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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






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






3. Reserve






4. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






5. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






6. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






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






8. 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






9. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






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






11. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






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






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






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






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






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






29. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






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






31. 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






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






33. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






34. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






35. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






36. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s






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






38. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






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






40. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






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






43. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






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






45. 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






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






47. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






48. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






49. 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






50. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.