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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






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






3. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






4. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






5. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






6. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






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






8. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






9. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






10. 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






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






12. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






13. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






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






15. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






16. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






17. 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






18. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






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






20. 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.






21. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






22. Significant point or event in the project






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






24. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






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






26. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






32. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






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






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






35. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






36. 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.






37. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






38. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






45. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






46. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






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






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






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






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