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Comptia Project + Project Management

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






2. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






3. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






4. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






5. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






6. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






11. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






12. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






13. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






19. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






20. 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






21. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






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






23. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






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






25. 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






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






27. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






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






29. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






30. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






31. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






32. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






33. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.






34. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






35. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






36. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






37. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






38. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






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






40. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






41. 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.






42. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






43. 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






44. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






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






46. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






47. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






48. 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






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






50. 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.