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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






2. Processes that organize and manage the project team






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






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






5. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






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






7. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






8. 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






9. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






10. 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






11. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






12. 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






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






14. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






15. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






16. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






17. The process of completing each project procurement






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






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






24. 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.






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






26. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






27. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






28. 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






29. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






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






31. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






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






33. 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






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






35. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






36. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






37. 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.






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






39. Reserve






40. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






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






42. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






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






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






49. 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.






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