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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. 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.






2. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






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






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






5. 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.






6. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






7. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






8. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






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






10. 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






11. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






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






13. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






14. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






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






16. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






17. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






18. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






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






20. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






21. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






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






27. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






28. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






29. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






30. 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






31. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






32. 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






33. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






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






35. 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






36. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






37. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






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






45. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






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