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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






2. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






3. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






4. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






5. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






12. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






13. Reserve






14. 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.






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






16. 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






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






18. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






19. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






20. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






21. 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






22. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






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






24. 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






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. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






27. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






28. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






29. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






30. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






31. Budgeted cost of work performed






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






33. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






34. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






35. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






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






37. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






38. 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






39. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






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






41. 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






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






43. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






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






45. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






46. 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






47. 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






48. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






49. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






50. 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