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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






2. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






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






4. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






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






6. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






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






8. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






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






10. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






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






12. 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






13. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






18. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






24. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






25. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






26. 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






27. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






28. Float (total float - free float)






29. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






30. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






31. 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






32. Budgeted cost of work performed






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. Processes that organize and manage the project team






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






38. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






39. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






45. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






46. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






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






48. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






49. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






50. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.