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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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.






2. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






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






4. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






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






6. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






7. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget






8. 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






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






10. Significant point or event in the project






11. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






12. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






13. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






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






21. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






22. 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.






23. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






24. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






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






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






27. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






28. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






29. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






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






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






32. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






33. 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






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






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






36. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






37. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






43. 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.






44. Float (total float - free float)






45. 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






46. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






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






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






49. The process of completing each project procurement






50. 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