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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






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






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. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.






11. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






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






13. 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






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






15. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






16. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






17. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






18. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






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






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






21. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






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






23. 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






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






25. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






26. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






27. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






33. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






34. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






35. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






36. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






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






38. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






39. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






40. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






41. ACWP






42. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






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






44. Significant point or event in the project






45. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






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






48. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






49. 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






50. Schedule activity that has a low total float.