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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






2. 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






3. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






4. 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






5. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






14. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






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






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






17. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






18. 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






19. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






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






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






22. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






23. 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






24. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






25. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






26. 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






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






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






29. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






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






31. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






32. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






33. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






34. 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.






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






36. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






37. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






38. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






43. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






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






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






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






47. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.






48. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






49. 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






50. 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