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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. 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






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






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






5. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






6. 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






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






8. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






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






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






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. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






13. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






20. 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






21. 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






22. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






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






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






25. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






26. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






27. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






28. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






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






30. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






31. Graphic display of schedule related information.






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






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






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






35. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






36. 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






37. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






42. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






43. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






44. 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






45. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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






49. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






50. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact