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






15. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






16. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






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






18. ACWP






19. 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






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






21. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






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






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






24. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives






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






26. 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)






27. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






28. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






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






30. 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






31. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






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






37. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






38. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






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






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






41. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






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






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






50. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success