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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






6. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






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






8. 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






9. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






10. Graphic display of schedule related information.






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






12. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






13. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






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






15. 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.






16. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






17. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac






18. 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.






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






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






21. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






26. 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






27. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






32. 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






33. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






34. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






35. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






36. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






37. 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






38. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






39. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






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






41. 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






42. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






43. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






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






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






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






47. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives






48. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






49. 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.






50. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.