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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






3. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






4. Reserve






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






6. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






7. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






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






9. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






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






11. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle






17. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






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






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






20. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






21. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






22. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






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






25. Significant point or event in the project






26. 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.






27. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac






28. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






29. 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)






30. 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






31. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






32. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






33. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






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






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






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






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






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






39. Float (total float - free float)






40. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






41. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






42. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






43. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






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






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






50. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.