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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






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






10. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






11. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






12. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






13. The process of completing each project procurement






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






25. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






26. Budgeted cost of work performed






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






28. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






29. 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






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






31. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






32. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






33. 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






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






35. Narrative description of products - services or results






36. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






37. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. ACWP






42. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






48. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






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






50. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts