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






2. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






3. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






4. 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






5. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






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






7. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






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






9. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






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






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






12. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






13. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






14. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






15. 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






16. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






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






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






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






20. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






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






22. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






29. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






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






37. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






38. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






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






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






41. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






42. 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






43. 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






44. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






45. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






46. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






47. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






49. 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






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







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