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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Narrative description of products - services or results






2. 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






3. ACWP






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






5. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






6. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






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






8. 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






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






10. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






11. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






12. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






19. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






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






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






22. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






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






24. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






25. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






26. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






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






28. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






29. 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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






34. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






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






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






37. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






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






45. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






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






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






48. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






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






50. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






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