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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






5. 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






6. 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






7. A product - result or service generated by a process






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






10. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






11. 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.






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






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






14. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






15. 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






16. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






17. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






18. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






19. 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






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






21. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






22. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






23. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






24. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






25. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






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






27. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






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






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






30. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Processes that organize and manage the project team






39. 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






40. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






45. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






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






47. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






48. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






49. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






50. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects







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