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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






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






3. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






4. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






5. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






6. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






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






8. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






9. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






10. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






17. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






18. 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






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






20. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






21. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






28. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






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






30. Graphic display of schedule related information.






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






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






33. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






34. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






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






36. 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






37. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






43. Processes that organize and manage the project team






44. 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.






45. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






46. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






47. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






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






49. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






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