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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






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






3. ACWP






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






5. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






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






12. 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






13. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






14. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






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






16. 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. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






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






19. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






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






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






22. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






23. 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






24. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






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






26. 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.






27. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






28. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






29. 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






30. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget






31. 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






32. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






33. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






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






35. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






36. Reserve






37. 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






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






39. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






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






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






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






43. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






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






45. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






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






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






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






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






50. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand