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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






2. Reserve






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






4. 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






5. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






6. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






7. 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.






8. 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






9. Processes that organize and manage the project team






10. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






11. Significant point or event in the project






12. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






13. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






14. ACWP






15. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






16. Slack - 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.






17. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






18. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






27. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






28. 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






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






30. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. Narrative description of products - services or results






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






37. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






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






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






40. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






41. A component of work performed during the course of a project






42. Budgeted cost of work performed






43. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






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






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






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






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






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






49. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






50. Provider of products - services or results