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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






2. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






7. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






8. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






9. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






10. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






11. 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






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






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






14. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






15. 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






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






17. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






18. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






19. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






20. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






26. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






27. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






28. Narrative description of products - services or results






29. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






30. 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






31. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






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






33. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






34. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






35. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






36. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






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






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






39. ACWP






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






41. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






42. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






43. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






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






45. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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