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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






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






3. 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






4. Graphic display of schedule related information.






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






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






11. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






12. 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






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






14. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






15. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






28. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle






29. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






30. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






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






32. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






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






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






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






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






37. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






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






39. Processes that organize and manage the project team






40. 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






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






42. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






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






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






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






46. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






47. 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






48. 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






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






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