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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






2. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






3. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






4. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






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






6. 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.






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






8. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






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






14. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






15. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






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






17. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






18. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






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






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






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






22. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






23. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






24. 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.






25. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






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






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






28. 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.






29. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






35. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






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






37. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






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






42. 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






43. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






44. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






45. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






46. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






47. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






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






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






50. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors