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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. 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






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






4. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






5. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






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






7. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






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






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






15. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






17. 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






18. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






19. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






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






21. Budgeted cost of work performed






22. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






23. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






24. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






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






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






32. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






33. 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






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






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






36. Reserve






37. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






38. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






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. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






41. 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






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






43. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






44. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






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






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






47. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






48. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






49. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






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